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:	Premier:	Portrait:	Party:	District:	Assumed Office:	Left Office:	TERM Time in Office:	TOTAL Time in Office:	Election Wins:
	1.	31st	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005) KCMG		Country & National	Barambah (1950–1987)	8 August 1968	1 December 1987			1969 1972 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986
	2.	28th	Sir Frank Nicklin (1895–1978) KCMG MM		Country	Landsborough (1950–1968)	12 August 1957	17 January 1968			1957 1960 1963 1966
	3.	24th	William Forgan Smith (1887–1953)		Labor	Mackay (1915–1942)	17 June 1932	16 September 1942			1932 1935 1938 1941
	4.	36th	Peter Beattie (1952– ) AC		Labor	Brisbane Central (1989–2007)	20 June 1998	13 September 2007			1998 2001 2004 2006
	5.	9th	Sir Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) GCMG QC	60px	Liberalism	North Brisbane (1878–1888)	13 November 1883	13 June 1888		7 years, 75 days	1883
					Ministerial	Brisbane North (1888–1893)	12 August 1890	27 March 1893
	6.	34th	Wayne Goss (1951–2014)		Labor	Logan (1986–1998)	7 December 1989	19 February 1996			1989 1992 1995
	7.	1st	Sir Robert Herbert (1831–1905) GCB		No Party Alignment	Leichhardt (1860–1863)	10 December 1859	1 February 1866		6 years, 71 days
						West Moreton (1863–1866)</small	20 July 1866	7 August 1866
	8.	26th	Ned Hanlon (1887–1952)		Labor	Ithaca (1926–1952)	7 March 1946	15 January 1952			1947 1950
	9.	8th	Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900) KCMG		Conservative	Mulgrave (1878–1886)	21 January 1879	13 November 1883		5 years, 314 days	1888 1893
						Brisbane North (1888–1896)	13 June 1888	30 November 1888
					Ministerial		27 March 1893	27 October 1893
	10.	27th	Vince Gair (1901–1980)		Labor	South Brisbane (1932–1960)	17 January 1952	24 April 1957		5 years, 207 days	1953 1956
					Queensland Labor		24 April 1957	12 August 1957
	11.	20th	Ted Theodore (1884–1950)		Labor	Chillagoe (1912–1925)	22 October 1919	26 February 1925			1920 1923
	12.	17th	William Kidston (1849–1919)		Labor	Rockhampton (1932–1960)	19 January 1906	18 May 1907		4 years, 262 days	1907 1908 1909
					Kidston		18 May 1907	19 November 1907
					Ministerial		18 February 1908	7 February 1911
	13.	37th	Anna Bligh (1960– )		Labor	South Brisbane (1995–2012)	13 September 2007	26 March 2012			2009
	14.	11th	Sir Hugh Nelson (1860–1898) KCMG		Ministerial	Murilla (1888–1898)	27 October 1893	13 April 1898			1896
	15.	19th	T. J. Ryan (1876–1921) KC		Labor	Barcoo (1909–1919)	1 June 1915	22 October 1919			1915 1918
	16.	18th	Digby Denham (1849–1944)		Ministerial	Oxley (1902–1915)	7 February 1911	1 June 1915			1912
	17.	15th	Sir Robert Philp (1851–1922) KCMG		Ministerial	Townsville (1888–1912)	17 December 1899	17 September 1903		4 years, 10 days
					Conservative		19 November 1907	18 February 1908
	18.	2nd	Arthur Macalister (1818–1883) CMG		No Party Alignment	Ipswich (1860–1868) (1872–1876)	1 February 1866	20 July 1866		3 years, 296 days
							7 August 1866	15 August 1867
							8 January 1874	5 June 1876
	19.	5th	Sir Arthur Palmer (1838–1905) KCMG		No Party Alignment	Port Curtis (1866–1878)	3 May 1870	7 January 1874
	20.	22nd	William McCormack (1879–1947)		Labor	Cairns (1912–1930)	22 October 1925	21 May 1929			1926
	21.	25th	Frank Cooper (1887–1952)	60px	Labor	Bremer (1915–1946)	16 September 1942	7 March 1946			1944
	22.	23rd	Arthur Moore (1876–1963) CMG		Country	Aubigny (1915–1941)	21 May 1929	17 June 1932			1929
	23.	38th	Campbell Newman (1963– )		Liberal National	Ashgrove (2012–2015)	26 March 2012	14 February 2015			2012
	24.	35th	Rob Borbidge (1954– )		National	Surfers Paradise (1980–2001)	19 February 1996	26 June 1998
	25.	16th	Sir Arthur Morgan (1849–1944)		Ministerial	Warwick (1898–1906)	17 September 1903	19 January 1906			1904
	26.	7th	John Douglas (1828–1904) CMG		No Party Alignment	Maryborough (1875–1880)	8 March 1877	21 January 1879			1878
	27.	32nd	Mike Ahern (1942– ) AO		National	Landsborough (1968–1990)	1 December 1987	25 September 1989
	28.	10th	Boyd Morehead (1843–1905)		Conservative	Balonne (1883–1896)	30 November 1888	12 August 1890
	29.	4th	Sir Charles Lilley (1827–1897)		No Party Alignment	Fortitude Valley (1860–1874)	25 November 1868	2 May 1870
	30.	3rd	Sir Robert Mackenzie (1811–1873) Bt		No Party Alignment	Burnett (1860–1869)	15 August 1867	25 November 1868
	31.	13th	Sir James Dickson (1832–1901) KCMG		Ministerial	Bulimba (1892–1901)	1 October 1898	1 December 1899			1899
	32.	39th	Annastacia Palaszczuk (1969– )	66x66px	Labor	Inala (2006– )	14 February 2015	Incumbent			2015
	33.	6th	George Thorn (1838–1905)		No Party Alignment	Ipswich (1876–1878)	5 June 1876	8 March 1877
	34.	21st	William Gillies (1868–1928)		Labor	Eacham (1912–1925)	26 February 1925	22 October 1925
	35.	29th	Jack Pizzey (1911–1968)		Country	Isis (1950–1968)	17 January 1968	31 July 1968
	36.	12th	Thomas Byrnes (1860–1898)		Ministerial	Warwick (1896–1898)	13 April 1898	27 September 1898
	37.	33rd	Russell Cooper (1941– ) AM		National	Roma (1983–1992)	25 September 1989	7 December 1989
	38.	30th	Sir Gordon Chalk (1913–1991) KBE		Liberal	Lockyer (1950–1976)	1 August 1968	8 August 1968
	39.	14th	Anderson Dawson (1863–1910)		Labor	Charters Towers (1893–1901)	1 December 1899	7 December 1899

See also

• Premier of Queensland
• List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of Australian state premiers 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