Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Robyn Lambley since 15 October 2024
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Elected by the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Bernie Kilgariff
Formation	20 November 1974
Website	http://www.nt.gov.au/lant/about-parliament/speaker.shtml

The Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Though the office had existed since the creation of the Assembly in 1974, it was given greater legislative force when the roles and functions of the office were included in the federal Act that gave the Territory self-government in 1978.

The Speaker's principal duty is to preside over the Assembly. The occupant of the Chair must maintain order in the House, uphold the Standing Orders (rules of procedure) and protect the rights of backbench members.

The Speaker must be a member of the Assembly themselves and is elected to the position by a ballot of the members of the Assembly. It is generally a partisan position, although both Speaker and Deputy Speaker were independents between 2001 and 2005. Kezia Purick was also the Speaker as an independent between 2015 and 2020. The current speaker Robyn Lambley is and independent.

The current speaker is Araluen MLA Robyn Lambley.

Speakers of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Member	Party		Term in Office
Bernie Kilgariff		Country Liberal	20 November 1974 – 16 July 1975
Les MacFarlane		Country Liberal	17 July 1975 – 27 February 1984
Roger Steele		Country Liberal	28 February 1984 – 16 June 1986
Roger Vale		Country Liberal	17 June 1986 – 9 October 1989
Nick Dondas		Country Liberal	10 October 1989 – 26 June 1994
Terry McCarthy		Country Liberal	27 June 1994 – 24 November 1997
Loraine Braham		Country Liberal	25 November 1997 – 15 February 1999
Terry McCarthy		Country Liberal	16 February 1999 – 15 October 2001
Loraine Braham		Independent	16 October 2001 – 28 June 2005
Jane Aagaard		Labor	29 June 2005 – 22 October 2012
Kezia Purick		Country Liberal	23 October 2012 – 23 June 2020
		Independent
Chansey Paech		Labor	23 June 2020 – 7 September 2020
Ngaree Ah Kit		Labor	20 October 2020 – 23 May 2022
Mark Monaghan		Labor	23 May 2022 – 12 February 2024
Dheran Young		Labor	13 February 2024 – 15 October 2024
Robyn Lambley		Independent	15 October 2024 - present

External links

• Members of the Legislative Assembly: 1974 to 21 July 2010