List of Premiers of New South Wales by time in office

This is a list of Premiers of New South Wales by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.

Rank by time in office

	Rank:	No:	Office Holder:	Portrait:	Party:	District:	Assumed Office:	Left Office:	TERM Time in Office:	TOTAL Time in Office:	Election Wins:
	1.	7th	Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896) GCMG		Non-Party Liberalism	MLA for East Sydney (1872–1877) Canterbury (1877–1880) Tenterfield (1882–1884)	14 May 1872	8 February 1875		11 years, 278 days	1872 1880 1882 1887 1889
							22 March 1877	16 August 1877	days
							21 December 1878	4 January 1883
					Free Trade		25 January 1887	16 January 1889
							8 March 1889	23 October 1891
	2.	39th	Bob Carr (1947– )	60px	Labor	MLA for Maroubra (1983–2005)	4 April 1995	3 August 2005			1995 1999 2003
	3.	35th	Neville Wran (1926–2014) AC CNZM QC		Labor	MLA for Bass Hill (1973–1986)	14 May 1976	4 July 1986			1976 1978 1981 1984
	4.	32nd	Sir Robert Askin (1907–1981) GCMG		Liberal	MLA for Collaroy (1950–1973) Pittwater (1973–1975)	13 May 1965	3 January 1975			1965 1968 1971 1973
	5.	29th	Joseph Cahill (1891–1959)		Labor	MLA for Cook's River (1941–1959)	2 April 1952	22 October 1959			1953 1956 1959
	6.	25th	Sir Bertram Stevens (1889–1973) KCMG		United Australia	MLA for Croydon (1927–1940)	16 May 1932	5 August 1939			1932 1935 1938
	7.	2nd	Sir Charles Cowper (1807–1875) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Sydney City (1856–1859) East Sydney (1859–1867)	26 August 1856	2 October 1856	days	6 years, 352 days	1865
							7 September 1857	26 October 1859
							10 January 1861	15 October 1863
							3 February 1865	21 January 1866	days
						MLA for Liverpool Plains (1869–1870)	13 January 1870	15 December 1870	days
	8.	19th	William Holman (1877–1950)		Labor	MLA for Cootamundra (1904–1920)	30 June 1913	15 November 1916		6 years, 287 days	1913 1917
					Nationalist		15 November 1916	12 April 1920
	9.	27th	Sir William McKell (1891–1985) GCMG		Labor	MLA for Redfern (1927–1947)	16 May 1941	6 February 1947			1941 1944
	10.	6th	Sir James Martin (1820–1886) KCB QC	60px	No Party Alignment	MLA for Tumut (1863–1864) Lachlan (1864–1869) East Sydney (1869–1872)	16 October 1863	2 February 1865	days	5 years, 171 days
							22 January 1866	26 October 1868
							16 December 1870	13 May 1872
	11.	28th	James McGirr (1890–1957)		Labor	MLA for Bankstown (1927–1950) Liverpool (1950–1952)	6 February 1947	2 April 1952			1947 1950
	12.	12th	Sir George Reid (1845–1918) GCB KCMG KC		Free Trade	MHA for Sydney-King (1894–1901)	3 August 1894	13 September 1899			1894 1895 1898
	13.	5th	Sir John Robertson (1816–1891) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Upper Hunter (1859–1861)	9 March 1860	9 January 1861	days	4 years, 242 days	1860 1874 1877
						MLA for Clarence (1866–1869) West Sydney (1869–1877)	27 October 1868	12 January 1870
							9 February 1875	21 March 1877
						MLA for East Macquarie (1877–1878)	17 August 1877	17 December 1877	days
						MLA for Mudgee (1882–1886)	22 December 1885	22 February 1886	days
	14.	30th	Bob Heffron (1890–1978)		Labor	MLA for Maroubra (1950–1968)	23 October 1959	30 April 1964			1962
	15.	37th	Nick Greiner (1947– ) AC		Liberal	MLA for Ku-ring-gai (1980–1992)	25 March 1988	24 June 1992			1988 1991
	16.	23rd	Jack Lang (1876–1975)		Labor	MLA for Parramatta (1920–1927)	17 June 1925	18 October 1927		3 years, 314 days	1925 1930
						MLA for Auburn (1927–1946)	4 November 1930	15 October 1931
					Labor (NSW)		15 October 1931	13 May 1932
	17.	14th	Sir John See (1844–1907) KCMG		Progressive	MLA for Grafton (1880–1904)	28 March 1901	14 June 1904			1901
	18.	22nd	Sir George Fuller (1861–1940) KCMG		Nationalist	MLA for Wollondilly (1920–1927)	20 December 1921	20 December 1921		3 years, 66 days	1922
							13 April 1922	17 June 1925
	19.	10th	Sir George Dibbs (1834–1904) KCMG		Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Murrumbidgee (1885–1894)	7 October 1885	21 December 1885		3 years, 42 days	1885 1891
					Protectionist		17 January 1889	7 March 1889
							23 October 1891	2 August 1894
	20.	16th	Sir Joseph Carruthers (1857–1922) KCMG		Liberal Reform	MLA for St George (1894–1908)	29 August 1904	1 October 1907			1904 1907
	21.	40th	Morris Iemma (1961– )		Labor	MLA for Lakemba (1999–2008)	3 August 2005	5 September 2008			2007
	22.	43rd	Barry O'Farrell (1959– )		Liberal	MLA for Ku-ring-gai (1999–2015)	28 March 2011	23 April 2014			2011
	23.	24th	Sir Thomas Bavin (1874–1941) KCMG		Nationalist	MLA for Gordon (1927–1935)	18 October 1927	4 November 1930			1927
	24.	17th	Sir Charles Wade (1863–1922) KCMG KC JP	60px	Liberal Reform	MLA for Gordon (1904–1917)	2 October 1907	1 October 1910
	25.	38th	John Fahey (1945– ) AC		Liberal	MLA for Macarthur (1996–2001)	24 June 1992	4 April 1995
	26.	9th	Sir Alexander Stuart (1824–1886) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Illawarra (1880–1885)	5 January 1883	7 October 1885
	27.	18th	James McGowen (1855–1922)		Labor	MLA for Redfern (1891–1917)	21 October 1910	29 June 1913			1910
	28.	26th	Alexander Mair (1889–1969)		United Australia	MLA for Albury (1932–1946)	5 August 1939	16 May 1941
	29.	36th	Barrie Unsworth (1934– )		Labor	MLA for Rockdale (1986–1991)	4 July 1986	25 March 1988
	30.	44th	Mike Baird (1968– )		Liberal	MLA for Manly (2007– )	23 April 2014	Incumbent			2015
	31.	13th	Sir William Lyne (1844–1913) KCMG		Protectionist	MLA for Hume (1880–1884)	14 September 1899	27 March 1901			1927
	32.	20th	John Storey (1869–1921)		Labor	MLA for Balmain (1907–1921)	13 April 1920	5 October 1921			1920
	33.	42nd	Kristina Keneally (1968– )	60px	Labor	MLA for Heffron (2003–2012)	4 December 2009	28 March 2011
	34.	41st	Nathan Rees (1968– )		Labor	MLA for Toongabbie (2007–2015)	5 September 2008	4 December 2009
	35.	33rd	Tom Lewis (1922– ) AO		Liberal	MLA for Wollondilly (1957–1978)	3 January 1975	23 January 1976
	36.	31st	Jack Renshaw (1909–1987) AC		Labor	MLA for Castlereagh (1941–1980)	30 April 1964	13 May 1965
	37.	8th	James Farnell (1825–1888)	60px	No Party Alignment	MLA for St Leonards (1874–1882)	18 December 1877	20 December 1878
	38.	3rd	Sir Henry Parker (1808–1881) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Parramatta (1856–1857)	3 October 1856	7 September 1857
	39.	11th	Sir Patrick Jennings (1831–1897) KCMG		Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Bogan (1880–1887)	26 February 1886	19 January 1887
	40.	21st	James Dooley (1877–1950)		Labor	MLA for Hartley (1907–1920) Bathurst (1920–1927)	5 October 1921	20 December 1921		190 days
							20 December 1921	13 April 1922
	41.	4th	William Forster (1818–1882)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Queanbeyan (1859–1860)	27 October 1859	9 March 1860			1859
	42.	34th	Sir Eric Willis (1922–1999) KBE CMG	60px	Liberal	MLA for Earlwood (1950–1978)	23 January 1976	14 May 1976
	43.	1st	Sir Stuart Donaldson (1812–1867)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1856)	6 June 1856	25 August 1856			1856
	44.	15th	Thomas Waddell (1854–1940)		Progressive	MLA for Cowra (1998–1904)	15 June 1904	29 August 1904

Total time in office of Australian political parties

New South Wales Parliament – days as of 10 May 2024

• Before Parties – days
• Liberalism – days

Since 7 October 1885

• Australian Labor Party – days
• Liberal Party of Australia – days as of 10 May 2024
• Protectionist Party – days
• Progressive Party – days
• Liberal Reform Party – days
• Commonwealth Liberal Party – days
• Liberalism (Non Party) – days

See also

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