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| Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers
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 – 30.6.2002* |
| Calvert, the Hon. Paul Henry |
19.8.2002 – 14.8.2007 |
| Ferguson, the Hon. Alan Baird |
14.8.2007 – 30.6.2008* |
| 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 |
| Sampson, Burford, DSO, VD |
4.9.1935 – 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 |
| * Authority to act between
date of dissolution and date of re-election or of election of successor
derives from the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965. |
| † Title changed to Deputy
President and Chairman of Committees on 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 – 17.8.1993 |
| Crichton-Browne, Noel Ashley |
17.8.1993 –
9.5.1995 |
| Reid, Margaret Elizabeth |
9.5.1995 – 20.8.1996 |
| Colston, Malcolm Arthur |
20.8.1996 –
6.5.1997 |
| West, Suzanne Margaret |
6.5.1997 – 30.6.2002 |
| Hogg, John Joseph |
19.8.2002 – 30.6.2008 |
| Ferguson, the Hon. Alan Baird |
26.8.2008 – |
| House of Representatives |
| Speakers† |
| Holder, the Hon. Sir Frederick William,
KCMG |
9.5.1901 – 23.7.1909 |
| Salmon, the Hon. Charles
Carty |
28.7.1909 –
30.6.1910 |
| McDonald, the Hon. Charles |
1.7.1910 – 8.7.1913 |
| Johnson, the Hon. William
Elliot |
9.7.1913 –
7.10.1914 |
| McDonald, the Hon. Charles |
8.10.1914 – 13.6.1917 |
| Johnson, the Hon. William
Elliot (later Sir Elliot, KCMG) |
14.6.1917 –
27.2.1923 |
| Watt, the Rt Hon. William Alexander |
28.2.1923 – 12.1.1926 |
| Groom, the Hon. Sir Littleton
Ernest, KCMG, KC |
13.1.1926 –
11.10.1929 |
| Makin, the Hon. Norman John Oswald |
20.11.1929 – 16.2.1932 |
| Mackay, the Hon. George Hugh |
17.2.1932 –
7.8.1934 |
| Bell, the Hon. George John, DSO, VD |
23.10.1934 – 19.11.1940 |
| Nairn, the Hon. Walter Maxwell |
20.11.1940 –
21.6.1943 |
| Rosevear, the Hon. John Solomon |
22.6.1943 – 21.2.1950 |
| Cameron, the Hon. Archie
Galbraith |
22.2.1950 –
9.8.1956 |
| McLeay, the Hon. John, MM (later Sir John,
KCMG, MM) |
29.8.1956 – 31.10.1966 |
| Aston, the Hon. William John
(later Sir William, KCMG) |
21.2.1967 –
2.11.1972* |
| Cope, the Hon. James Francis |
27.2.1973 – 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 – 4.2.1983* |
| Jenkins, the Hon. Dr Henry
Alfred |
22.4.1983 –
11.2.1986* |
| Child, the Hon. Joan |
11.2.1986 – 5.6.1987*
14.9.1987 – 28.8.1989 |
| McLeay, the Hon. Leo Boyce |
29.8.1989 –
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 –
31.8.2004* |
| Hawker, the Hon. David Peter Maxwell |
16.11.2004 – 17.10.2007* |
| Jenkins, Henry Alfred |
12.2.2008 – |
| * Authority to act between
date of dissolution and date of re-election or of election of successor
derives from the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965. |
| † For fuller details
on Speakers and Chairmen of Committees of the House of Representatives
refer to House of Representatives Practice, Canberra, Department
of the House of Representatives, 2005. |
| Chairmen of Committees‡ |
| Chanter, the Hon. John Moore |
5.6.1901 – 23.11.1903 |
| Salmon, the Hon. Charles
Carty |
17.3.1904 –
21.12.1905 |
| McDonald, the Hon. Charles |
20.6.1906 – 5.11.1906;
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 |
8.2.1923 – 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 – 8.3.1961 |
| 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 – 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 – 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 –
5.6.1987
14.9.1987 – 29.8.1989 |
| Edwards, Ronald Frederick |
29.8.1989 – 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 |
11.2.2002 – 17.10.2007 |
| Burke, Anna Elizabeth |
12.2.2008 – |
| Second Deputy Speakers |
| Rocher, Allan Charles |
3.3.1994 – 29.1.1996 |
| Jenkins, Henry Alfred |
30.4.1996 – 17.10.2007 |
| Scott, the Hon. Bruce Craig |
12.2.2008 – |
| ‡ For fuller details
on Speakers and Chairmen of Committees of the House of Representatives
refer to House of Representatives Practice, Canberra, Department
of the House of Representatives, 2005. |
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