Governors of Tasmania

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

[edit] Lieutenant-Governors

The colony was called Van Diemen's Land until 1856.

• Colonel David Collins, 1804-1810
• Colonel Thomas Davey, 1813-1817
• Colonel William Sorell, 1817-1824
• Colonel George Arthur, 1824-1836
• Captain Sir John Franklin, 1837-1843
• Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1843-1846
• Sir William Denison, 1847-1855

[edit] Governors

1. Sir Henry Fox Young 1855-1861
2. Colonel Thomas Browne, 1862-1868
3. Charles Du Cane, 1868-1874
4. Frederick Weld, 1875-1880
5. Major Sir George Strahan, 1881-1886
6. Sir Robert Hamilton 1887-1892
7. Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston 1893-1900
8. Captain Sir Arthur Havelock, 1901-1904
9. Sir Gerald Strickland, 1904-1909
10. Major-General Sir Harry Barron, 1909-1913
11. Sir William Ellison-Macartney, 1913-1917
12. Sir Francis Newdegate, 1917-1920
13. Sir William Allardyce, 1920-1922
14. Sir James O'Grady, 1924-1930
15. Sir Ernest Clark, 1933-1945
16. Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, 1945-1951
17. The Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Cross, 1951-1958
18. Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, 1959-1963
19. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gairdner, 1963-1968
20. Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1968-1973
21. The Hon. Sir Stanley Burbury, 1973-1982
22. Sir James Plimsoll, 1982-1987
23. General Sir Phillip Bennett, 1987-1995
24. The Hon. Sir Guy Green, 1995-2003
25. Richard Butler 2003-2004
26. The Hon. William Cox 2004-

[edit] References

• Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Tasmania
• Parliamentary Library - Governors of Tasmania