The Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The Speaker is selected by secret ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly.
List of speakers No. Portrait NameElectoral district(Birth–Death) Term of officePartyLegislatureTerm startTerm end1Charles W. FisherMLA for Banff (until 1909)MLA for Cochrane (from 1909)(1866–1919)March 15,1906May 5,1919Liberal1st2nd3rd4th2Charles PingleMLA for Redcliff(1880–1928)February 17,1920July 18,1921Liberal3Oran McPhersonMLA for Little Bow(1886–1949)February 2,1922May 25,1926United Farmers5th4George JohnstonMLA for Coronation(1884–1977)February 10,1927July 22,1935United Farmers6th7th5Nathan Eldon TannerMLA for Cardston(1898–1982)February 6,1936January 4,1937Social Credit8th6Peter DawsonMLA for Little Bow(1892–1963)February 25,1937March 24,1963Social Credit9th10th11th12th13th14th7Arthur J. DixonMLA for Calgary South (until 1971)MLA for Calgary-Millican (from 1971)(1919–2007)March 26,1963March 1,1972Social Credit15th16th8Gerard AmerongenMLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark(1914–2013)March 2,1972June 11,1986Progressive Conservative17th18th19th20th9David J. CarterMLA for Calgary-Egmont(born 1934)June 12,1986August 30,1993Progressive Conservative21st22nd10Stanley SchumacherMLA for Drumheller(1933–2020)August 30,1993April 14,1997Progressive Conservative23rd11Ken KowalskiMLA for Barrhead-Westlock(until 2004)MLA for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock(from 2004)(born 1945)April 14,1997May 23,2012Progressive Conservative24th25th26th27th12Gene ZwozdeskyMLA for Edmonton-Mill Creek(1948–2019)May 23,2012June 11,2015Progressive Conservative28th13Bob WannerMLA for Medicine Hat(born 1949)June 11,2015May 20,2019New Democratic29th14Nathan CooperMLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills(born 1980)May 21,2019May 13,2025United Conservative30th31st15Ric McIverMLA for Calgary-Hays(born 1958)May 13,2025United Conservative 31st
See also Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada Speaker of the Senate of Canada
External links Alberta Legislative Assembly List of Speakers History of the Speakers of the Assembly Hansard May 16, 2006