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Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly

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Field	Value
post	{{flagicon image	Flag of South Australia.svg
insignia	Crest of the Parliament of South Australia's House of Assembly.png
insigniacaption	Crest of the House of Assembly
incumbent	Leon Bignell
incumbentsince	11 April 2024
style	Madam/Mr Speaker (informal and within the house)
The Honourable
status	Presiding and chief administrative officer
member_of	House of Assembly
Joint Parliamentary Services Committee
appointer	Elected by the House of Assembly
termlength	At His Majesty's pleasure with the confidence of the House or until resignation
deputy	Chairman of Committees
constituting_instrument	Constitution Act 1934 (Sections 34-36)
formation	22 April 1857
first	George Strickland Kingston
salary	$326,550 (including $186,600 salary + 75%)
website

The Honourable (within the Commonwealth) Joint Parliamentary Services Committee The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the South Australian Legislative Council.

As of the passage of the , the Speaker is constitutionally banned from being a member of a registered political party outside of a "relevant election period".

The current Speaker is independent MP Leon Bignell.

List of speakers

Order	Member	Party	Term commence	Term end	Term in office
	1	George Strickland Kingston
	2	George Charles Hawker
	3	George Strickland Kingston			Died in office
	4	Robert Dalrymple Ross			Died in office
	5	John Cox Bray
	6	Jenkin Coles
	7	Harry Jackson	United Labor Party			days
	8	Laurence O'Loughlin	Liberal Union
	9	Frederick Coneybeer	United Labor Party
National Party
	10	Richard Butler	Liberal Union/
Liberal Federation
	11	John McInnes	Australian Labor Party (SA)
	12	Frederick Birrell	Australian Labor Party			days
	13	George Laffer	Liberal Federation
	14	Eric Shepherd	Australian Labor Party/
Parliamentary Labor Party
	15	Robert Nicholls	Liberal and Country League			****
	16	Berthold Teusner	Liberal and Country League
	17	Tom Stott	Independent
	18	Lindsay Riches	Australian Labor Party
	19	Tom Stott	Independent
	20	Reg Hurst	Australian Labor Party
	21	John Ryan	Australian Labor Party
	22	Ted Connelly	Independent
	23	Gil Langley	Australian Labor Party
	24	Bruce Eastick	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
	25	Terry McRae	Australian Labor Party
	26	John Trainer	Australian Labor Party
	27	Norm Peterson	Independent Labor
	28	Graham Gunn	Liberal Party of Australia
	29	John Oswald	Liberal Party of Australia
	30	Peter Lewis	Independent
	31	Bob Such	Independent			days
	32	Jack Snelling	Australian Labor Party
	33	Lyn Breuer	Australian Labor Party
	34	Michael Atkinson	Australian Labor Party		16 March 2018
	35	Vincent Tarzia	Liberal Party of Australia		29 July 2020
	36	Josh Teague	Liberal Party of Australia	8 September 2020
	37	Dan Cregan	Independent	12 October 2021
	38	Leon Bignell	Independent	11 April 2024	incumbent	**

References

Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007

References

{{Cite Legislation AU. SA. num_act. csaa202140o2021481. Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Act 2021
Cosenza, Emily. (8 September 2020). "Hills MP Josh Teague selected to be new Speaker in SA parliament".

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