The first Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas was done in the year 1729 following the establishment of the General Assembly, started by Woodes Roger. The first Speaker was John Colebrooke .[ 1]
List of speakers
Name
Took office
Left office
John Colebrooke
29 September 1729
21 August 1734
James Scott
21 August 1734
1743
Florentius Cox
1743
23 February 1749
John Mackintosh
23 February 1749
9 November 1750
James Stowe
9 November 1750
9 January 1753
Samuel Green
9 January 1753
27 August 1753
Charles Marshall
27 August 1753
1760
Esward Stiles
1760
11 February 1760
Daniel Larouch
11 February 1760
18 March 1762
James Gould
18 March 1762
8 July 1766
Ebenezer Love
8 July 1766
1 December 1766
Robert Sterling
1 December 1766
10 November 1768
George Fraser
10 November 1768
13 December 1768
Robert Sterling
13 December 1768
7 April 1772
Nicholas Garner
7 April 1772
17 December 1776
Parr Ross
17 December 1776
12 February 1782
Nicholas Garner
12 February 1782
20 April 1784
John Boyd
20 April 1784
1 February 1785
Thomas Roker
1 February 1785
19 September 1794
John Kelsall
19 September 1794
6 October 1795
Thomas Roker
6 October 1795
7 November 1797
Archibald Campbell
7 November 1797
30 October 1798
Alexander Campbell Wylly
30 October 1798
17 November 1800
James Webster
17 November 1800
6 October 1801
Alexander Campbell Wylly
6 October 1801
16 March 1802
James Webster
16 March 1802
22 October 1811
William Kerr
22 October 1811
3 November 1812
Alexander Young
3 November 1812
3 November 1813
James Webster
3 November 1813
5 November 1816
Lewis Kerr
5 November 1816
10 December 1828
Thomas Browne Wylly
10 December 1828
31 May 1831
George Campbell Anderson
31 May 1831
6 June 1838
John Gray Meadows
6 June 1838
6 June 1839
George Campbell Anderson
6 June 1839
6 November 1866
Bruce Burnside
6 November 1866
14 February 1867
George Campbell Anderson
14 February 1867
24 June 1868
Ormond Drimmie Malcolm
24 June 1868
15 December 1897
Robert Henry Sawyer
15 December 1897
30 May 1898
Francis Abraham Holmes
30 May 1898
17 December 1913
Harcourt Gladstone Malcolm
2 February 1914
26 December 1936
William Christopher Barnett Johnson
29 December 1936
1 September 1942
Audrey Kenneth Solomon
1 September 1942
4 November 1946
Asa Hubert Pritchard
4 November 1946
6 December 1962
Robert Symonette
6 December 1962
9 February 1967
Alvin Rudolph Braynen
9 February 1967
18 October 1972
Arlington Butler
18 October 1972
20 October 1977
Clifford Darling
20 October 1977
14 November 1991
Milo Butler Jr.
14 November 1991
2 September 1992
Vernon Symonette
2 September 1992
9 April 1997
Rome Italia Johnson
9 April 1997
22 May 2002
Oswald Ingraham
22 May 2002
23 May 2007
Alvin Smith
23 May 2007
23 May 2012
Kendal Major
23 May 2012
24 May 2017
Halson Moultrie
24 May 2017
September 2021
Patricia Deveaux
6 October 2021
Incumbent
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References
^ Dwight C. Hart (2004) The Bahamian Parliament, 1729-2004: Commemorating the 275th anniversary , Jones Publishing, p118
^ Hart (1729–2002 period)
^ "The Bahamas reference annual" . 1985.
