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.

[edit] List of Speakers

Affiliation		Name	Years served
	Liberal	Charles W. Fisher	1906 - 1919
	Liberal	Charles Pingle	1920 - 1922
	United Farmers	Oran McPherson	1922 - 1926
	United Farmers	George Johnston	1926 - 1936
	Social Credit	Nathan Eldon Tanner	1936 - 1937
	Social Credit	Peter Dawson	1937 - 1963
	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon	1963 - 1972
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen	1972 - 1986
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Carter	1986 - 1993
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Schumacher	1993 - 1997
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kowalski	1997 - present

[edit] See also

• Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
• Speaker of the Canadian Senate

[edit] External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly List of Speakers
• History of the Speakers of the Assembly Hansard May 16, 2006

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