Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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

  # Name Party Took Office Left Office
     1. Joseph Royal
Conservative March 15, 1871 March 14, 1872
     2. Curtis Bird
February 5, 1873 December 22, 1874
     3. Joseph Dubuc
Conservative March 31, 1875 December 1878
     4. John Sifton
Liberal February 1, 1879 December 1879
     5. Gilbert McMicken
Liberal-Conservative January 21, 1880 December 1882
     6. Alexander Murray
Liberal-Conservative April 17, 1883 December 1886
     7. David Glass
April 14, 1887 June 1888
     8. William Winram
Liberal August 28, 1888 February 25, 1891
     9. Samuel Jackson
Liberal February 25, 1891 January 15, 1895
     10. Finlay Young
Liberal February 14, 1895 December 1899
     11. William Hespeler
Conservative March 29, 1900 December 1903
     12. James Johnson
Conservative January 7, 1904 January 6, 1916
     13. James Baird
Liberal January 6, 1916 January 24, 1922
     14. Philippe Adjutor Talbot
Progressive January 18, 1923 1932
     Philippe Adjutor Talbot
Liberal-Progressive 1932 June 12, 1936
     15. Robert Hawkins
Liberal-Progressive February 18, 1937 September 29, 1949
     16. Wallace Miller
Independent Liberal-Progressive February 14, 1950 August 15, 1950
     17. Nicholas Bachynsky
Liberal-Progressive November 7, 1950 April 30, 1958
     18. Abram Harrison
Progressive Conservative October 23, 1958 February 27, 1963
     19. Thelma Forbes
Progressive Conservative February 28, 1963 December 5, 1966
     20. James Bilton
Progressive Conservative December 5, 1966 August 14, 1969
     21. Ben Hanuschak
New Democrat August 14, 1969 August 20, 1970
     22. Peter Fox
New Democrat August 7, 1971 November 24, 1977
     23. Harry Graham
Progressive Conservative November 24, 1977 1981
     24. Jim Walding
New Democrat February 25, 1982 February 11, 1986
     25. Myrna Phillips
New Democrat May 8, 1986 March 9, 1988
     26. Denis Rocan
Progressive Conservative July 21, 1988 May 22, 1995
     27. Louise Dacquay
Progressive Conservative May 23, 1995 August 17, 1999
     28. George Hickes
New Democrat November 18, 1999 present

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