The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the South Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House, Adelaide, Parliament House in the st ...

, the lower house of the

Parliament of South Australia The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly ( lower house) and the 22-seat Legislative Council (upper house). General elections are ...

. The other presiding officer is the

President of the South Australian Legislative Council The president of the South Australian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the South Australian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the speaker of the South Australia ...

. As of the passage of the ''Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Act 2021'', the Speaker is constitutionally banned from being a member of a registered political party outside of a "relevant election period".Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Act 2021 The current

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

is independent MP Dan Cregan.

List of speakers

References

Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007

External links

Speakers of the House of Assembly
Parliament of South Australia.

{{Government of South Australia Lists of speakers of state and territorial lower houses in Australia, South Australia