Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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 Derek Bennett since April 12, 2021.^[1]

Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

No.	Portrait	Name Electoral district (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party		General Assembly
1		John Bingley Garland MHA for Trinity Bay (1791–1875)	1833		Conservative	1st
2		Thomas Bennett MHA for Fogo (1788–1872)	1834–1837		Conservative
3		William Carson MHA for St. John's (1770–1843)	1838–1841		Liberal	2nd
Constitution suspended 1841–1843
4		James Crowdy MLC (1794–1867)	1843–1848		Independent	3rd
5		John Kent MHA for St. John's (1805–1872)	1848–1855		Liberal	4th
						5th
6		Ambrose Shea MHA for St. John's West (until 1859) MHA for Burin (from 1859) (1815–1905)	1855–1861		Liberal	6th
						7th
7		Frederick Carter MHA for Trinity Bay (1815–1905)	1861–1865		Conservative	8th
8		William Whiteway MHA for Twillingate and Fogo (1828–1908)	1865–1870		Conservative	9th
9		Thomas R. Bennett MHA for Fortune Bay (1830–1901)	1870–1874		Anti-Confederation	10th
10		Prescott Emerson MHA for Burgeo-La Poile (1840–1889)	1874–1877		Conservative	11th
						12th
11		James Spearman Winter MHA for Burin (1845–1911)	1877–1879		Conservative
12		A. J. W. McNeilly MHA for Twillingate and Fogo (1845–1911)	1879–1883		Conservative	13th
13		Robert John Kent MHA for St. John's East (1835–1893)	1883–1885		Coalition	14th
14		Robert Bond MHA for Trinity Bay (1857–1927)	1885–1886		Coalition
(12)		A. J. W. McNeilly MHA for Bay de Verde (1845–1911)	1886–1890		Reform	15th
15		George Henry Emerson MHA for Placentia and St. Mary's (1853–1916)	1890–1898		Liberal	16th
						17th
16		Henry Y. Mott MHA for Burgeo-La Poile (1855–1946)	1898–1901		Tory	18th
17		Lawrence O' Brien Furlong MHA for St. John's East (1856–1908)	1901–1905		Liberal	19th
18		Francis Morris MHA for Harbour Main (1862–1947)	1905–1908		Liberal	20th
Vacant 1909						21st
19		William Warren MHA for Port de Grave (1879–1929)	1909–1914		People's	22nd
20		John R. Goodison MHA for Carbonear (1866–1926)	1914–1918		People's	23rd
21		William J. Higgins MHA for St. John's East (1880–1943)	1918–1920		People's
22		William F. Penney MHA for Carbonear (1862–1934)	1920–1924		Liberal Reform	24th
23		Harry A. Winter MHA for Port de Grave (1889–1969)	1923–1924		Liberal Reform	25th
24		Cyril J. Fox MHA for St. John's East (1889–1946)	1924–1928		Liberal-Conservative	26th
25		Albert Walsh MHA for Harbour Main (1900–1958)	1928–1932		Liberal	27th
26		James A. Winter MHA for Burgeo (1886–1971)	1933–1934		United Newfoundland	28th
Responsible government suspended 1934–1949
27		Reginald F. Sparkes MHA for St. Barbe (1906–1990)	1949–1956		Liberal	29th
						30th
28		John R. Courage MHA for Fortune Bay and Hermitage (1915–1970)	1957–1962		Liberal	31st
						32nd
29		George W. Clarke MHA for Carbonear (1910–2000)	1963–1971		Liberal	33rd
						34th
Vacant 1972						35th
30		James Russell MHA for Lewisporte (born 1940)	1972–1975		Progressive Conservative	36th
31		Gerry Ottenheimer MHA for Waterford-Kenmount (1934–1998)	1975–1979		Progressive Conservative	37th
32		Len Simms MHA for Grand Falls (born 1943)	1979–1982		Progressive Conservative	38th
(30)		James Russell MHA for Lewisporte (born 1940)	1982–1985		Progressive Conservative	39th
33		Patrick McNicholas MHA for St. John's Centre (1919–1990)	1985–1989		Progressive Conservative	40th
34		Tom Lush MHA for Bonavista North (born 1939)	1989–1993		Liberal	41st
(30)		Paul Dicks MHA for Humber West (born 1950)	1993–1995		Liberal	42nd
35		Lloyd Snow MHA for Trinity-Bay de Verde (born 1943)	1995–2003		Liberal
						43rd
						44th
36		Harvey Hodder MHA for Waterford Valley (1943–2020)	2003–2007		Progressive Conservative	45th
37		Roger Fitzgerald MHA for Bonavista South (born 1947)	2007–2011		Progressive Conservative
						46th
38		Ross Wiseman MHA for Trinity North (born 1953)	2011–2014		Progressive Conservative	47th
39		Wade Verge MHA for Lewisporte	2014–2015		Progressive Conservative
40		Tom Osborne MHA for Waterford Valley (born 1964)	2015–2017		Liberal	48th
41		Perry Trimper MHA for Lake Melville	2017–2019		Liberal
42		Scott Reid MHA for St. George's-Humber	2019–2021		Liberal	49th
43		Derek Bennett MHA for Lewisporte-Twillingate	2021–present		Liberal	50th

See also

• Speaker (politics)