Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador is the presiding officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.

The current Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is Derek Bennett since April 12, 2021.[1]

Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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No. Portrait Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party General Assembly
1 John Bingley Garland
MHA for Trinity Bay
(1791–1875)
1833 Conservative 1st
2 Thomas Bennett
MHA for Fogo
(1788–1872)
1834–1837 Conservative
3   William Carson
MHA for St. John's
(1770–1843)
1838–1841 Liberal 2nd
Constitution suspended
1841–1843
4 James Crowdy
MLC
(1794–1867)
1843–1848 Independent 3rd
5   John Kent
MHA for St. John's
(1805–1872)
1848–1855 Liberal 4th
5th
6   Ambrose Shea
MHA for St. John's West (until 1859)
MHA for Burin (from 1859)

(1815–1905)
1855–1861 Liberal 6th
7th
7   Frederick Carter
MHA for Trinity Bay
(1815–1905)
1861–1865 Conservative 8th
8   William Whiteway
MHA for Twillingate and Fogo
(1828–1908)
1865–1870 Conservative 9th
9 Thomas R. Bennett
MHA for Fortune Bay
(1830–1901)
1870–1874 Anti-Confederation 10th
10 Prescott Emerson
MHA for Burgeo-La Poile
(1840–1889)
1874–1877 Conservative 11th
12th
11   James Spearman Winter
MHA for Burin
(1845–1911)
1877–1879 Conservative
12   A. J. W. McNeilly
MHA for Twillingate and Fogo
(1845–1911)
1879–1883 Conservative 13th
13 Robert John Kent
MHA for St. John's East
(1835–1893)
1883–1885 Coalition 14th
14   Robert Bond
MHA for Trinity Bay
(1857–1927)
1885–1886 Coalition
(12)   A. J. W. McNeilly
MHA for Bay de Verde
(1845–1911)
1886–1890 Reform 15th
15 George Henry Emerson
MHA for Placentia and St. Mary's
(1853–1916)
1890–1898 Liberal 16th
17th
16 Henry Y. Mott
MHA for Burgeo-La Poile
(1855–1946)
1898–1901 Tory 18th
17   Lawrence O' Brien Furlong
MHA for St. John's East
(1856–1908)
1901–1905 Liberal 19th
18   Francis Morris
MHA for Harbour Main
(1862–1947)
1905–1908 Liberal 20th
Vacant
1909
21st
19   William Warren
MHA for Port de Grave
(1879–1929)
1909–1914 People's 22nd
20 John R. Goodison
MHA for Carbonear
(1866–1926)
1914–1918 People's 23rd
21 William J. Higgins
MHA for St. John's East
(1880–1943)
1918–1920 People's
22   William F. Penney
MHA for Carbonear
(1862–1934)
1920–1924 Liberal Reform 24th
23 Harry A. Winter
MHA for Port de Grave
(1889–1969)
1923–1924 Liberal Reform 25th
24 Cyril J. Fox
MHA for St. John's East
(1889–1946)
1924–1928 Liberal-Conservative 26th
25 Albert Walsh
MHA for Harbour Main
(1900–1958)
1928–1932 Liberal 27th
26   James A. Winter
MHA for Burgeo
(1886–1971)
1933–1934 United Newfoundland 28th
Responsible government suspended
1934–1949
27 Reginald F. Sparkes
MHA for St. Barbe
(1906–1990)
1949–1956 Liberal 29th
30th
28 John R. Courage
MHA for Fortune Bay and Hermitage
(1915–1970)
1957–1962 Liberal 31st
32nd
29 George W. Clarke
MHA for Carbonear
(1910–2000)
1963–1971 Liberal 33rd
34th
Vacant
1972
35th
30 James Russell
MHA for Lewisporte
(born 1940)
1972–1975 Progressive Conservative 36th
31 Gerry Ottenheimer
MHA for Waterford-Kenmount
(1934–1998)
1975–1979 Progressive Conservative 37th
32 Len Simms
MHA for Grand Falls
(born 1943)
1979–1982 Progressive Conservative 38th
(30) James Russell
MHA for Lewisporte
(born 1940)
1982–1985 Progressive Conservative 39th
33   Patrick McNicholas
MHA for St. John's Centre
(1919–1990)
1985–1989 Progressive Conservative 40th
34 Tom Lush
MHA for Bonavista North
(born 1939)
1989–1993 Liberal 41st
(30) Paul Dicks
MHA for Humber West
(born 1950)
1993–1995 Liberal 42nd
35 Lloyd Snow
MHA for Trinity-Bay de Verde
(born 1943)
1995–2003 Liberal
43rd
44th
36 Harvey Hodder
MHA for Waterford Valley
(1943–2020)
2003–2007 Progressive Conservative 45th
37 Roger Fitzgerald
MHA for Bonavista South
(born 1947)
2007–2011 Progressive Conservative
46th
38 Ross Wiseman
MHA for Trinity North
(born 1953)
2011–2014 Progressive Conservative 47th
39 Wade Verge
MHA for Lewisporte
2014–2015 Progressive Conservative
40   Tom Osborne
MHA for Waterford Valley
(born 1964)
2015–2017 Liberal 48th
41   Perry Trimper
MHA for Lake Melville
2017–2019 Liberal
42 Scott Reid[2]
MHA for St. George's-Humber
2019–2021 Liberal 49th
43 Derek Bennett
MHA for Lewisporte-Twillingate
2021–present Liberal 50th

References

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  1. ^ "House of Assembly reopening next week, with provincial budget coming in June | CBC News".
  2. ^ "Liberal MHA Scott Reid elected Speaker of Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly | SaltWire".
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See also

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