Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

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 Tom Osborne who was the first person to have been elected to the post.[1] Osborne defeated Scott Reid for the post.

Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Speaker Years served
John Bingley Garland1833
Thomas Bennett1834-1837
William Carson1838-1841
Constitution Suspended1841-1843
James Crowdy1843-1848
John Kent1848-1855
Ambrose Shea1855-1861
F.B.T. Carter1861-1865
William V. Whiteway1866-1870
Thomas R. Bennett1870-1874
Prescott Emerson1874-1877
James S. Winter1877-1879
A.J.W. McNeilly1879-1883
Robert Kent1883-1885
Robert Bond1885-1886
A.J.W. McNeilly1886-1890
George Emerson1890-1894
Henry Y. Mott1894-1901
Lawrence Furlong1901-1905
Francis J. Morris1905-1910
William R. Warren1910-1914
John R. Goodison1914-1918
William J. Higgins1918-1920
William F. Penney1920-1923
Harry A. Winter1923-1924
Cyril Fox1924-1928
Albert J. Walsh1928-1932
James A. Winter1933-1934
Responsible Government Suspended1934-1949
Reginald F. Sparkes1949-1956
John R. Courage1956-1962
George W. Clarke1962-1972
James Russell1972-1975
Gerald R. Ottenheimer1975-1979
Leonard Simms1979-1982
James Russell1982-1985
Patrick McNicholas1985-1989
Thomas Lush1989-1993
Paul Dicks1993-1995
Lloyd Snow1995-2003
Harvey Hodder2003-2007
Roger Fitzgerald2007–2011
Ross Wiseman2011-2014
Wade Verge2014-2015
Tom Osborne2015-present

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-house-speaker-tom-osborne-first-to-be-chosen-by-election-1.3372475

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