Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Telmo Languiller since 23 December 2014
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Elected by the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Sir Francis Murphy
Formation	21 November 1856
Deputy	Don Nardella)
Website	www.parliament.vic.gov.au/assembly/speaker

The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria.

The presiding officer of the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council, is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council.

Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Member	Party	Term in Office
Hon Sir Francis Murphy	None	21 November 1856 to January 1871
Hon Sir Charles MacMahon	None	25 April 1871 to April 1877
Hon Sir Charles Gavan Duffy	None	22 May 1877 to 9 February 1880
Hon Sir Charles MacMahon	None	11 May to 29 June 1880
Hon Peter Lalor	None	22 July 1880 to 29 September 1887
Hon Sir Matthew Henry Davies	None	4 October 1887 to April 1892
Hon Sir Thomas Bent	None	11 May 1892 to September 1894
Hon Sir Graham Berry	None	4 October 1894 to September 1897
Hon Francis Mason	None	25 October 1897 to September 1902
Hon Duncan Gillies	Liberal	14 October 1902 to 12 September 1903
Hon William Beazley	Liberal	16 September 1903 to May 1904
Hon Sir Frank Madden	Liberal	29 June 1904 to October 1917
Hon Sir John Mackey	Nationalist	29 November 1917 to 6 April 1924
Hon Sir John Bowser	Nationalist	30 April 1924 to 5 March 1927
Hon Oswald Snowball	Nationalist	6 July 1927 to March 1928
Hon Sir Alexander Peacock	Nationalist United Australia	4 July 1928 to 7 October 1933
Hon Maurice Blackburn	Labor	11 October 1933 to 1 August 1934
Hon William Everard	United Australia	2 August 1934 to 6 September 1937
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe	Labor	19 October 1937 to 15 February 1940
Hon William Slater	Labor	1 May 1940 to 20 October 1942
Hon Sir George Knox	United Australia, Liberal	21 October 1942 to 9 October 1947
Hon Sir Thomas Maltby	Liberal	2 December 1947 to 13 April 1950
Hon Sir Archie Michaelis	Liberal	20 June 1950 to 31 October 1952
Hon Keith Sutton	Labor	17 December 1952 to 22 April 1955
Hon Sir William McDonald	Liberal	15 June 1955 to 19 March 1967
Hon Sir Vernon Christie	Liberal	16 May 1967 to 18 June 1973
Hon Sir Kenneth Wheeler	Liberal	19 June 1973 to 28 May 1979
Hon Jim Plowman	Liberal	29 May 1979 to 26 April 1982
Hon Tom Edmunds	Labor	27 April 1982 to 24 October 1988
Hon Dr Ken Coghill	Labor	25 October 1988 to 26 October 1992
Hon John Delzoppo	Liberal	27 October 1992 to 13 May 1996
Hon Jim Plowman	Liberal	14 May 1996 to 2 November 1999
Hon Alex Andrianopoulos	Labor	3 November 1999 to 24 February 2003
Hon Judy Maddigan	Labor	25 February 2003 to 18 December 2006
Hon Jenny Lindell	Labor	19 December 2006 to 20 December 2010
Hon Ken Smith	Liberal	21 December 2010 to 4 February 2014
Hon Christine Fyffe	Liberal	4 February 2014 to 22 December 2014
Hon Telmo Languiller	Labor	from 23 December 2014

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References

1. "Legislative Assembly - Former Speakers". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2 September 2011.