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
[edit]Rank | No. | Officeholder | Portrait | Party | District | Assumed office |
Left office |
Time in office (term) |
Time in office (total) |
Election wins | |
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1. | 31st | Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005) KCMG |
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Country & National |
Barambah (1950–1987) |
8 August 1968 | 1 December 1987 | 19 years, 115 days | 1969 1972 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 | ||
2. | 28th | Sir Frank Nicklin (1895–1978) KCMG MM |
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Country | Landsborough (1950–1968) |
12 August 1957 | 17 January 1968 | 10 years, 158 days | 1957 1960 1963 1966 | ||
3. | 24th | William Forgan Smith (1887–1953) |
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Labor | Mackay (1915–1942) |
17 June 1932 | 16 September 1942 | 10 years, 91 days | 1932 1935 1938 1941 | ||
4. | 36th | Peter Beattie (1952–) AC |
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Labor | Brisbane Central (1989–2007) |
20 June 1998 | 13 September 2007 | 9 years, 85 days | 1998 2001 2004 2006 | ||
5. | 39th | Annastacia Palaszczuk (1969–) |
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Labor | Inala (2006–2023) |
14 February 2015 | 15 December 2023 | 8 years, 304 days | 2015 2017 2020 | ||
6. | 9th | Sir Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) GCMG QC |
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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) |
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Labor | Logan (1986–1998) |
7 December 1989 | 19 February 1996 | 6 years, 74 days | 1989 1992 1995 | ||
8. | 1st | Sir Robert Herbert (1831–1905) GCB |
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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) |
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Labor | Ithaca (1926–1952) |
7 March 1946 | 15 January 1952 | 5 years, 314 days | 1947 1950 | ||
10. | 8th | Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900) KCMG |
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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) |
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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) |
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Labor | Chillagoe (1912–1925) |
22 October 1919 | 26 February 1925 | 5 years, 127 days | 1920 1923 | ||
13. | 17th | William Kidston (1849–1919) |
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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–) |
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Labor | South Brisbane (1995–2012) |
13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | 4 years, 195 days | 2009 | ||
15. | 11th | Sir Hugh Nelson (1833–1906) KCMG |
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Ministerial | Murilla (1888–1898) |
27 October 1893 | 13 April 1898 | 4 years, 168 days | 1896 | ||
16. | 19th | T. J. Ryan (1876–1921) KC |
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Labor | Barcoo (1909–1919) |
1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | 4 years, 143 days | 1915 1918 | ||
17. | 18th | Digby Denham (1859–1944) |
Liberal | Oxley (1902–1915) |
7 February 1911 | 1 June 1915 | 4 years, 114 days | 1912 | |||
18. | 15th | Sir Robert Philp (1851–1922) KCMG |
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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 |
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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 |
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No Party Alignment | Port Curtis (1866–1878) |
3 May 1870 | 7 January 1874 | 3 years, 249 days | |||
21. | 22nd | William McCormack (1879–1947) |
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Labor | Cairns (1912–1930) |
22 October 1925 | 21 May 1929 | 3 years, 211 days | 1926 | ||
22. | 25th | Frank Cooper (1872–1949) |
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Labor | Bremer (1915–1946) |
16 September 1942 | 7 March 1946 | 3 years, 172 days | 1944 | ||
23. | 23rd | Arthur Moore (1876–1963) CMG |
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Country and Progressive National Party |
Aubigny (1915–1941) |
21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 | 3 years, 27 days | 1929 | ||
24. | 38th | Campbell Newman (1963–) |
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Liberal National | Ashgrove (2012–2015) |
26 March 2012 | 14 February 2015 | 2 years, 325 days | 2012 | ||
25. | 35th | Rob Borbidge (1954–) |
National | Surfers Paradise (1980–2001) |
19 February 1996 | 26 June 1998 | 2 years, 127 days | ||||
26. | 16th | Sir Arthur Morgan (1856–1916) |
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Ministerial | Warwick (1898–1906) |
17 September 1903 | 19 January 1906 | 2 years, 124 days | 1904 | ||
27. | 7th | John Douglas (1828–1904) CMG |
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No Party Alignment | Maryborough (1875–1880) |
8 March 1877 | 21 January 1879 | 1 year, 319 days | 1878 | ||
28. | 32nd | Mike Ahern (1942–2023) AO |
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National | Landsborough (1968–1990) |
1 December 1987 | 25 September 1989 | 1 year, 298 days | |||
29. | 10th | Boyd Morehead (1843–1905) |
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Conservative | Balonne (1883–1896) |
30 November 1888 | 12 August 1890 | 1 year, 255 days | |||
30. | 4th | Sir Charles Lilley (1827–1897) |
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No Party Alignment | Fortitude Valley (1860–1874) |
25 November 1868 | 2 May 1870 | 1 year, 158 days | |||
31. | 3rd | Sir Robert Mackenzie (1811–1873) Bt |
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No Party Alignment | Burnett (1860–1869) |
15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | 1 year, 102 days | |||
32. | 13th | Sir James Dickson (1832–1901) KCMG |
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Ministerial | Bulimba (1892–1901) |
1 October 1898 | 1 December 1899 | 1 year, 61 days | 1899 | ||
33. | 6th | George Thorn (1838–1905) |
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No Party Alignment | Ipswich (1876–1878) |
5 June 1876 | 8 March 1877 | 276 days | |||
34. | 40th | Steven Miles (1977-) |
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Labor | Mount Coot-tha (2015-2017) Murrumba (2017-) |
15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 256 days[1] | |||
35. | 21st | William Gillies (1868–1928) |
Labor | Eacham (1912–1925) |
26 February 1925 | 22 October 1925 | 238 days | ||||
36. | 29th | Jack Pizzey (1911–1968) |
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Country | Isis (1950–1968) |
17 January 1968 | 31 July 1968 | 227 days | |||
37. | 12th | Thomas Byrnes (1860–1898) |
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Ministerial | Warwick (1896–1898) |
13 April 1898 | 27 September 1898 | 167 days | |||
38. | 33rd | Russell Cooper (1941–) AM |
National | Roma (1983–1992) |
25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 | 73 days | ||||
39. | 30th | Sir Gordon Chalk (1913–1991) KBE |
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Liberal | Lockyer (1950–1976) |
1 August 1968 | 8 August 1968 | 7 days | |||
40. | 14th | Anderson Dawson (1863–1910) |
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Labor | Charters Towers (1893–1901) |
1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | 6 days |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Steven Miles' time in office as of 27 August 2024
See also
[edit]- Premier of Queensland
- List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
- List of Australian heads of government by time in office
- List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
- List of premiers of South Australia by time in office
- List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office
- List of premiers of Victoria by time in office
- List of premiers of Western Australia by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office