Artist: Grant Boland
Portrait Hung: 22 April 2015

Election of the Speaker (27 October 2011, Journal)

“'Members of the House of Assembly, I have it in command of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor to acquaint you that it is not convenient that the purposes for which he has called the General Assembly together should be declared until the Members of the House of Assembly have chosen a Speaker. It is therefore His Honour’s will that you, the Members of the House of Assembly, do proceed to the election of a Speaker.'

His Honour the Administrator having left the Chamber the Clerk then said:

'At the close of nominations for the Office of Speaker at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, two candidates had put their names forward: Mr. Tom Osborne and Mr. Ross Wiseman. Mr. Tom Osborne has since withdrawn his candidacy. Accordingly, pursuant to suborder 4(4) of the Standing Orders, I declare Mr. Ross Wiseman, the Member for Trinity North elected Speaker of the Forty-Seventh General Assembly.'

Mr. Wiseman was conducted to the Speaker’s Chair by the Honourable the Premier (Ms. Dunderdale) and the Honourable the Leader of the Official Opposition (Ms. Jones).

Whereupon, the Honourable the Speaker having seated himself in the Speaker’s Chair addressed the House, expressing his gratitude to the Honourable Members for the high honour they had unanimously accorded him by electing him Speaker of the House of Assembly.

47^th General Assembly, 1^st Session (27 October 2011).

Election of the Speaker (27 October 2011, Hansard)

47^th General Assembly, 1^st Session (27 October 2011).

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Approbation of the Speaker (5 March 2012, Journal)

47^th General Assembly, 1^st Session (5 March 2012).

Approbation of the Speaker (5 March 2012, Hansard)

47^th General Assembly, 1^st Session (5 March 2012).