Definitions for "Speaker Pro Tempore"
Keywords:  tempore, preside, elected, pro, absence
Speaker "for a time", or vice-speaker, also elected from its membership by the House at each Organizational Session. His duties are similar to those of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Member, appointed to this office by the Speaker, who presides over a floor session of the Assembly at the request of the Speaker.
Speaker "for a time": a representative elected to serve as the temporary Speaker in the absence of the Speaker of the House.