Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The Speaker is selected by secret ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly.

List of speakers

No.	Portrait	Name Electoral district (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Term start	Term end
1		Charles W. Fisher MLA for Banff (until 1909) MLA for Cochrane (from 1909) (1866–1919)	March 15, 1906	May 5, 1919		Liberal	1st
							2nd
							3rd
							4th
2		Charles Pingle MLA for Redcliff (1880–1928)	February 17, 1920	July 18, 1921		Liberal
3		Oran McPherson MLA for Little Bow (1886–1949)	February 2, 1922	May 25, 1926		United Farmers	5th
4		George Johnston MLA for Coronation (1884–1977)	February 10, 1927	July 22, 1935		United Farmers	6th
							7th
5		Nathan Eldon Tanner MLA for Cardston (1898–1982)	February 6, 1936	January 4, 1937		Social Credit	8th
6		Peter Dawson MLA for Little Bow (1892–1963)	February 25, 1937	March 24, 1963		Social Credit
							9th
							10th
							11th
							12th
							13th
							14th
7		Arthur J. Dixon MLA for Calgary South (until 1971) MLA for Calgary-Millican (from 1971) (1919–2007)	March 26, 1963	March 1, 1972		Social Credit
							15th
							16th
8		Gerard Amerongen MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark (1914–2013)	March 2, 1972	June 11, 1986		Progressive Conservative	17th
							18th
							19th
							20th
9		David J. Carter MLA for Calgary-Egmont (born 1934)	June 12, 1986	August 30, 1993		Progressive Conservative	21st
							22nd
10		Stanley Schumacher MLA for Drumheller (1933–2020)	August 30, 1993	April 14, 1997		Progressive Conservative	23rd
11		Ken Kowalski MLA for Barrhead-Westlock (until 2004) MLA for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (from 2004) (born 1945)	April 14, 1997	May 23, 2012		Progressive Conservative	24th
							25th
							26th
							27th
12		Gene Zwozdesky MLA for Edmonton-Mill Creek (1948–2019)	May 23, 2012	June 11, 2015		Progressive Conservative	28th
13		Bob Wanner MLA for Medicine Hat (born 1949)	June 11, 2015	May 20, 2019		New Democratic	29th
14		Nathan Cooper MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (born 1980)	May 21, 2019	Incumbent		United Conservative	30th
							31st

See also

• Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
• Speaker of the Senate of Canada

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly List of Speakers
• History of the Speakers of the Assembly Hansard May 16, 2006