Premiers of Victoria

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

Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Victoria. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. From the 1880s, until after Federation in 1901, Victorian politics were dominated by Protectionist Liberals, who were opposed by Free Trade Conservatives. The Labor Party did not emerge as a major party until after 1910, which meant that Victoria was slow to develop a two-party system. Labor did not win a majority in the Legislative Assembly until 1952, and until that time weak minority governments were common. Since 1952, Victoria has had a stable two-party system.

[edit] List of Premiers of Victoria

Premier	Party	Took office
Dr William Haines	-	30 November 1855
John O'Shanassy	-	11 March 1857
William Haines	-	29 April 1857
John O'Shanassy	-	10 March 1858
William Nicholson	-	27 October 1859
Richard Heales	-	26 November 1860
John O'Shanassy	-	14 November 1861
James McCulloch	-	27 June 1863
Charles Sladen	-	6 May 1868
James McCulloch	-	11 July 1868
John MacPherson	-	20 September 1869
Sir James McCulloch	-	9 April 1870
Charles Gavan Duffy	-	19 June 1871
James Francis	-	10 June 1872
George Kerferd	-	31 July 1874
Graham Berry	Liberal	7 August 1875
Sir James McCulloch	-	20 October 1875
Graham Berry	Liberal	21 May 1877
James Service	-	5 March 1880
Graham Berry	Liberal	3 August 1880
Sir Bryan O'Loghlen	-	9 July 1881
James Service	-	8 March 1883
Duncan Gillies	Conservative	18 February 1886
James Munro	Conservative	5 November 1890
William Shiels	Liberal	16 February 1892
Sir James Patterson	Conservative	23 January 1893
Sir George Turner	Liberal	27 September 1894
Allan McLean	Liberal	5 December 1899
Sir George Turner	Liberal	19 November 1900
Alexander Peacock	Liberal	12 February 1901
William Irvine	Reform	10 June 1902
Sir Thomas Bent	Reform	16 February 1904
John Murray	Comwlth Liberal	8 January 1909
William Watt	Comwlth Liberal	18 May 1912
George Elmslie	Labor	9 December 1913
William Watt	Comwlth Liberal	22 December 1913
Sir Alexander Peacock	Comwlth Liberal	18 June 1914
John Bowser	Nationalist	29 November 1917
Harry Lawson	Nationalist	21 March 1918
Sir Alexander Peacock	Nationalist	28 April 1924
George Prendergast	Labor	18 July 1924
John Allan	Country Party	18 November 1924
Edmond Hogan	Labor	20 May 1927
Sir William McPherson	Nationalist	22 November 1928
Edmond Hogan	Labor	12 December 1929
Sir Stanley Argyle	United Australia	19 May 1932
Albert Dunstan	Country Party	2 April 1935
John Cain I	Labor	14 September 1943
Albert Dunstan	Country Party	18 September 1943
Ian McFarlan	Liberal	2 October 1945
John Cain I	Labor	21 November 1945
Thomas Hollway	Liberal	20 November 1947
John McDonald	Country Party	27 June 1950
Thomas Hollway	Electoral Reform	28 October 1952
John McDonald	Country Party	31 October 1952
John Cain I	Labor	17 December 1952
Sir Henry Bolte	Liberal	7 June 1955
Rupert Hamer	Liberal	23 August 1972
Lindsay Thompson	Liberal	5 June 1981
John Cain II	Labor	8 April 1982
Joan Kirner	Labor	9 August 1990
Jeff Kennett	Liberal	6 October 1992
Steve Bracks	Labor	19 October 1999

[edit] Gallery of Premiers of Victoria

Dr William Haines	Sir John O'Shanassy	William Nicholson	Richard Heales
Sir James McCulloch	Charles Sladen	John MacPherson	Charles Gavan Duffy
James Francis	George Kerferd	Sir Graham Berry	James Service
Sir Bryan O'Loghlen	Duncan Gillies	James Munro	William Shiels
James Patterson	Sir George Turner	Allan McLean	Sir Alexander Peacock
Sir William Irvine	Sir Thomas Bent	John Murray	Sir William Watt
George Elmslie	Sir John Bowser	Sir Harry Lawson	George Prendergast
John Allan	Ned Hogan	William McPherson (no image)	Sir Stanley Argyle
Albert Dunstan	John Cain senior