Governors of Queensland

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The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.

In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the Governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of Queensland. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier.

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

The Governor of Queensland has resided at Government House, Brisbane since 1910. Government House consists of a mansion known as Fernberg set in 14 hectares of gardens and bushland in the Brisbane suburb of Paddington.

[edit] List of Governors of Queensland

1. Sir George Bowen (1859–1868)
2. Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall (1868–1871)
3. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby (1871–1874)
4. William Cairns (1875–1877)
5. Sir Arthur Kennedy (1877–1883)
6. Sir Anthony Musgrave (1883–1889)
7. General Sir Henry Norman (1889–1895)
8. Charles Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1896–1901)
9. Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside (1902–1904)
10. Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (1905–1909)
11. Sir William Macgregor (1909–1914)
12. Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams (1915–1920)
13. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (1920–1925)
14. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Goodwin (1927–1932)
15. Colonel Sir Leslie Wilson (1932–1937, 1937–1946)
16. Lieutenant-General Sir John Laverack (1946–1957)
17. Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith (1958–1966)
18. Sir Alan Mansfield (1966–1972)
19. Air Marshall Sir Colin Hannah (1972–1977)
20. Commodore Sir James Ramsay (1977–1985)
21. Sir Walter Campbell (1985–1992)
22. Leneen Forde (1992–1997)
23. Major-General Peter Arnison (1997–2003)
24. Quentin Bryce (2003—)

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