Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council

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The Speaker of the Legislative Council was the chair of New Zealand's upper house, the Legislative Council. The position corresponded roughly to that of Speaker of the House of Representatives. It was abolished in 1951, along with the Legislative Council itself, and the information here is purely historical.

[edit] Holders of the office

Nineteen people held the office of Speaker Since the creation of the Legislative Council. Three had previously been Prime Minister. One had previously been Speaker of the House of Representatives. A list of Speakers is below.

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Speaker's Party	Governing Party
1	William Swainson	1854	1855	None	None
2	Frederick Whitaker	1855	1856	None	None
3	Thomas Houghton Bartley	1856	1868	None	None
4	John Larkins Cheese Richardson	1868	1879	None	None
5	William Fitzherbert	1879	1887	None	None
6	George Marsden Waterhouse	1887	1887	None	None
7	William Fitzherbert, 2nd time	1887	1890	None	None
	William Fitzherbert, continued	1890	1891	None	Liberal
8	Harry Atkinson	1891	1892	None	Liberal
9	Henry Miller	1892	1903	None	Liberal
10	William Campbell Walker	1903	1904	Liberal	Liberal
11	John Rigg (Acting)	1904	1904	Unknown	Liberal
12	Alfred Cadman	1904	1905	Liberal	Liberal
13	H J Reeves	1905	1905	Unknown	Liberal
14	Charles Christopher Bowen	1905	1912	Unknown	Liberal
	Charles Christopher Bowen, continued	1912	1915	Unknown	Reform
15	Charles Johnston	1915	1918	Unknown	Reform
16	Walter Carncross	1918	1928	Liberal	Reform
	Walter Carncross, continued	1928	1935	Liberal	Liberal
	Walter Carncross, continued	1935	1939	Liberal	Labour
17	Mark Fagan	1935	1947	Labour	Labour
18	Bernard Martin	1947	1949	Unknown	Labour
19	Thomas Otto Bishop	1949	1950	Unknown	National

[edit] See also

• The constitution of New Zealand
• New Zealand Legislative Council