Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower House of the Parliament of Victoria. The other presiding officer is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council.
[edit] Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
| Member | Party | Term in Office |
| Hon Sir Francis Murphy | None | 21 November 1856 to January 1871 |
| Hon Sir Charles MacMahon | None | 25 April 1871 to April 1877 |
| Hon Sir Charles Gavan Duffy | None | 22 May 1877 to 9 February 1880 |
| Hon Sir Charles MacMahon | None | 11 May to 29 June 1880 |
| Hon Peter Lalor | None | 22 July 1880 to 29 September 1887 |
| Hon Sir Matthew Davies | None | 4 October 1887 to April 1892 |
| Hon Sir Thomas Bent | None | 11 May 1892 to September 1894 |
| Hon Sir Graham Berry | None | 4 October 1894 to September 1897 |
| Hon Francis Mason | None | 25 October 1897 to September 1902 |
| Hon Duncan Gillies | Liberal | 14 October 1902 to 12 September 1903 |
| Hon William Beazley | Liberal | 16 September 1903 to May 1904 |
| Hon Sir Frank Madden | Liberal | 29 June 1904 to October 1917 |
| Hon Sir John Mackey | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 to 6 April 1924 |
| Hon Sir John Bowser | Nationalist | 30 April 1924 to 5 March 1927 |
| Hon Oswald Snowball | Nationalist | 6 July 1927 to March 1928 |
| Hon Sir Alexander Peacock | Nationalist United Australia |
4 July 1928 to 7 October 1933 |
| Hon Maurice Blackburn | Labor | 11 October 1933 to 1 August 1934 |
| Hon William Everard | United Australia | 2 August 1934 to 6 September 1937 |
| Hon Thomas Tunnecliffe | Labor | 19 October 1937 to 15 February 1940 |
| Hon William Slater | Labor | 1 May 1940 to 20 October 1942 |
| Hon Sir George Knox | United Australia, Liberal |
21 October 1942 to 9 October 1947 |
| Hon Sir Thomas Maltby | Liberal | 2 December 1947 to 12 October 1950 |
| Hon Sir Archie Michaelis | Liberal | 20 June 1950 to 31 October 1952 |
| Hon Patrick Sutton | Labor | 17 December 1952 to 22 April 1955 |
| Hon Sir William McDonald | Liberal | 15 June 1955 to 19 March 1967 |
| Hon Sir Vernon Christie | Liberal | 16 May 1967 to 18 June 1973 |
| Hon Sir Kenneth Wheeler | Liberal | 19 June 1973 to 28 May 1979 |
| Hon James Plowman | Liberal | 29 May 1979 to 26 April 1982 |
| Hon Thomas Edmunds | Labor | 27 April 1982 to 24 October 1988 |
| Hon Dr Kenneth Coghill | Labor | 25 October 1988 to 26 October 1992 |
| Hon John Delzoppo | Liberal | 27 October 1992 to 13 May 1996 |
| Hon James Plowman | Liberal | 14 May 1996 to 2 November 1999 |
| Hon Alex Andrianopoulos | Labor | 3 November 1999 to 24 February 2003 |
| Hon Judy Maddigan | Labor | from 25 February 2003 |
