Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

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The Speaker is selected by secret ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly.

List of Speakers

Affiliation		Name	Years served	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Charles W. Fisher Charles W. Fisher Charles Wellington Fisher was a Canadian politician who served as the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Biography:...	1906–1919	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Charles Pingle Charles Pingle Charles Stueart "Charlie" Pingle was a druggist, politician and service man in Alberta, Canada.Pingle was born in Manitoba. After attending schools in Winnipeg, he apprenticed a druggist in Regina for two years before writing pharmaceutical exams and moving to Alberta to establish his own shop...	1920–1922	United Farmers United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...	Oran McPherson Oran McPherson Oran Leo "Tony" McPherson was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Little Bow from 1921 to 1935 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta.-Early life:...	1922–1926	United Farmers United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...	George Johnston George Johnston George Norman Johnston was a politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in 1921, He served as Speaker of the Alberta Legislature from 1921 to 1936. He was defeated in 1935 when Social Credit swept to power...	1926–1936	Social Credit	Nathan Eldon Tanner Nathan Eldon Tanner Nathan Eldon Tanner was a teacher, business leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and a municipal and provincial politician from the Canadian province of Alberta...	1936–1937	Social Credit	Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (politician) Peter Dawson was a Canadian minister, politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Dawson was born in 1892 in Scotland. After attending schools and briefly working as a labourer and an apprentice to a butcher in Maybole, Dawson immigrated to Canada at the age of 18 with his...	1937–1963	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon Arthur J. Dixon Arthur Johnson Dixon, CM was a real estate and insurance agent, and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government and opposition...	1963–1972	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen Gerard Amerongen Gerard "Gerry" Joseph Taets von Amerongen is a politician and lawyer from Alberta, Canada.Amerongen first ran for Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1955 Alberta provincial election for the Conservative Party in the Edmonton district...	1972–1986	Progressive Conservative	David J. Carter David J. Carter David John Carter is a politician, clergyman, photographer and author from Alberta, Canada.Carter served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993...	1986–1993	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Schumacher Stanley Schumacher Stanley Stanford Schumacher was speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from Alberta, Canada-Early life:He was born in Hanna, Alberta to parents Louis and Gladys Schumacher...	1993–1997	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kowalski Ken Kowalski Kenneth "Ken" Reginald Kowalski, MLA is a provincial level politician and former teacher from Alberta, Canada. He is a current member and also dean of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and has served continuously since November 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	1997–present

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