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List of Premiers of Queensland

Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.

See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.

PremierPartyTook office
Robert Herbert-10 December 1859
Arthur Macalister -1 February 1866
Robert Herbert-20 July 1866
Arthur Macalister -7 August 1866
Robert Mackenzie -15 August 1867
Charles Lilley-25 November 1868
Arthur Palmer -3 May 1870
Arthur Macalister -8 January 1874
George Thorn -5 June 1876
John Douglas -8 March 1877
Thomas McIlwraith Conservative21 January 1879
Samuel GriffithLiberal13 November 1883
Sir Thomas McIlwraith Conservative13 June 1888
Boyd Morehead -30 November 1888
Sir Samuel GriffithLiberal12 August 1890
Sir Thomas McIlwraith Conservative27 March 1893
Hugh Nelson Conservative27 October 1893
Thomas Byrnes Conservative13 April 1898
James Dickson Conservative1 October 1898
Anderson DawsonLabor1 December 1899
Robert PhilpConservative7 December 1899
Sir Arthur MorganConservative17 September 1903
William KidstonLiberal 19 January 1906
Robert PhilpConservative19 November 1907
William KidstonLiberal18 February 1908
Digby Denham Liberal7 February 1911
Thomas Ryan Labor1 June 1915
Ted Theodore Labor22 October 1919
William Gillies Labor26 February 1925
William McCormack Labor22 October 1925
Arthur Moore Country NationalNational Party of Australia Current Leader John Anderson Founded 1922 Headquarters John McEwen House7 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600 Political ideology conservative Holds government Federal (in coalition) Website The National Party of Australia is an Au21 May 1929
William Forgan SmithWilliam Forgan Smith (1887-1953), was Premier of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. His name Forgan was his mother's maiden name. He was born in Scotland where he began as a painter and decorator in Glasgow. He arrived in Queensland in 1912. He entered parliam Labor17 June 1932
Frank Cooper Labor16 September 1942
Edward Hanlon Labor7 March 1946
Vincent Gair Labor17 January 1952
Vincent GairQueensland Labor Party26 April 1957
Sir Frank Nicklin Country Party12 August 1957
Jack Pizzey Country Party17 January 1968
Sir Gordon Chalk Liberal1 August 1968
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country Party,
National Party
8 August 1968
Michael Ahern National Party1 December 1987
Russell Cooper National Party25 September 1989
Wayne Goss Labor7 December 1989
Rob Borbidge National Party19 February 1996
Peter Beattie Labor20 June 1998
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