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 Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Legislature
Term start Term end
1 Joseph Royal
MLA for St. Francois Xavier West
(1837–1902) 		March 15,
1871 		March 14,
1872 		Government 1st
2 Curtis James Bird
MLA for St. Pauls
(1838–1876) 		February 5,
1873 		December 22,
1874 		Government
3 Joseph Dubuc
MLA for St. Norbert
(1840–1914) 		March 31,
1875 		December
1878 		Government 2nd
4 John Wright Sifton
MLA for St. Clements
(1833–1912) 		February 1,
1879 		December
1879 		Government 3rd
5 Gilbert McMicken
MLA for Cartier
(1813–1891) 		January 21,
1880 		December
1882 		Liberal-Conservative 4th
6 Alexander Murray
MLA for Assiniboia
(1839–1913) 		April 17,
1883 		December
1886 		Conservative 5th
7 David Glass
MLA for St. Clements
(1830–1906) 		April 14,
1887 		June
1888 		Independent 6th
8 William Winram
MLA for Manitou
(1830–1906) 		August 28,
1888 		February 12,
1891 		Liberal 7th
9 Samuel Jacob Jackson
MLA for Rockwood
(1848–1942) 		February 25,
1891 		January 15,
1895 		Liberal
8th
10 Finlay McNaughton Young
MLA for Killarney
(1852–1916) 		February 14,
1895 		December
1899 		Liberal
9th
11 William Hespeler
MLA for Rosenfeld
(1830–1921) 		March 29,
1900 		December
1903 		Independent Conservative 10th
12 James Johnson
MLA for Turtle Mountain
(1855–1929) 		January 7,
1904 		January 6,
1916 		Independent Conservative 11th
Conservative 12th
13th
14th
13 James Bryson Baird
MLA for Mountain
(1859–1939) 		January 6,
1916 		January 24,
1922 		Liberal 15th
16th
14 Philippe Adjutor Talbot
MLA for La Verendrye
(1879–1967) 		January 18,
1923 		June 12,
1936 		United Farmers 17th
Progressive 18th
Liberal-Progressive 19th
15 Robert Hawkins
MLA for Dauphin
(1879–1962) 		February 18,
1937 		September 29,
1949 		Liberal-Progressive 20th
21st
22nd
16 Wallace C. Miller
MLA for Rhineland
(1896–1959) 		February 14,
1950 		August 15,
1950 		Progressive Conservative 23rd
17 Nicholas Bachynsky
MLA for Fisher
(1887–1969) 		November 7,
1950 		October 23,
1958 		Liberal-Progressive
24th
18 Abram Harrison
MLA for Rock Lake
(1898–1979) 		October 23,
1958 		February 27,
1963 		Progressive Conservative 25th
26th
19 Thelma Forbes
MLA for Cypress
(1910–2012) 		February 28,
1963 		December 5,
1966 		Progressive Conservative 27th
20 James Bilton
MLA for Swan River
(1908–1988) 		December 5,
1966 		August 14,
1969 		Progressive Conservative 28th
21 Ben Hanuschak
MLA for Burrows
(born 1930) 		August 14,
1969 		August 20,
1970 		New Democratic 29th
22 Peter Fox
MLA for Kildonan
(1921–1989) 		August 7,
1971 		November 24,
1977 		New Democratic
30th
23 Harry Graham
MLA for Birtle-Russell
(1921–2006) 		November 24,
1977 		October 13,
1981 		Progressive Conservative 31st
24 Jim Walding
MLA for St. Vital
(1937–2007) 		February 25,
1982 		February 11,
1986 		New Democratic 32nd
25 Myrna Phillips
MLA for Wolseley
(born 1942) 		May 8,
1986 		March 9,
1988 		New Democratic 33rd
26 Denis Rocan
MLA for Turtle Mountain (until 1990)
MLA for Gladstone (from 1990)
(born 1949) 		July 21,
1988 		May 22,
1995 		Progressive Conservative 34th
35th
27 Louise Dacquay
MLA for Seine River
(born 1940) 		May 23,
1995 		August 17,
1999 		Progressive Conservative 36th
28 George Hickes
MLA for Point Douglas
(born 1946) 		November 18,
1999 		October 20,
2011 		New Democratic 37th
38th
39th
29 Daryl Reid
MLA for Transcona
(born 1950) 		October 20,
2011 		March 16,
2016 		New Democratic 40th
30 Myrna Driedger
MLA for Charleswood (until 2019)
MLA for Roblin (from 2019)
(born 1952) 		May 18,
2016 		November 9,
2023 		Progressive Conservative 41st
42nd
31 Tom Lindsey
MLA for Flin Flon 		November 9,
2023 		Incumbent New Democratic 43rd

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