John Solomon "Sol" Rosevear was an Australian politician, and was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1943 to 1950.
Sol Rosevear
Sol Rosevear
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Australian House of Representatives, the lower chamber within the Parliament of Australia. The counterpart in the upper house is the president of the Senate. The office of the speakership was established in 1901 by section 35 of the Constitution of Australia. The primary responsibilities of the office is to oversee house debates, determine which members may speak, maintain order and the parliamentary and ministerial codes of conduct during sessions and uphold all rules and standing orders. The current speaker of the House of Representatives is Milton Dick, who was elected on 26 July 2022.
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
The Speaker's chair in the House of Representatives
Sir Littleton Groom (Speaker 1926–1929) standing by the speaker's chair in Old Parliament House, Canberra, in the traditional speaker's garb