Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory.

The current speaker is Jeremy Hanson of the Canberra Liberals.

Office The Speaker is the head of the parliament as well as the chamber, they are responsible for governing conduct within the chamber, ensuring standing orders are followed, and disciplining members who break these rules. They are also the ceremonial representative of the Assembly as a whole.

The office of Speaker comes with a bonus salary of $103,839 on top of the $188,798 base salary already received by every member of the Legislative Assembly. Given the Speaker must be an MLA, their total salary amounts to $292,637.

List of Speakers Speakers # Speaker Party Term start Term end Time in office David Prowse No Self Government 11 May 1989Hansard, 11 May 1989 (p4): Election of David Prowse as Speaker 4 December 1989 1 Independents Group 4 December 1989 6 August 1990 Liberal 6 August 1990 15 February 1992 2 Roberta McRae Labor 27 March 1992Hansard, 27 March 1992 (p3): Election of Roberta McRae as Speaker 9 March 1995 3 Greg Cornwell Liberal 9 March 1995Hansard, 9 March 1995 (p3): Election of Greg Cornwell as Speaker 12 November 2001 4 Wayne Berry Labor 12 November 2001Hansard, 12 November 2001 (p3): Election of Wayne Berry as Speaker 5 November 2008 5 Shane Rattenbury Greens 5 November 2008Hansard, 5 November 2008 (p3): Election of Shane Rattenbury as Speaker 6 November 2012 6 Vicki Dunne Liberal 6 November 2012 31 October 2016 7 Joy Burch Labor 31 October 2016 6 November 2024 9 Mark Parton Liberal 6 November 2024 10 November 2025 – Andrew Braddock (acting) Greens 10 November 2025 2 December 2025 10 Jeremy Hanson Liberal 2 December 2025 Incumbent

Deputy Speakers # Speaker Party Term start Term end Time in office 1 Bill Stefaniak Liberal 23 May 1989 15 February 1992 2 Greg Cornwell Liberal 27 March 1992 18 February 1995 3 Roberta McRae Labor 9 March 1995 21 February 1998 4 Bill Wood Labor 19 March 1998 20 October 2001 (2) Greg Cornwell Liberal 12 November 2001 16 October 2004 5 Steve Pratt Liberal 4 November 2004 18 October 2008 6 Mary Porter Labor 5 November 2008 18 February 2016 7 Joy Burch Labor 18 February 2016 15 October 2016 8 Vicki Dunne Liberal 31 October 2016 17 October 2020 9 Mark Parton Liberal 3 November 2020 6 November 2024 5 Andrew Braddock Greens 6 November 2024 Incumbent

Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

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