Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council
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The Speaker of the Legislative Council was the chair of New Zealand's upper house, the Legislative Council. The position corresponded roughly to that of Speaker of the House of Representatives. It was abolished in 1951, along with the Legislative Council itself.
Holders of the office
Eighteen people held the office of Speaker since the creation of the Legislative Council. Three had previously been Prime Minister. One had previously been Speaker of the House of Representatives. A list of Speakers is below.[1]
| Colour key (for political parties) |
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| No. | Name | Portrait | In office | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Swainson |  |
16 May 1854 – 8 August 1855 | pre-responsible government | ||
| 2 | Frederick Whitaker1 |  |
8 August 1855 – 12 May 1856 | |||
| Sewell Ministry | ||||||
| 3 | Thomas Bartley |  |
12 May 1856 – 1 July 1868 | |||
| first Fox Ministry first Stafford Ministry second Fox Ministry Domett Ministry Whitaker–Fox Ministry Weld Ministry | ||||||
| second Stafford Ministry | ||||||
| 4 | John Richardson | |
1 July 1868 – 6 December 1878† | |||
| third Fox Ministry third Stafford Ministry Waterhouse Ministry fourth Fox Ministry first Vogel Ministry Pollen Ministry second Vogel Ministry first Atkinson Ministry second Atkinson Ministry | ||||||
| Grey Ministry | ||||||
| 5 | William Fitzherbert2 |  |
14 June 1878 – 22 April 1887† | |||
| Hall Ministry Whitaker Ministry third Atkinson Ministry first Stout–Vogel Ministry fourth Atkinson Ministry | ||||||
| second Stout–Vogel Ministry | ||||||
| 6 | George Waterhouse1 |  |
22 April 1887 – 21 September 1887 | |||
| (5) | William Fitzherbert 2nd time | |
21 September 1887 – 23 January 1891 | |||
| Scarecrow Ministry | ||||||
| 7 | Harry Atkinson1 |  |
23 January 1891 – 28 June 1892† | Liberal Government | ||
| 8 | Henry Miller | |
8 July 1892 – 6 October 1897 | |||
| 6 October 1897 – 9 July 1903 | ||||||
| 9 | William Walker |  |
9 July 1903 – 5 January 1904† | |||
| 10 | John Rigg[2] (acting) |  |
5 January 1904 – 7 July 1904 | |||
| 11 | Alfred Cadman | .jpg) |
7 July 1904 – 23 March 1905† | |||
| 12 | Richard Reeves (acting) | |
23 March 1905 – 30 June 1905 | |||
| 13 | Charles Bowen[3] |  |
30 June 1905 – 4 July 19103 | |||
| 4 July 1910 – 4 July 1915 | ||||||
| Reform Government | ||||||
| 14 | Charles Johnston |  |
7 July 1915 – 13 June 1918† | |||
| 15 | Walter Carncross |  |
1 November 1918 – 10 July 19243 | |||
| 10 July 1924 – 10 July 19293 | ||||||
| United Government | ||||||
| 10 July 1929 – 10 July 19343 | ||||||
| United/Reform Coalition | ||||||
| 10 July 1934 – 18 July 1939 | ||||||
| First Labour Government | ||||||
| 16 | Mark Fagan |  |
18 July 1939 – 2 August 19443 | |||
| 2 August 1944 – 31 December 1947† | ||||||
| 17 | Bernard Martin |  |
29 June 1948 – 8 March 1950 | |||
| First National Government | ||||||
| 18 | Thomas Bishop |  |
15 March 1950 – 31 December 1951 | |||
1 Also served as Prime Minister
2 Previously Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
3 Reappointed at end of member's term
† Speaker died in office.
See also
References
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- ↑ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 88.
- ↑ Thomas, Paul. "Rigg, John 1858–1943". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ↑ Lineham, Peter J. "Bowen, Charles Christopher - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
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