Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Summary

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.

List of speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba edit

No. Portrait Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Legislature
Term start Term end
1   Joseph Royal
MLA for St. Francois Xavier West
(1837–1902)
March 15,
1871
March 14,
1872
Government 1st
2 Curtis James Bird
MLA for St. Pauls
(1838–1876)
February 5,
1873
December 22,
1874
Government
3   Joseph Dubuc
MLA for St. Norbert
(1840–1914)
March 31,
1875
December
1878
Government 2nd
4   John Wright Sifton
MLA for St. Clements
(1833–1912)
February 1,
1879
December
1879
Government 3rd
5   Gilbert McMicken
MLA for Cartier
(1813–1891)
January 21,
1880
December
1882
Liberal-Conservative 4th
6 Alexander Murray
MLA for Assiniboia
(1839–1913)
April 17,
1883
December
1886
Conservative 5th
7   David Glass
MLA for St. Clements
(1830–1906)
April 14,
1887
June
1888
Independent 6th
8 William Winram
MLA for Manitou
(1830–1906)
August 28,
1888
February 12,
1891
Liberal 7th
9   Samuel Jacob Jackson
MLA for Rockwood
(1848–1942)
February 25,
1891
January 15,
1895
Liberal
8th
10   Finlay McNaughton Young
MLA for Killarney
(1852–1916)
February 14,
1895
December
1899
Liberal
9th
11   William Hespeler
MLA for Rosenfeld
(1830–1921)
March 29,
1900
December
1903
Independent Conservative 10th
12   James Johnson
MLA for Turtle Mountain
(1855–1929)
January 7,
1904
January 6,
1916
Independent Conservative 11th
Conservative 12th
13th
14th
13 James Bryson Baird
MLA for Mountain
(1859–1939)
January 6,
1916
January 24,
1922
Liberal 15th
16th
14 Philippe Adjutor Talbot
MLA for La Verendrye
(1879–1967)
January 18,
1923
June 12,
1936
United Farmers 17th
Progressive 18th
Liberal-Progressive 19th
15 Robert Hawkins
MLA for Dauphin
(1879–1962)
February 18,
1937
September 29,
1949
Liberal-Progressive 20th
21st
22nd
16 Wallace C. Miller
MLA for Rhineland
(1896–1959)
February 14,
1950
August 15,
1950
Progressive Conservative 23rd
17 Nicholas Bachynsky
MLA for Fisher
(1887–1969)
November 7,
1950
October 23,
1958
Liberal-Progressive
24th
18 Abram Harrison
MLA for Rock Lake
(1898–1979)
October 23,
1958
February 27,
1963
Progressive Conservative 25th
26th
19 Thelma Forbes
MLA for Cypress
(1910–2012)
February 28,
1963
December 5,
1966
Progressive Conservative 27th
20 James Bilton
MLA for Swan River
(1908–1988)
December 5,
1966
August 14,
1969
Progressive Conservative 28th
21 Ben Hanuschak
MLA for Burrows
(born 1930)
August 14,
1969
August 20,
1970
New Democratic 29th
22 Peter Fox
MLA for Kildonan
(1921–1989)
August 7,
1971
November 24,
1977
New Democratic
30th
23 Harry Graham
MLA for Birtle-Russell
(1921–2006)
November 24,
1977
October 13,
1981
Progressive Conservative 31st
24 Jim Walding
MLA for St. Vital
(1937–2007)
February 25,
1982
February 11,
1986
New Democratic 32nd
25 Myrna Phillips
MLA for Wolseley
(born 1942)
May 8,
1986
March 9,
1988
New Democratic 33rd
26 Denis Rocan
MLA for Turtle Mountain (until 1990)
MLA for Gladstone (from 1990)

(born 1949)
July 21,
1988
May 22,
1995
Progressive Conservative 34th
35th
27 Louise Dacquay
MLA for Seine River
(born 1940)
May 23,
1995
August 17,
1999
Progressive Conservative 36th
28 George Hickes
MLA for Point Douglas
(born 1946)
November 18,
1999
October 20,
2011
New Democratic 37th
38th
39th
29 Daryl Reid
MLA for Transcona
(born 1950)
October 20,
2011
March 16,
2016
New Democratic 40th
30 Myrna Driedger
MLA for Charleswood (until 2019)
MLA for Roblin (from 2019)

(born 1952)
May 18,
2016
November 9,
2023
Progressive Conservative 41st
42nd
31 Tom Lindsey
MLA for Flin Flon)
November 9,
2023
Incumbent New Democratic 43rd

References edit

  • Biographies of Living Members
  • Biographies of Deceased Members