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

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No.  | Portrait  | Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Party  | Legislature

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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

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* Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
* Speaker of the Senate of Canada

## External links

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* Alberta Legislative Assembly List of Speakers
* History of the Speakers of the Assembly Hansard May 16, 2006[permanent dead link]

Order of precedence

Preceded by

Former Premiers of Alberta

|  Order of precedence in Alberta | Succeeded by

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