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 Order of the Crocus

Manitoba Senators (1870-present)

Manitoba Judges (1870-present)

Mayors of Brandon (1882-present)

Mayors of Winnipeg (1874-present)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 November 2023

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