List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago

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Incumbent Bridgid Annisette-George since 23 September 2015
Style	The Honourable (formal) Madam Speaker (informal)
Appointer	Members of the House of Representatives
Term length	During the life of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago (five years maximum)
Precursor	Wade Mark
Inaugural holder	John L.H.V. Savary Legislative Assembly (1950–1955) Arnold Thomasos Independent Parliament (1961–1981)
Formation	20 October 1950
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Salary	TT$29,590 (per month) (Speaker) TT$18,280 (per month) (Deputy Speaker)
Website	ttparliament.org

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Below is a list of speakers of the Legislative Assembly 1950–1961:

	Term served	Elected	Legislative Council
John L.H.V. Savary	1950–1955	October 20, 1950	8th
Ashford Sinanan	1955-1956	March 1955	8th
Edgar Mortimer Duke	1956–1961	October 28, 1956	9th

Below is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago:

	Term served	Elected	Independent Parliament
Arnold Thomasos	1961–1981	December 29, 1961	1st Independent Parliament
			2nd Independent Parliament
			3rd Independent Parliament
			1st Republican Parliament
Matthew Ramcharan	1981–1986	November 27, 1981	2nd Republican Parliament
Nizam Mohammed	1986–1991	January 12, 1987	3rd Republican Parliament
Occah Seapaul	1992–1995	January 13, 1992	4th Republican Parliament
Hector McClean	1995–2000	November 27, 1995	5th Republican Parliament
Rupert Griffith	2001–2002	January 12, 2001	6th Republican Parliament
Barendra Sinanan	2002–2010	October 17, 2002	8th Republican Parliament
Barendra Sinanan	2002–2010	December 17, 2007	9th Republican Parliament
Wade Mark	2010–2015	June 18, 2010	10th Republican Parliament
Bridgid Annisette-George	2015–Present	September 23, 2015	11th Republican Parliament
Bridgid Annisette-George	2015–Present	August 28, 2020	12th Republican Parliament

Footnotes

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Speaker Savary proceeded on pre-retirement leave in March 1955 and died shortly afterwards. The Deputy Speaker Hon. A.S. Sinanan presided until the Legislative Council was dissolved on May 25, 1956
Speaker McClean left office on January 11, 2001
Speaker Griffith left office on April 5, 2002
Speaker Sinanan left office on December 16, 2007