Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.

List of speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba No. Portrait NameElectoral district(Birth–Death) Term of officePartyLegislatureTerm startTerm end1Joseph RoyalMLA for St. Francois Xavier West(1837–1902)March 15,1871March 14,1872Government1st2Curtis James BirdMLA for St. Pauls(1838–1876)February 5,1873December 22,1874Government3Joseph DubucMLA for St. Norbert(1840–1914)March 31,1875December1878Government2nd4John Wright SiftonMLA for St. Clements(1833–1912)February 1,1879December1879Government3rd5Gilbert McMickenMLA for Cartier(1813–1891)January 21,1880December1882Liberal-Conservative4th6Alexander MurrayMLA for Assiniboia(1839–1913)April 17,1883December1886Conservative5th7David GlassMLA for St. Clements(1830–1906)April 14,1887June1888Independent6th8William WinramMLA for Manitou(1830–1906)August 28,1888February 12,1891Liberal7th9Samuel Jacob JacksonMLA for Rockwood(1848–1942)February 25,1891January 15,1895Liberal8th10Finlay McNaughton YoungMLA for Killarney(1852–1916)February 14,1895December1899Liberal9th11William HespelerMLA for Rosenfeld(1830–1921)March 29,1900December1903Independent Conservative10th12James JohnsonMLA for Turtle Mountain(1855–1929)January 7,1904January 6,1916Independent Conservative11thConservative12th13th14th13James Bryson BairdMLA for Mountain(1859–1939)January 6,1916January 24,1922Liberal15th16th14Philippe Adjutor TalbotMLA for La Verendrye(1879–1967)January 18,1923June 12,1936United Farmers17thProgressive18thLiberal-Progressive19th15Robert HawkinsMLA for Dauphin(1879–1962)February 18,1937September 29,1949Liberal-Progressive20th21st22nd16Wallace C. MillerMLA for Rhineland(1896–1959)February 14,1950August 15,1950Progressive Conservative23rd17Nicholas BachynskyMLA for Fisher(1887–1969)November 7,1950October 23,1958Liberal-Progressive24th18Abram HarrisonMLA for Rock Lake(1898–1979)October 23,1958February 27,1963Progressive Conservative25th26th19Thelma ForbesMLA for Cypress(1910–2012)February 28,1963December 5,1966Progressive Conservative27th20James BiltonMLA for Swan River(1908–1988)December 5,1966August 14,1969Progressive Conservative28th21Ben HanuschakMLA for Burrows(born 1930)August 14,1969August 20,1970New Democratic29th22Peter FoxMLA for Kildonan(1921–1989)August 7,1971November 24,1977New Democratic30th23Harry GrahamMLA for Birtle-Russell(1921–2006)November 24,1977October 13,1981Progressive Conservative31st24Jim WaldingMLA for St. Vital(1937–2007)February 25,1982February 11,1986New Democratic32nd25Myrna PhillipsMLA for Wolseley(born 1942)May 8,1986March 9,1988New Democratic33rd26Denis RocanMLA for Turtle Mountain (until 1990)MLA for Gladstone (from 1990)(born 1949)July 21,1988May 22,1995Progressive Conservative34th35th27Louise DacquayMLA for Seine River(born 1940)May 23,1995August 17,1999Progressive Conservative36th28George HickesMLA for Point Douglas(born 1946)November 18,1999October 20,2011New Democratic37th38th39th29Daryl ReidMLA for Transcona(born 1950)October 20,2011March 16,2016New Democratic40th30Myrna DriedgerMLA for Charleswood (until 2019)MLA for Roblin (from 2019)(born 1952)May 18,2016November 9,2023Progressive Conservative41st42nd31Tom LindseyMLA for Flin Flon November 9,2023 IncumbentNew Democratic43rd

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