Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives A. Halleck who became Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 1959 to 1965, Hale Boggs who died in a plane crash, and Dick Gephardt who became the Democrats' House leader but as Minority Leader since his party lost control in the 1994 midterm elections. Since 1995, the only Majority Leader to become Speaker is John Boehner, though indirectly as his party lost control in the 2006 midterms elections. He subsequently served as Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and then was elected Speaker when the House reconvened in 2011. In 1998, with Speaker Newt Gingrich
Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives the House meets, as well as the authority of the House of Representatives itself. , the annual salary is NZ$268,500. The office is third most important constitutionally, after the Governor-General and the Prime Minister. Originally, speakers wore a gown and formal wig in the chamber. This practice has in recent years fallen into disuse since the 1990s. The Speaker now generally wears what they feel appropriate, usually an academic gown of their highest held degree or a Māori cloak. The current speaker is Trevor Mallard, a member of the Labour Party. Since the creation of Parliament, 29 people have held