List of premiers of Queensland by time in office

This is a list of premiers of Queensland by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.

Rank by time in office

Rank No. Officeholder Portrait Party District Assumed
office
Left
office
Time in office
(term)
Time in office
(total)
Election
wins
  1. 31st Sir
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
(1911–2005)
KCMG
Joh Bjelke-Petersen.jpg Country
& National
Barambah
(1950–1987)
8 August 1968 1 December 1987 Arrow east.svg 19 years, 115 days 1969 1972
1974
1977 1980
1983
1986
  2. 28th Sir
Frank Nicklin
(1895–1978)
KCMG MM
Frank Nicklin 1963.jpg Country Landsborough
(1950–1968)
12 August 1957 17 January 1968 Arrow east.svg 10 years, 158 days 1957 1960
1963
1966
  3. 24th William Forgan Smith
(1887–1953)
William Forgan Smith.jpg Labor Mackay
(1915–1942)
17 June 1932 16 September 1942 Arrow east.svg 10 years, 91 days 1932 1935
1938
1941
  4. 36th Peter Beattie
(1952– )
AC
Peter Beattie, BYCC, August 2013 (cropped).jpg Labor Brisbane Central
(1989–2007)
20 June 1998 13 September 2007 Arrow east.svg 9 years, 85 days 1998 2001
2004
2006
  5. 39th Annastacia Palaszczuk
(1969– )
Annastacia Palaszczuk 2016.jpg Labor Inala
(2006– )
14 February 2015 Incumbent Arrow east.svg 7 years, 199 days 2015 2017
2020
  6. 9th Sir
Samuel Griffith
(1845–1920)
GCMG QC
SGriff1.jpg Liberalism North Brisbane
(1878–1888)
13 November 1883 13 June 1888 4 years, 213 days 7 years, 75 days 1883
  Ministerial Brisbane North
(1888–1893)
12 August 1890 27 March 1893 2 years, 227 days
  7. 34th Wayne Goss
(1951–2014)
Wayne Goss.png Labor Logan
(1986–1998)
7 December 1989 19 February 1996 Arrow east.svg 6 years, 74 days 1989 1992
1995
  8. 1st Sir
Robert Herbert
(1831–1905)
GCB
Queensland State Archives 2954 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert Premier of Queensland c 1862.png No Party Alignment Leichhardt
(1860–1863)
10 December 1859 1 February 1866 6 years, 53 days 6 years, 71 days
West Moreton
(1863–1866)
20 July 1866 7 August 1866 18 days
  9. 26th Ned Hanlon
(1887–1952)
Queensland State Archives 4694 Premier Hanlon MLA c 1952.png Labor Ithaca
(1926–1952)
7 March 1946 15 January 1952 Arrow east.svg 5 years, 314 days 1947 1950
  10. 8th Sir
Thomas McIlwraith
(1835–1900)
KCMG
Thomas McIlwraith.jpg Conservative Mulgrave
(1878–1886)
21 January 1879 13 November 1883 4 years, 296 days 5 years, 314 days 1888 1893
Brisbane North
(1888–1896)
13 June 1888 30 November 1888 170 days
Ministerial 27 March 1893 27 October 1893 214 days
  11. 27th Vince Gair
(1901–1980)
Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png Labor South Brisbane
(1932–1960)
17 January 1952 24 April 1957 5 years, 97 days 5 years, 207 days 1953 1956
  Queensland Labor 24 April 1957 12 August 1957 110 days
  12. 20th Ted Theodore
(1884–1950)
Ted Theodore 1931.jpg Labor Chillagoe
(1912–1925)
22 October 1919 26 February 1925 Arrow east.svg 5 years, 127 days 1920 1923
  13. 17th William Kidston
(1849–1919)
William Kidston.jpg Labor Rockhampton
(1932–1960)
19 January 1906 18 May 1907 1 year, 119 days 4 years, 262 days 1907 1908
1909
  Kidston 18 May 1907 19 November 1907 185 days
  Kidston/Liberal 18 February 1908 7 February 1911 2 years, 354 days
  14. 37th Anna Bligh
(1960– )
Anna Bligh crop.jpg Labor South Brisbane
(1995–2012)
13 September 2007 26 March 2012 Arrow east.svg 4 years, 195 days 2009
  15. 11th Sir
Hugh Nelson
(1833–1906)
KCMG
Sir Hugh Nelson.jpg Ministerial Murilla
(1888–1898)
27 October 1893 13 April 1898 Arrow east.svg 4 years, 168 days 1896
  16. 19th T. J. Ryan
(1876–1921)
KC
TJRyanPortrait.jpg Labor Barcoo
(1909–1919)
1 June 1915 22 October 1919 Arrow east.svg 4 years, 143 days 1915 1918
  17. 18th Digby Denham
(1859–1944)
William McCormack.jpg Liberal Oxley
(1902–1915)
7 February 1911 1 June 1915 Arrow east.svg 4 years, 114 days 1912
  18. 15th Sir
Robert Philp
(1851–1922)
KCMG
Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900.png Ministerial Townsville
(1888–1912)
17 December 1899 17 September 1903 3 years, 274 days 4 years, 10 days
Conservative 19 November 1907 18 February 1908 91 days
  19. 2nd Arthur Macalister
(1818–1883)
CMG
Arthur Macalister.jpg No Party Alignment Ipswich
(1860–1868)
(1872–1876)
1 February 1866 20 July 1866 169 days 3 years, 296 days
7 August 1866 15 August 1867 1 year, 8 days
8 January 1874 5 June 1876 2 years, 149 days
  20. 5th Sir
Arthur Palmer
(1819–1898)
KCMG
Arthur Hunter Palmer.jpg No Party Alignment Port Curtis
(1866–1878)
3 May 1870 7 January 1874 Arrow east.svg 3 years, 249 days
  21. 22nd William McCormack
(1879–1947)
William McCormack.jpg Labor Cairns
(1912–1930)
22 October 1925 21 May 1929 Arrow east.svg 3 years, 211 days 1926
  22. 25th Frank Cooper
(1872–1949)
Frank Cooper.jpg Labor Bremer
(1915–1946)
16 September 1942 7 March 1946 Arrow east.svg 3 years, 172 days 1944
  23. 23rd Arthur Moore
(1876–1963)
CMG
Arthur Edward Moore.jpg Country and Progressive
National Party
Aubigny
(1915–1941)
21 May 1929 17 June 1932 Arrow east.svg 3 years, 27 days 1929
  24. 38th Campbell Newman
(1963– )
Campbell Newman being interviewed (cropped).jpg Liberal National Ashgrove
(2012–2015)
26 March 2012 14 February 2015 Arrow east.svg 2 years, 325 days 2012
  25. 35th Rob Borbidge
(1954– )
National Surfers Paradise
(1980–2001)
19 February 1996 26 June 1998 Arrow east.svg 2 years, 127 days
  26. 16th Sir
Arthur Morgan
(1856–1916)
Sir Arthur Morgan.jpg Ministerial Warwick
(1898–1906)
17 September 1903 19 January 1906 Arrow east.svg 2 years, 124 days 1904
  27. 7th John Douglas
(1828–1904)
CMG
John Douglas.jpg No Party Alignment Maryborough
(1875–1880)
8 March 1877 21 January 1879 Arrow east.svg 1 year, 319 days 1878
  28. 32nd Mike Ahern
(1942– )
AO
Mike Ahern, Parliament House, Brisbane City, October 1988.jpg National Landsborough
(1968–1990)
1 December 1987 25 September 1989 Arrow east.svg 1 year, 298 days
  29. 10th Boyd Morehead
(1843–1905)
Boyd Dunlop Morehead 2 - Queensland politician.jpg Conservative Balonne
(1883–1896)
30 November 1888 12 August 1890 Arrow east.svg 1 year, 255 days
  30. 4th Sir
Charles Lilley
(1827–1897)
Charles Lilley.jpg No Party Alignment Fortitude Valley
(1860–1874)
25 November 1868 2 May 1870 Arrow east.svg 1 year, 158 days
  31. 3rd Sir
Robert Mackenzie
(1811–1873)
Bt
RobertRamsayMackenzie.jpg No Party Alignment Burnett
(1860–1869)
15 August 1867 25 November 1868 Arrow east.svg 1 year, 102 days
  32. 13th Sir
James Dickson
(1832–1901)
KCMG
James Robert Dickson.jpg Ministerial Bulimba
(1892–1901)
1 October 1898 1 December 1899 Arrow east.svg 1 year, 61 days 1899
  33. 6th George Thorn
(1838–1905)
George Thorn.jpg No Party Alignment Ipswich
(1876–1878)
5 June 1876 8 March 1877 Arrow east.svg 276 days
  34. 21st William Gillies
(1868–1928)
William McCormack.jpg Labor Eacham
(1912–1925)
26 February 1925 22 October 1925 Arrow east.svg 238 days
  35. 29th Jack Pizzey
(1911–1968)
Jack Pizzey 1968.jpg Country Isis
(1950–1968)
17 January 1968 31 July 1968 Arrow east.svg 227 days
  36. 12th Thomas Byrnes
(1860–1898)
Thomas Joseph Byrnes.jpg Ministerial Warwick
(1896–1898)
13 April 1898 27 September 1898 Arrow east.svg 167 days
  37. 33rd Russell Cooper
(1941– )
AM
National Roma
(1983–1992)
25 September 1989 7 December 1989 Arrow east.svg 73 days
  38. 30th Sir
Gordon Chalk
(1913–1991)
KBE
Gordon Chalk 1963.jpg Liberal Lockyer
(1950–1976)
1 August 1968 8 August 1968 Arrow east.svg 7 days
  39. 14th Anderson Dawson
(1863–1910)
AndersonDawson.jpg Labor Charters Towers
(1893–1901)
1 December 1899 7 December 1899 Arrow east.svg 6 days

This page was last updated at 2022-09-01 04:55 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari