President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

The President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Council

Tasmanian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...

. The current President is Sue Smith MLC who has presided over the Council since 10 June 2008.

Presidents of the Legislative Council

Member	Party	Electorate	Term in Office
Thomas Horne	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name....	2 December 1856 – 2 September 1859
William Nairn		Meander	13 September 1859 – 25 August 1868
Frederick Innes Frederick Innes Frederick Maitland Innes was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873.The son of Francis Innes, army officer, and his wife Prudence, née Edgerleyan, Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Innes was educated at Heriot's, Edinburgh, and Kelso Grammar School in Kelso...	Independent	South Esk	25 August 1868 – 4 November 1872
James Milne Wilson James Milne Wilson Sir James Milne Wilson, KCMG served as Premier of Tasmania from 1869 to 1872.Wilson was born in 1812 in Banff, Scotland; the third son of John Wilson, a shipowner. Educated at Banff and Edinburgh, he emigrated to Tasmania in 1829, studied practical engineering and afterwards became a ship's officer...	Independent	Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name....	4 November 1872 – 29 February 1880
Frederick Innes Frederick Innes Frederick Maitland Innes was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873.The son of Francis Innes, army officer, and his wife Prudence, née Edgerleyan, Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Innes was educated at Heriot's, Edinburgh, and Kelso Grammar School in Kelso...	Independent	South Esk	3 March 1880 – 11 May 1882
Thomas Chapman		Buckingham	11 July 1882 – 17 February 1884
Walter Gellibrand	Independent	Derwent Electoral division of Derwent The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008...	1 July 1884 – 9 July 1889
William Moore William Moore (Australian politician) William Moore was an Australian politician. He was born on the Isle of Man. In 1871 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Wellington, serving until 1877, when he transferred to the Legislative Council, winning the seat of Mersey. He transferred to Russell in 1885 and...	Independent	Russell	9 July 1889 – 20 April 1894
Sir Adye Douglas Adye Douglas Sir Adye Douglas was an Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player, who played one match for Tasmania. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 August 1884 to 8 March 1886....	Independent	Launceston	20 April 1894 – 2 May 1904
William Dodery	Independent	Westmorland	20 April 1894 – 2 May 1904
Tetley Gant Tetley Gant Tetley Gant, CMG was an Australian barrister, Tasmanian Politician and University Chancellor.-Early Life - England:...	Independent	Buckingham	9 July 1907 – 27 July 1926
William Propsting William Propsting William Bispham Propsting, CMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 9 April 1903 to 11 July 1904.-Early life:...	Independent	Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name....	27 July 1926 – 3 December 1937
Thomas Murdoch	Independent	Buckingham	7 December 1937 – 3 May 1944
Charles Eady Charles Eady Charles John Eady was a cricketer who played for Tasmanian clubs and representative sides in the era before Tasmania was accepted into the Sheffield Shield and other competitions...	Independent	Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name....	9 May 1944 – 20 December 1945
Sir Rupert Shoobridge	Independent	Derwent Electoral division of Derwent The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008...	26 February 1946 – 13 May 1955
Geoffrey Green	Independent	Monmouth	17 May 1955 – 21 April 1959
Henry Baker	Independent	Queenborough	2 June 1959 – 20 July 1968
Walter Davis	Independent	West Devon	3 September 1968 – 7 October 1971
Hector McFie Hector McFie Hector McFie was an Australian politician. He was born in Devonport, Tasmania and held a Diploma of Mechanical Engineering. In 1954 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Mersey...	Independent	Mersey Electoral division of Mersey The Electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers only a small area of 237 km².At the 2009 election, the division had 23,568 enrolled voters....	12 October 1971 – 25 May 1972
Charles Fenton	Independent	Russell	7 June 1972 – 22 May 1981
Bill Hodgman	Independent	Queenborough	9 June 1981 – 28 May 1983
Harry Braid	Independent	Mersey Electoral division of Mersey The Electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers only a small area of 237 km².At the 2009 election, the division had 23,568 enrolled voters....	7 June 1983 – 26 May 1984
Albert James Broadby	Independent	Gordon	5 June 1984 – 28 May 1988
George Shaw	Independent	Macquarie	21 June 1988 – 14 July 1992
John Stopp	Independent	Queenborough	14 July 1992 – 27 May 1995
Reg Hope Reg Hope Reginald Thomas "Reg" Hope was an Independent member of the Tamar and Meander divisions of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1979 to 1997....	Independent	Meander	20 June 1995 – 31 May 1997
Raymond Bailey	Independent	Cornwall/Rosevears Electoral division of Rosevears The electoral division of Rosevears is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian upper house. The division is located on the west side of the Tamar River...	17 June 1997 – 4 May 2002
Don Wing Don Wing Donald George "Don" Wing is a former Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1982 to 2011, representing the electoral division of Launceston , he was President of the Legislative Council from 2002 until 2008...	Independent	Paterson Electoral division of Paterson The electoral division of Paterson was one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2008 when a redistribution saw it reverted to its original name of Launceston....	21 May 2002 – 10 June 2008
Sue Smith	Independent	Montgomery Electoral division of Montgomery The Electoral division of Montgomery is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.It is centred around the Central Coast area and includes the localities of; Ulverstone, Penguin, Heybridge, Hampshire and West Pine....	10 June 2008 – present

External links

Presidents of the Legislative Council (Parliament of Tasmania)

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.