The Speaker and office holders

Speakers

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Member	Party	Period of office	Length of term	Photograph
Joy Burch	Australian Labor Party	31/10/2016 - present	ongoing
Vicki Dunne	Canberra Liberals	6/11/2012 - 31/10/2016	3 years, 11 months and 26 days
Shane Rattenbury	ACT Greens	5/11/2008 - 6/11/2012	4 years and 1 day
Wayne Berry	Australian Labor Party	12/11/2001 - 5/11/2008	6 years, 11 months and 25 days
Greg Cornwell	Liberal Party	9/3/1995 - 12/11/2001	6 years, 8 months and 4 days
Roberta McRae	Australian Labor Party	27/3/1992 - 9/3/1995	2 years, 11 months and 11 days
David Prowse	No Self Government Party	11/5/1989 - 27/3/1992	2 years, 10 months and 17 days

Opposition Leaders

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	Party	Period of office	Length of term	Photograph
Elizabeth Lee	Canberra Liberals	3/11/2020 - present	ongoing
Alistair Coe	Canberra Liberals	31/10/2016 - 17/10/2020	3 years, 11 months, 17 days
Jeremy Hanson	Canberra Liberals	11/2/2013 - 15/10/2016	3 years, 8 months, 5 days
Zed Seselja	Canberra Liberals	13/12/2007 - 11/02/2013	5 years, 23 days***
Bill Stefaniak	Liberal Party	16/5/2006 - 13/12/2007	1 year, 6 months, 28 days
Brendan Smyth	Liberal Party	25/11/2002 - 16/5/2006	3 years, 5 months, 3 days**
Gary Humphries	Liberal Party	12/11/2001 - 25/11/2001	1 year, 14 days
Jon Stanhope	Australian Labor Party	19/3/1998 - 20/10/2001	3 years, 7 months, 2 days
Wayne Berry	Australian Labor Party	19/8/1997 - 21/2/1998	6 months, 3 days
Andrew Whitecross	Australian Labor Party	5/3/1996 - 19/8/1997	1 year, 5 months, 15 days
Rosemary Follett	Australian Labor Party	9/3/1995 - 5/3/1996	11 months, 26 days
Kate Carnell	Liberal Party	21/4/1993 - 18/2/1995	1 year, 9 months, 29 days
Trevor Kaine	Liberal Party	22/7/1991 - 21/4/1993	1 year, 7 months, 20 days*
Gary Humphries	Liberal Party	21/6/1991 - 22/7/1991	1 month, 2 days
Craig Duby	Liberal Party	21/6/1991	1 day
Trevor Kaine	Liberal Party	6/6/1991 - 21/6/1991	16 days
Rosemary Follett	Australian Labor Party	5/12/1989 - 6/6/1991	1 year, 6 months, 2 days
Trevor Kaine	Liberal Party	11/5/1989 - 5/12/1989	6 months, 25 days

*Trevor Kaine: period of office and length of term excludes the period from election day to first sitting 15/2/1992 - 26/3/1992

**Brendan Smyth: period of office and length of term excludes the period from election day to first sitting 17/10/2004 - 3/11/2004

***Zed Seselja: period of office and length of term excludes the period from election day to first sitting for the Seventh Assembly 18/10/2008 - 5/11/2008 and the Eighth Assembly 20/10/2012 - 6/11/2012

Clerks

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Clerk	Period of office	Length of office	Photograph
Thomas Duncan	7/6/2003 - present	ongoing*
Mark Joseph McRae	9/11/1989 - 6/6/2003	13 years, 6 months and 29 days
Donald Marden Piper (Acting)	11/5/1989 - 8/11/1989	5 months and 29 days

*Tom Duncan was Acting Clerk from 7/6/2003 - 24/9/2003, he was appointed as Clerk from 25/9/2003