List of speakers of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas

The first Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas was done in the year 1729 following the establishment of the General Assembly, started by Woodes Roger. The first Speaker was John Colebrooke.Dwight C. Hart (2004) The Bahamian Parliament, 1729-2004: Commemorating the 275th anniversary, Jones Publishing, p118

List of speakers NameTook officeLeft officeJohn Colebrooke29 September 172921 August 1734James Scott21 August 17341743Florentius Cox174323 February 1749John Mackintosh23 February 17499 November 1750James Stowe9 November 17509 January 1753Samuel Green9 January 175327 August 1753Charles Marshall27 August 17531760Esward Stiles176011 February 1760Daniel Larouch11 February 176018 March 1762James Gould18 March 17628 July 1766Ebenezer Love8 July 17661 December 1766Robert Sterling1 December 176610 November 1768George Fraser10 November 176813 December 1768Robert Sterling13 December 17687 April 1772Nicholas Garner7 April 177217 December 1776Parr Ross17 December 177612 February 1782Nicholas Garner12 February 178220 April 1784John Boyd20 April 17841 February 1785Thomas Roker1 February 178519 September 1794John Kelsall19 September 17946 October 1795Thomas Roker6 October 17957 November 1797Archibald Campbell7 November 179730 October 1798Alexander Campbell Wylly30 October 179817 November 1800James Webster17 November 18006 October 1801Alexander Campbell Wylly6 October 180116 March 1802James Webster16 March 180222 October 1811William Kerr22 October 18113 November 1812Alexander Young3 November 18123 November 1813James Webster3 November 18135 November 1816Lewis Kerr5 November 181610 December 1828Thomas Browne Wylly10 December 182831 May 1831George Campbell Anderson31 May 18316 June 1838John Gray Meadows6 June 18386 June 1839George Campbell Anderson6 June 18396 November 1866Bruce Burnside6 November 186614 February 1867George Campbell Anderson14 February 186724 June 1868Ormond Drimmie Malcolm24 June 186815 December 1897Robert Henry Sawyer15 December 189730 May 1898Francis Abraham Holmes30 May 189817 December 1913Harcourt Gladstone Malcolm2 February 191426 December 1936William Christopher Barnett Johnson29 December 19361 September 1942Audrey Kenneth Solomon1 September 19424 November 1946Asa Hubert Pritchard4 November 19466 December 1962Robert Symonette6 December 19629 February 1967Alvin Rudolph Braynen9 February 196718 October 1972Arlington Butler18 October 197220 October 1977Clifford Darling20 October 197714 November 1991Milo Butler Jr.14 November 19912 September 1992Vernon Symonette2 September 19929 April 1997Rome Italia Johnson9 April 199722 May 2002Oswald Ingraham22 May 200223 May 2007Alvin Smith23 May 200723 May 2012Kendal Major23 May 201224 May 2017Halson Moultrie24 May 2017September 2021Patricia Deveaux6 October 2021IncumbentHart (1729–2002 period)

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