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Title: Part 6 - Historical information on the Australian Parliament

Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers
Database: Parliamentary Handbook

Date: 13-10-2011
Source: Parliamentary Library
Parl No.: 43
System Id: handbook/newhandbook/2011-10-13/0067

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43rd Parliamentary Handbook
- Preface
  - Preface
  - Abbreviations
- Part 1 - National Symbols
- Part 2 - The Forty-third Parliament
  - The Australian Parliament
  - The Sovereign
  - The Governor-General
  - Senate
    - Office holders*
    - Senators*
  - House of Representatives
    - Office holders*
    - Members of the House of Representatives*
  - The Ministry
    - The Second Gillard Ministry*
  - The Shadow Ministry*
  - Parliamentary committees*
  - Statistical information as at 1.7.2011
  - Officers of the departments of the Parliament*
- Part 3 - Elections
- Part 4 - The Constitution
- Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites
- Part 6 - Historical information on the Australian Parliament

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Part 6 - Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers

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Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers

Senate

Presidents
Baker, the Hon. Sir Richard Chaffey, KCMG	9.5.1901 - 31.12.1906
Gould, the Hon. Albert John, VD (later Sir Albert)	20.2.1907 - 30.6.1910
Turley, the Hon. Henry	1.7.1910 - 8.7.1913
Givens, the Hon. Thomas	9.7.1913 - 30.7.1914 8.10.1914 - 30.6.1926
Newlands, the Hon. John, CBE (later Sir John, KCMG, CBE)	1.7.1926 - 13.8.1929
Kingsmill, the Hon. Walter	14.8.1929 - 30.8.1932
Lynch, the Hon. Patrick Joseph	31.8.1932 - 30.6.1938
Hayes, the Hon. John Blyth, CMG	1.7.1938 - 30.6.1941
Cunningham, the Hon. James	1.7.1941 - 4.7.1943
Brown, the Hon. Gordon	23.9.1943 - 19.3.1951
Mattner, the Hon. Edward William, MC, DCM, MM	12.6.1951 - 7.9.1953
McMullin, the Hon. Alister Maxwell (later Sir Alister, KCMG)	8.9.1953 - 30.6.1971
Cormack, the Hon. Sir Magnus Cameron, KBE	17.8.1971 - 11.4.1974
O'Byrne, the Hon. Justin	9.7.1974 - 11.11.1975
Laucke, the Hon. Condor Louis (later Sir Condor, KCMG)	17.2.1976 - 30.6.1981
Young, the Hon. Harold William (later Sir Harold, KCMG)	18.8.1981 - 4.2.1983
McClelland, the Hon. Douglas	21.4.1983 - 23.1.1987
Sibraa, the Hon. Kerry Walter	17.2.1987 - 5.6.1987 14.9.1987 - 31.1.1994
Beahan, the Hon. Michael Eamon	1.2.1994 - 30.6.1996
Reid, the Hon. Margaret Elizabeth	20.8.1996 - 18.8.2002
Calvert, the Hon. Paul Henry	19.8.2002 - 14.8.2007
Ferguson, the Hon. Alan Baird	14.8.2007 - 25.8.2008
Hogg, the Hon. John Joseph	26.8.2008 -

Chairmen of Committees*
Best, the Hon. Robert Wallace	28.6.1901 - 31.12.1903
Higgs, the Hon. William Guy	16.3.1904 - 31.12.1906
Pearce, the Hon. George Foster	21.2.1907 - 13.11.1908
Dobson, the Hon. Henry	25.11.1908 - 30.6.1910
O'Keefe, the Hon. David John	1.7.1910 - 30.7.1914
Henderson, George	9.10.1914 - 30.6.1917
Shannon, John Wallace	12.7.1917 - 30.6.1920
Bakhap, Thomas Jerome Kingston	21.7.1920 - 30.6.1923
Newlands, John	5.7.1923 - 30.6.1926
Plain, the Hon. William	1.7.1926 - 30.6.1932
Hays, Herbert	1.9.1932 - 23.9.1935
Sampson, Burford, DSO, VD	24.9.1935 - 30.6.1938
McLachlan, James	1.7.1938 - 30.6.1941
Brown, Gordon	1.7.1941 - 23.9.1943
Courtice, Benjamin	23.9.1943 - 1.11.1946
Nicholls, Theophilus Martin	6.11.1946 - 19.3.1951
Rankin, George James, DSO, VD	12.6.1951 - 30.6.1953
Reid, the Hon. Albert David, MC	8.9.1953 - 22.5.1962
McKellar, Gerald Colin	7.8.1962 - 21.12.1964
Drake-Brockman, Thomas Charles, DFC	16.3.1965 - 11.11.1969
Bull, Thomas Louis, OBE	25.11.1969 - 30.6.1971
Prowse, Edgar Wylie	17.8.1971 - 31.12.1973
Webster, James Joseph	5.3.1974 - 21.12.1975
Drake-Brockman, the Hon. Thomas Charles, DFC	17.2.1976 - 30.6.1978
Scott, Douglas Barr	15.8.1978 - 10.12.1979
Maunsell, Charles Ronald	19.2.1980 - 30.6.1981
McClelland, the Hon. Douglas	20.8.1981 - 22.10.1981

Deputy Presidents and Chairmen of Committees
McClelland, the Hon. Douglas	22.10.1981 - 4.2.1983
Hamer, David John, DSC	21.4.1983 - 5.6.1987 14.9.1987 - 30.6.1990
Colston, Malcolm Arthur	21.8.1990 - 16.8.1993
Crichton-Browne, Noel Ashley	17.8.1993 - 9.5.1995
Reid, Margaret Elizabeth	9.5.1995 - 19.8.1996
Colston, Malcolm Arthur	20.8.1996 - 6.5.1997
West, Suzanne Margaret	6.5.1997 - 30.6.2002
Hogg, John Joseph	19.8.2002 - 25.8.2008
Ferguson, the Hon. Alan Baird	26.8.2008 - 30.6.2011
Parry, the Hon. Stephen Shane	4.7.2011 -

House of Representatives
Speakers
Holder, the Hon. Sir Frederick William, KCMG	9.5.1901 - 23.11.1903 2.3.1904 - 5.11.1906 20.2.1907 - 23.7.1909
Salmon, the Hon. Charles Carty	28.7.1909 - 19.2.1910
McDonald, the Hon. Charles	1.7.1910 - 23.4.1913
Johnson, the Hon. William Elliot	9.7.1913 - 30.7.1914
McDonald, the Hon. Charles	8.10.1914 - 26.3.1917
Johnson, the Hon. William Elliot (later Sir Elliot, KCMG)	14.6.1917 - 3.11.1919 26.2.1920 - 6.11.1922
Watt, the Rt Hon. William Alexander	28.2.1923 - 3.10.1925
Groom, the Hon. Sir Littleton Ernest, KCMG, KC	13.1.1926 - 9.10.1928 6.2.1929 - 16.9.1929
Makin, the Hon. Norman John Oswald	20.11.1929 - 27.11.1931
Mackay, the Hon. George Hugh	17.2.1932 - 7.8.1934
Bell, the Hon. George John, DSO, VD	23.10.1934 - 21.9.1937 30.11.1937 - 27.8.1940
Nairn, the Hon. Walter Maxwell	20.11.1940 - 21.6.1943
Rosevear, the Hon. John Solomon	22.6.1943 - 7.7.1943 23.9.1943 - 16.8.1946 6.11.1946 - 31.10.1949
Cameron, the Hon. Archie Galbraith	22.2.1950 - 19.3.1951 12.6.1951 - 21.4.1954 4.8.1954 - 4.11.1955 15.2.1956 - 9.8.1956
McLeay, the Hon. John, MM (later Sir John, KCMG, MM)	29.8.1956 - 14.10.1958 17.2.1959 - 2.11.1961 20.2.1962 - 1.11.1963 25.2.1964 - 31.10.1966
Aston, the Hon. William John (later Sir William, KCMG)	21.2.1967 - 29.9.1969 25.11.1969 - 2.11.1972
Cope, the Hon. James Francis	27.2.1973 - 11.4.1974 9.7.1974 - 27.2.1975
Scholes, the Hon. Gordon Glen Denton	27.2.1975 - 11.11.1975
Snedden, the Rt Hon. Billy Mackie, QC (later Sir Billy, KCMG, QC)	17.2.1976 - 10.11.1977 21.2.1978 - 19.9.1980 25.11.1980 - 4.2.1983
Jenkins, the Hon. Dr Henry Alfred	21.4.1983 - 26.10.1984 21.2.1985 - 20.12.1985
Child, the Hon. Joan	11.2.1986 - 5.6.1987 14.9.1987 - 28.8.1989
McLeay, the Hon. Leo Boyce	29.8.1989 - 22.12.1989 8.5.1990 - 8.2.1993
Martin, the Hon. Stephen Paul	4.5.1993 - 29.1.1996
Halverson, the Hon. Robert George	30.4.1996 - 3.3.1998
Sinclair, the Rt Hon. Ian McCahon	4.3.1998 - 31.8.1998
Andrew, the Hon. John Neil	10.11.1998 - 8.10.2001 12.2.2002 - 31.8.2004
Hawker, the Hon. David Peter Maxwell	16.11.2004 - 17.10.2007
Jenkins, Henry Alfred	12.2.2008 - 19.7.2010 28.9.2010 -

Chairmen of Committees
Chanter, the Hon. John Moore	5.6.1901 - 10.10.1902 4.6.1903 - 22.10.1903
Salmon, the Hon. Charles Carty	17.3.1904 - 15.12.1904 2.8.1905 - 21.12.1905
McDonald, the Hon. Charles	20.6.1906 - 12.10.1906
	10.7.1907 - 19.2.1910
Poynton, the Hon. Alexander	1.7.1910 - 23.4.1913
Fowler, the Hon. James Mackinnon	9.7.1913 - 30.7.1914
Chanter, the Hon. John Moore	9.10.1914 - 26.3.1917 14.6.1917 - 3.11.1919 27.2.1920 - 6.11.1922
Bamford, the Hon. Frederick William	28.2.1923 - 3.10.1925
Bayley, James Garfield	14.1.1926 - 9.10.1928
	7.2.1929 - 16.9.1929
McGrath, David Charles	20.11.1929 - 27.11.1931
Bell, George John, CMG, DSO, VD	17.2.1932 - 7.8.1934
Prowse, John Henry	23.10.1934 - 21.9.1937 30.11.1937 - 27.8.1940 21.11.1940 - 21.6.1943
Riordan, William James Frederick	22.6.1943 - 7.7.1943
	24.9.1943 - 16.8.1946
Clark, Joseph James	7.11.1946 - 31.10.1949
Adermann, Charles Frederick	22.2.1950 - 19.3.1951 20.6.1951 - 21.4.1954 4.8.1954 - 4.11.1955 15.2.1956 - 14.10.1958
Bowden, George James, MC	17.2.1959 - 7.3.1961
Lucock, Philip Ernest, CBE	8.3.1961 - 2.11.1961 20.2.1962 - 1.11.1963 25.2.1964 - 31.10.1966 21.2.1967 - 29.9.1969 25.11.1969 - 2.11.1972
Scholes, Gordon Glen Denton	28.2.1973 - 11.4.1974 9.7.1974 - 27.2.1975
Berinson, Joseph Max	27.2.1975 - 14.7.1975
Jenkins, Dr Henry Alfred	19.8.1975 - 11.11.1975
Lucock, Philip Ernest, CBE	17.2.1976 - 10.11.1977
Millar, Percival Clarence	21.2.1978 - 19.9.1980 25.11.1980 - 4.2.1983
Johnson, the Hon. Leslie Royston	21.4.1983 - 19.12.1983
Child, Joan	28.2.1984 - 11.2.1986
McLeay, Leo Boyce	11.2.1986 - 4.6.1987 14.9.1987 - 29.8.1989
Edwards, Ronald Frederick	29.8.1989 - 19.2.1990 8.5.1990 - 8.2.1993

Deputy Speakers
Jenkins, Henry Alfred	4.5.1993 - 29.1.1996
Nehl, Garry Barr	30.4.1996 - 8.10.2001
Causley, the Hon. Ian Raymond	12.2.2002 - 31.8.2004 16.11.2004 - 17.10.2007
Burke, Anna Elizabeth	12.2.2008 - 19.7.2010
Slipper, the Hon. Peter Neil	28.9.2010 -

Second Deputy Speakers
Rocher, Allan Charles	3.3.1994 - 29.1.1996
Jenkins, Henry Alfred	30.4.1996 - 31.8.1998 10.11.1998 - 8.10.2001 12.2.2002 - 31.8.2004 16.11.2004 - 17.10.2007
Scott, the Hon. Bruce Craig	12.2.2008 - 19.7.2010 28.9.2010 -

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