Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
List of Speakers of the House of Representatives
The following is a list of Speakers of the House of Representatives.

Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

Section Title: List of Speakers of the House of Representatives
Table Section Text: The following is a list of Speakers of the House of Representatives.

#	Name	Party	State	Term start	Term end	Term in office

1	Frederick Holder	Independent	South Australia	9 May 1901	23 July 1909	8 years, 75 days

2	Carty Salmon	Commonwealth Liberal	Victoria	28 July 1909	19 February 1910	206 days

3	Charles McDonald	Labor	Queensland	1 July 1910	23 April 1913	2 years, 296 days

4	Elliot Johnson	Commonwealth Liberal	New South Wales	9 July 1913	30 July 1914	1 year, 21 days

(3)	Charles McDonald	Labor	Queensland	8 October 1914	26 March 1917	2 years, 169 days

(4)	Elliot Johnson	Nationalist	New South Wales	14 June 1917	6 November 1922	5 years, 145 days

5	William Watt	Nationalist	Victoria	28 February 1923	3 October 1925	2 years, 217 days

6	Littleton Groom	Nationalist	Queensland	13 January 1926	16 September 1929	3 years, 246 days

7	Norman Makin	Labor	South Australia	20 November 1929	27 November 1931	2 years, 7 days

8	George Mackay	United Australia	Queensland	17 February 1932	7 August 1934	2 years, 171 days

9	George Bell	United Australia	Tasmania	23 October 1934	27 August 1940	5 years, 309 days

10	Walter Nairn	United Australia	Western Australia	20 November 1940	21 June 1943	2 years, 213 days

11	Sol Rosevear	Labor	New South Wales	22 June 1943	31 October 1949	6 years, 131 days

12	Archie Cameron	Liberal	South Australia	22 February 1950	9 August 1956	6 years, 169 days

13	John McLeay	Liberal	South Australia	29 August 1956	31 October 1966	10 years, 63 days

14	William Aston	Liberal	New South Wales	21 February 1967	2 November 1972	5 years, 255 days

15	Jim Cope	Labor	New South Wales	27 February 1973	27 February 1975	2 years, 0 days

16	Gordon Scholes	Labor	Victoria	27 February 1975	11 November 1975	257 days

17	Billy Snedden	Liberal	Victoria	17 February 1976	4 February 1983	6 years, 352 days

18	Harry Jenkins Sr.	Labor	Victoria	21 April 1983	20 December 1985	2 years, 243 days

19	Joan Child	Labor	Victoria	11 February 1986	28 August 1989	3 years, 198 days

20	Leo McLeay	Labor	New South Wales	29 August 1989	8 February 1993	3 years, 163 days

21	Stephen Martin	Labor	New South Wales	4 May 1993	29 January 1996	2 years, 270 days

22	Bob Halverson	Liberal	Victoria	30 April 1996	3 March 1998	1 year, 307 days

23	Ian Sinclair	National	New South Wales	4 March 1998	31 August 1998	180 days

24	Neil Andrew	Liberal	South Australia	10 November 1998	31 August 2004	5 years, 295 days

25	David Hawker	Liberal	Victoria	16 November 2004	17 October 2007	2 years, 335 days

26	Harry Jenkins Jr.	Labor	Victoria	12 February 2008	24 November 2011	3 years, 285 days

27	Peter Slipper	Independent	Queensland	24 November 2011	9 October 2012	320 days

28	Anna Burke	Labor	Victoria	9 October 2012	12 November 2013	1 year, 34 days

29	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal	New South Wales	12 November 2013	2 August 2015	1 year, 263 days

30	Tony Smith	Liberal	Victoria	10 August 2015	Incumbent	3 years, 263 days

Sentence(s)

The office of Speaker is held by Tony Smith (Liberal) since August 10, 2015.
The speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is currently held by Tony Smith (Liberal) since 10 August 2015.
The office of speaker is currently held by Tony Smith (Liberal) since 10 August 2015.

final_sentence: The office of Speaker is held by Tony Smith (Liberal) since August 10, 2015.
final_sentence: The speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is currently held by Tony Smith (Liberal) since 10 August 2015.
final_sentence: The office of speaker is currently held by Tony Smith (Liberal) since 10 August 2015.