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
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:
Memorable Manitobans: Government of Manitoba
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 December 2024
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