Memorable Manitobans: Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature

The following persons have served as Speaker of the Manitoba Legislature:

Term

Speaker

1871-1872

Joseph Royal (1837-1902)

1873-1874

Curtis James Bird (1838-1876)

1875-1878

Joseph Dubuc (1840-1914)

1879

John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)

1880-1882

Gilbert McMicken (1813-1891)

1883-1886

Alexander “Sandy” Murray (1839-1913)

1887-1888

David Glass (1829-1906)

1888-1891

William James Winram (1838-1891)

1891-1895

Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)

1895-1899

Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)

1900-1903

William Hespeler (1830-1921)

1904-1915

James Johnson (1855-1929)

1916-1922

James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)

1923-1936

Philippe Adjutor Talbot (1879-1961)

1937-1949

Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)

1950

William Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)

1950-1958

Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)

1958-1963

Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)

1963-1966

Thelma Bessie Forbes (1910-2012)

1966-1969

James Herbert Bilton (1908-1988)

1969-1970

Ben Hanuschak

1971-1977

Peter Fox (1921-1989)

1977-1981

Harry Edward Graham (1921-2006)

1982-1986

Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)

1986-1988

Myrna A. Phillips

1988-1995

Denis Rocan

1995-1999

Louise Dacquay

1999-2011

George Hickes

2011-2016

Daryl Gary Reid

2016-2023

Myrna Driedger

2023-?

Tom Lindsey

See also:

Convention of Forty (1870)

Governors of Red River Settlement (1812-1870)

Provisional Government of Manitoba / Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia (1870)

Lieutenant-Governors of Manitoba (1870-present)

Premiers of Manitoba (1870-present)

Legislative Assemblies of Manitoba (1870-present)

Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature (1871-present)

Legislative Council of Manitoba (1871-1876)

Manitoba Members of Parliament (1870-present)

Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Canada

Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Manitoba

Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Manitoba Judges (1870-present)

Manitoba Senators (1870-present)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 November 2023

Memorable Manitobans

Memorable Manitobans

This is a collection of noteworthy Manitobans from the past, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. We acknowledge that the collection contains both reputable and disreputable people. All are worth remembering as a lesson to future generations.

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