Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English 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	File:Charles Wellington Fisher2.jpg	Charles W. Fisher MLA for Banff (until 1909) MLA for Cochrane (from 1909) (1866–1919)	March 15, 1906	May 5, 1919	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Liberal	1st
					2nd
					3rd
					4th
2	File:Charles Stewart Pingle.jpg	Charles Pingle MLA for Redcliff (1880–1928)	February 17, 1920	July 18, 1921		style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Liberal
3	File:Honourable O.L. McPherson - (ca.1920-ca.1927) (16868391495).jpg	Oran McPherson MLA for Little Bow (1886–1949)	February 2, 1922	May 25, 1926	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	United Farmers	5th
4	File:George N. Johnston PAA A10722.jpg	George Johnston MLA for Coronation (1884–1977)	February 10, 1927	July 22, 1935	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	United Farmers	6th
					7th
5	File:N. Eldon Tanner.JPG	Nathan Eldon Tanner MLA for Cardston (1898–1982)	February 6, 1936	January 4, 1937	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Social Credit	8th
6	File:Peter Dawson.jpg	Peter Dawson MLA for Little Bow (1892–1963)	February 25, 1937	March 24, 1963	rowspan="7" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	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		rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Social Credit
					15th
					16th
8		Gerard Amerongen MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark (1914–2013)	March 2, 1972	June 11, 1986	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Progressive Conservative	17th
					18th
					19th
					20th
9		David J. Carter MLA for Calgary-Egmont (born 1934)	June 12, 1986	August 30, 1993	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Progressive Conservative	21st
					22nd
10	File:Stan Schumacher.jpg	Stanley Schumacher MLA for Drumheller (1933–2020)	August 30, 1993	April 14, 1997	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Progressive Conservative	23rd
11	File:Alberta Speaker Ken Kowalski.jpg	Ken Kowalski MLA for Barrhead-Westlock (until 2004) MLA for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (from 2004) (born 1945)	April 14, 1997	May 23, 2012	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Progressive Conservative	24th
					25th
					26th
					27th
12	File:Gene Zwozdesky - Jun 2013.JPG	Gene Zwozdesky MLA for Edmonton-Mill Creek (1948–2019)	May 23, 2012	June 11, 2015	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	Progressive Conservative	28th
13	File:Bob Wanner 2015.jpg	Bob Wanner MLA for Medicine Hat (born 1949)	June 11, 2015	May 20, 2019	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	New Democratic	29th
14	File:Nathan Cooper, MLA.jpg	Nathan Cooper MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (born 1980)	May 21, 2019	May 13, 2025	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	United Conservative	30th
					31st
15	File:Ric McIver 2012-12-08.jpg	Ric McIver MLA for Calgary-Hays (born 1958)	May 13, 2025		rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; |	United Conservative	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

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