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Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the South Australian House of Assembly

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Chairman of Committees
and
Deputy Speaker
of the House of Assembly
Parliament of South Australia
Incumbent
Tony Piccolo
since 3 May 2022
Style
  • Madam/Mr. Deputy Speaker (whilst presiding)
AppointerElected by the House of Assembly
Formation1875
First holderJohn Carr
DeputyTony Piccolo

Officially the Chairman of Committees but also known informally known as the Deputy Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the deputy presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia with the Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly being the senior presiding officer of that chamber.[1][2]

The Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker is elected by the Members of the House of Assembly to preside when the House forms itself into a Committee of the Whole of the membership of the House to consider Bills, or during a period where the Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is absent in the chamber.[3]

The current Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees is Labor MP Tony Piccolo.[citation needed]

List of deputy speakers

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Order Member Term commence Term end
1 John Carr 1875 (1875) 1876 (1876)
2 William Townsend 1876 (1876) 1882 (1882)
3 Luke Furner 1882 (1882) 1884 (1884)
4 Ebenezer Ward 1884 (1884) 1890 (1890)
5 Alfred Catt 1890 (1890) 1905 (1905)
6 Ephraim Henry Coombe 1905 (1905) 1909 (1909)
7 Alexander McDonald 1909 (1909) 1910 (1910)
8 Harry Jackson 1910 (1910) 1911 (1911)
9 John Newland 1911 (1911) 1912 (1912)
10 Samuel Bruce Rudall 1912 (1912) 1915 (1915)
11 Henry Chesson 1915 (1915) 1918 (1918)
12 George Richards Laffer 1918 (1918) 1920 (1920)
13 William Angus 1920 (1920) 1921 (1921)
14 Vernon Gordon Petherick 1921 (1921) 1924 (1924)
15 Robert Stanley Richards 1924 (1924) 1927 (1927)
16 Robert Dove Nicholls 1927 (1927) 1930 (1930)
17 Frank Clement Staniford 1930 (1930) 1933 (1933)
18 Henry Burgess Crosby 1933 (1933) 1938 (1938)
19 Reginald John Rudall 1938 (1938) 1938 (1938)
20 Henry Stephen Dunks 1938 (1938) 1955 (1955)
21 Berthold Teusner 1955 (1955) 1956 (1956)
22 Colin Rosslyn Dunnage 1956 (1956) 1962 (1962)
23 Berthold Teusner 1962 (1962) 1965 (1965)
24 Samuel James Lawn 1965 (1965) 1968 (1968)
25 Berthold Teusner 1968 (1968) 1970 (1970)
26 Samuel James Lawn 1970 (1970) 1971 (1971)
27 John Richard Ryan 1971 (1971) 1973 (1973)
28 Allan Burdon 1973 (1973) 1975 (1975)
29 Gil Langley 1975 (1975) 1977 (1977)
30 Gavin Francis Keneally 1977 (1977) 1979 (1979)
31 Graham Gunn 1979 (1979) 1982 (1982)
32 Maxwell John Brown 1982 (1982) 1985 (1985)
33 Donald Mervyn Ferguson 1986 (1986) 1989 (1989)
34 Martyn John Evans 1990 (1990) 1992 (1992)
35 Donald Mervyn Ferguson 1992 (1992) 1993 (1993)
36 Harold Allison 1994 (1994) 1997 (1997)
37 David Wotton 1997 (1997) 2002 (2002)
38 Robert Bruce Such 2002 (2002) 2005 (2005)
39 Jack Snelling 2005 (2005) 2006 (2006)
40 Gay Thompson 27 April 2006 (2006-04-27) 6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)
41 Chloe Fox 6 June 2010 (2010-06-06) 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)
42 Tony Piccolo 8 November 2011 (2011-11-08) 21 January 2013 (2013-01-21)
43 Frances Bedford 6 May 2014 (2014-05-06) 2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
44 Peter Treloar 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)
45 Tony Piccolo 3 May 2022 (2022-05-03) incumbent

References

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  1. ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007" (PDF). Statistical Records of the Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007.
  2. ^ "House of Assembly Votes and Proceedings 1857-Present". Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Officers of the Parliament". Parliament of South Australia - House of Assembly. Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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