List of Australian heads of government by time in office

Current premiers

	Rank:	State:	Premier:	Portrait:	Party:	District:	Assumed office:	Predecessor:	TERM Time in office:	TOTAL Time in office (as of 3 May 2024):	Election wins:
	1.	WA	Colin Barnett (1950– )		Liberal	MP for Cottesloe (1990– )	23 September 2008	Alan Carpenter (1957– ) Labor			2008 2013
	2.	SA	Jay Weatherill (1964– )		Labor	MP for Cheltenham (2002– )	21 October 2011	Mike Rann (1953– ) Labor			2014
	3.	TAS	Will Hodgman (1969– )		Liberal	MP for Franklin (2002– )	31 March 2014	Lara Giddings (1968– ) Labor			2014
	4.	NSW	Mike Baird (1968– )		Liberal	MP for Manly (2007– )	17 April 2014	Barry O'Farrell (1959– ) Liberal			2015
	5.	VIC	Daniel Andrews (1972– )	60px	Labor	MP for Mulgrave (2002– )	4 December 2014	Denis Napthine (1952– ) Liberal			2014
	6.	QLD	Annastacia Palaszczuk (1969– )	60px	Labor	MP for Inala (2006– )	14 February 2015	Campbell Newman (1963– ) Liberal National			2015

Historical premiers

Parties

      Australian Labor Party       Liberal Party of Australia / Liberal and Country League / Liberal Federation       Non-Party Conservatism       Non-Party Liberalism

	Rank:	State:	Premier:	Portrait:	Party:	District:	Assumed office:	Left office:	TERM Time in office:	TOTAL Time in office:	Election wins:
	1.	SA	Sir Thomas Playford (1896–1981) GCMG		Liberal & Country League	MP for Gumeracha (1938–1968)	5 November 1938	10 March 1965			1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962
	2.	QLD	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005) KCMG		National (Country)	MP for Barambah (1950–1987)	8 August 1968	1 December 1987			1969 1972 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986
	3.	TAS	Sir Robert Cosgrove (1884–1969) KCMG	60px	Labor	MP for Denison (1934–1955)	18 December 1939	18 December 1947		18 years, 182 days	1941 1946 1948 1950 1955 1956
							25 February 1948	26 August 1958
	4.	VIC	Sir Henry Bolte (1908–1990) GCMG	60px	Liberal & Country League	MP for Hampden (1947–1972)	7 June 1955	23 August 1972			1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
	5.	TAS	Eric Reece (1909–1999) AC	60px	Labor	MP for Braddon (1944–1975)	26 August 1958	26 May 1969		13 years, 240 days	1959 1964 1972
							3 May 1972	31 March 1975
	6.	WA	Sir David Brand (1908–1990) KCMG		Liberal	MP for Greenough (1945–1975)	2 April 1959	3 March 1971			1959 1962 1965 1968
	7.	NSW	Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896) GCMG		Liberalism		14 May 1872	8 February 1875		11 years, 278 days.
							22 March 1877	16 August 1877
							21 December 1878	4 January 1883
					Free Trade		25 January 1887	16 January 1889
							8 March 1889	23 October 1891
	8.	VIC	Sir Albert Dunstan (1882–1950) KCMG		Country		2 April 1935	14 September 1943		10 years, 179 days
							18 September 1943	2 October 1945
	9.	QLD	Sir Francis Nicklin (1895–1978) KCMG, MM		Country		12 August 1957	17 January 1968
	10.	NSW	Bob Carr (1947– )		Labor	MP for Maroubra (1983–2005)	4 April 1995	3 August 2005			1995 1999 2003
	11.	QLD	William Forgan Smith (1897–1953)		Labor	MP for Mackay (1915–1942)	17 June 1932	16 September 1942
	12.	NSW	Neville Wran (1926–2014) AC, CNZM, QC		Labor	MP for Bass Hill (1973–1986)	14 May 1976	4 July 1986			1976 1978 1981 1984
	13.	WA	Sir John Forrest (1847–1918) GCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Bunbury (1890–1901)	29 December 1890	15 February 1901
	14.	SA	John Bannon (1943–2015) AO		Labor	MP for Ross Smith (1977–1993)	10 November 1982	4 September 1992			1982 1985 1989
	15.	NSW	Sir Robert Askin (1907–1981) GCMG		Liberal	MP for Collaroy (1950–1973) Pittwater (1973–1975)	13 May 1965	3 January 1975			1965 1968 1971 1973
	16.	SA	Mike Rann (1953– ) CNZM RP		Labor	MP for Ramsay (1993–2012)	5 March 2002	21 October 2011			2002 2006 2010
	17.	SA	Don Dunstan (1926–1999) AC, QC		Labor	MP for Norwood (1953–1979)	1 June 1967	17 April 1968		9 years, 214 days	1970 1973 1975 1977
							2 June 1970	15 February 1979
	18.	WA	Philip Collier (1873–1948)		Labor	MP for Boulder (1905–1948)	17 April 1924	23 April 1930		9 Years, 123 days
							24 April 1933	19 August 1936
	19.	VIC	Sir James McCulloch (1819–1893) KCMG	60px	No Party Alignment		27 June 1863	6 May 1868		9 years, 118 days
							11 July 1868	20 September 1869
							9 April 1870	19 June 1871
							20 October 1875	21 May 1877
	20.	QLD	Peter Beattie (1952– ) AC	60px	Labor	MP for Brisbane Central (1989–2007)	20 June 1998	13 September 2007			1998 2001 2004 2006
	21.	WA	John Willcock (1879–1956)	60px	Labor	MP for Geraldton (1917–1947)	20 August 1936	31 July 1945
	22.	VIC	Sir Rupert Hamer (1916–2004) KCMG AC ED		Liberal		23 August 1972	5 June 1981
	23.	SA	Sir Richard Butler (1885–1966) KCMG		Liberal & Country League	MP for Wooroora (1921–1938)	8 April 1927	17 April 1930		8 years, 210 days	1927 1933 1938
							18 April 1933	5 November 1938
	24.	VIC	John Cain II (1931– )		Labor	MP for Bundoora (1976–1992)	8 April 1982	10 August 1990
	25.	WA	Richard Court (1947– ) AC		Liberal	MP for Nedlands (1982–2001)	16 February 1993	10 February 2001
	26.	WA	Sir James Mitchell (1866–1951) GCMG		Nationalist Party of Australia	MP for Northam (1905–1933)	17 May 1919	16 April 1924		7 years, 335 days
							24 April 1930	24 April 1933
	27.	WA	Sir Charles Court (1911–2007) AK KCMG OBE		Liberal	MP for Nedlands (1953–1982)	8 April 1974	25 January 1982
	28.	VIC	Steve Bracks (1954– ) AC		Labor	MP for Williamstown (1994–2007)	20 October 1999	30 July 2007			1999 2002 2006
	29.	NSW	Joseph Cahill (1891-1959)		Labor	MP for Cook's River (1941–1959)	2 April 1952	22 October 1959
	30.	WA	Colin Barnett (1950– )		Liberal	MP for Cottesloe (1990– )	23 September 2008	Incumbent			2008 2013
	31.	NSW	Sir Bertram Stevens (1889–1973) KCMG		United Australia Party	MP for Croydon (1927–1940)	16 May 1932	4 August 1939
	32.	QLD	Sir Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) GCMG QC	60px	Liberalism		13 November 1883	13 June 1888		7 years, 75 days
					Ministerial		12 August 1890	27 March 1893
	33.	TAS	Robin Gray (1940– )		Liberal	MP for Wilmot (1976–1984) Lyons (1984–1995)	26 May 1982	29 June 1989
	34.	VIC	Jeff Kennett (1948– ) AC		Liberal	MP for Burwood (1976–1999)	6 October 1992	20 October 1999
	35.	NSW	Sir Charles Cowper (1807-1875) KCMG		Liberalism	MP for Sydney (1851–1859)	26 August 1856	2 October 1856	days	6 years, 352 days
							7 September 1857	26 October 1859
						MP for East Sydney (1861–1870)	10 January 1861	15 October 1863
							3 February 1865	21 January 1866	days
							13 January 1870	15 December 1870	days
	36.	SA	Archibald Peake (1859–1920)		Liberal & Democratic Union	MP for Victoria & Albert (1902–1915)	5 June 1909	3 June 1910		6 years, 312 days	1912 1918
					Liberal Union		17 February 1912	3 April 1915
						MP for Alexandra (1915–1920)	14 July 1917	8 April 1920
	37.	NSW	William Holman (1871–1934)		Labor	MP for Cootamundra (1904–1920)	30 June 1913	15 November 1916
					Nationalist Party of Australia		15 November 1916	12 April 1920
	38.	TAS	Sir Walter Lee (1874–1963) KCMG	60px	Commonwealth Liberal Party	MP for Wilmot (1909–1934)	15 April 1916	12 August 1922		6 years, 191 days
					Nationalist Party of Australia		14 August 1923	25 October 1923
	39.	TAS	Sir Elliott Lewis (1858–1935) KCMG	60px	Conservatism	MP for Richmond (1886–1903)	2 October 1899	9 April 1903		6 years, 188 days
					Commonwealth Liberal Party	MP for Denison (1909–1919)	19 June 1909	20 October 1909
							27 October 1909	14 June 1912
;	40.	SA	Charles Kingston (1850–1908)		Liberalism	MP for West Adelaide (1881–1900)	16 June 1893	1 December 1899			1893 1896 1899
	41.	QLD	Wayne Goss (1951– )		Labor	MP for Logan (1986–1998)	7 December 1989	19 February 1996
	42.	QLD	Sir Robert Herbert (1831–1905) GCB		No Party Alignment		10 December 1859	1 February 1866		6 years, 71 days
							20 July 1866	7 August 1866
	43.	TAS	Sir Philip Fysh (1835–1919) KCMG		No Party Alignment		9 August 1877	5 March 1878		5 years, 349 days
;					Liberalism		29 March 1887	17 August 1892
	44.	WA	Sir Duncan McLarty (1891–1962) KBE MM	60px	Liberal	MP for Murray-Wellington (1930–1962)	1 April 1947	23 February 1953
	45.	QLD	Edward Hanlon (1887–1952)	60px	Labor	MP for Ithaca (1926–1952)	7 March 1946	17 January 1952
	46.	QLD	Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900) KCMG		Conservatism	MP for Maranoa (1868–1886)	22 January 1879	13 November 1883		5 years, 314 days
							13 June 1888	30 November 1888
					Ministerial		27 March 1893	27 October 1893
	47.	TAS	Sir John McPhee (1878–1952) KCMG	60px	Nationalist Party of Australia	MP for Denison (1919–1934)	15 June 1928	15 March 1934
	48.	NSW	Sir William McKell (1891–1985) GCMG		Labor	MP for Redfern (1927–1947)	16 May 1941	6 February 1947
	49.	TAS	William Giblin (1840–1887)	60px	No Party Alignment	MP for Wellington (1877–1885)	5 March 1878	20 December 1878		5 years, 215 days
							30 October 1879	15 August 1884
	50.	QLD	Vince Gair (1901–1980)		Labor	MP for South Brisbane (1932–1960)	17 January 1952	12 August 1957
	51.	TAS	Jim Bacon (1950–2004) AC		Labor	MP for Denison (1996–2004)	14 September 1998	21 March 2004
	52.	TAS	Sir Edward Braddon (1829–1904)		Free Trade	MP for West Devon (1879–1899)	14 April 1894	12 October 1899
	53.	NSW	Sir James Martin (1820–1886) KCB, QC	60px	No Party Alignment	MP for Tumut (1863–1864) Monaro (1864-1865) Lachlan (1865–1869) East Macquarie (1872–1873)	16 October 1863	2 February 1865		5 years, 171 days
							22 January 1866	26 October 1868
							16 December 1870	13 May 1872
	54.	VIC	Sir George Turner (1851–1916) KCMG PC	60px	Liberalism	MP for St Kilda (1889–1901)	27 September 1894	5 December 1899		5 years, 154 days	1894 1897
							19 November 1900	12 February 1901
	55.	QLD	Ted Theodore (1884–1950)		Labor	MP for Chillagoe (1912–1925)	22 October 1919	26 February 1925
	56.	NSW	James McGirr (1890–1957)		Labor	MP for Bankstown (1927–1950) Liverpool (1950–1952)	6 February 1947	2 April 1952			1947 1950
	57.	NSW	Sir George Reid (1845–1918) GCB GCMG KC		Free Trade		18 August 1904	5 July 1905

See also

• Premier of New South Wales
  • List of Premiers of New South Wales by time in office
• Premier of Queensland
  • List of Premiers of Queensland by time in office
• Premier of South Australia
  • List of Premiers of South Australia by time in office
• Premier of Tasmania
  • List of Premiers of Tasmania by time in office
• Premier of Victoria
  • List of Premiers of Victoria by time in office
• Premier of Western Australia
  • List of Premiers of Western Australia by time in office
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
  • List of Chief Ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
  • List of Chief Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office
• Prime Minister of Australia
  • List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office