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The '''Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly''' is the presiding officer in the [[Northern Territory Legislative Assembly]]. Though the office had existed since the creation of the Assembly in 1974, it was given greater legislative force when the roles and functions of the office were included in the federal Act that gave the Territory self-government in 1978.

The Speaker's principal duty is to preside over the Assembly. The occupant of the Chair must maintain order in the House, uphold the Standing Orders (rules of procedure) and protect the rights of backbench members.

The Speaker must be a member of the Assembly themselves and is elected to the position by a ballot of the members of the Assembly. It is generally a partisan position, although both Speaker and Deputy Speaker were independents between 2001 and 2005. Kezia Purick was also the Speaker as an independent between 2015 and 2020. The current speaker [[Robyn Lambley]] is and independent.

The current speaker is [[Electoral division of Araluen|Araluen]] MLA [[Robyn Lambley]].

==Speakers of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #aaa; border-collapse:collapse"
|-
! Member
! colspan=2| Party
! Term in Office
|-
| [[Bernie Kilgariff]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}} 
| 20 November 1974 – 16 July 1975
|-
| [[Les MacFarlane]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}}  
| 17 July 1975 – 27 February 1984
|-
| [[Roger Steele]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}}  
| 28 February 1984 – 16 June 1986
|-
| [[Roger Vale]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}}  
| 17 June 1986 – 9 October 1989
|-
| [[Nick Dondas]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}}  
| 10 October 1989 – 26 June 1994
|-
| [[Terry McCarthy (politician)|Terry McCarthy]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}}  
| 27 June 1994 – 24 November 1997
|-
| [[Loraine Braham]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}} 
| 25 November 1997 – 15 February 1999
|-
| [[Terry McCarthy (politician)|Terry McCarthy]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}}  
| 16 February 1999 – 15 October 2001
|-
| [[Loraine Braham]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} 
| 16 October 2001 – 28 June 2005
|-
| [[Jane Aagaard]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)}}
| 29 June 2005 – 22 October 2012
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Kezia Purick]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Country Liberal Party}} 
| rowspan=2|23 October 2012 – 23 June 2020
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|-
| [[Chansey Paech]] 
| {{Party name with colour|Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)}}
| 23 June 2020 – 7 September 2020
|-
| [[Ngaree Ah Kit]]
| {{Party name with colour|Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)}}
| 20 October 2020 – 23 May 2022
|-
| [[Mark Monaghan]]
| {{Party name with colour|Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)}}
| 23 May 2022 – 12 February 2024
|-
| [[Dheran Young]]
| {{Party name with colour|Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)}}
| 13 February 2024 – 15 October 2024
|-
| [[Robyn Lambley]]
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| 15 October 2024 - present
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nt.gov.au/lant/pub/MEMBERS%20OF%20THE%201%20-%2011TH%20ASSEMBLY.pdf Members of the Legislative Assembly: 1974 to 21 July 2010]

{{Presiding officers of Australian legislatures}}
{{Government of the Northern Territory}}
{{Politics of the Northern Territory}}

[[Category:Lists of speakers of state and territorial lower houses in Australia|Northern Territory]]
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