Governors of Tasmania

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Governor of Tasmania
Viceroy
Provincial/State
Badge of the Governor
Incumbent: Peter Underwood
Style:	His Excellency
Appointed by:	Elizabeth II as Queen of Australia
First viceroy:	Sir Henry Fox Young
Formation:	January 8, 1855

The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of 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.

The official residence of the Governor is Government House located at the Queens Domain.

Contents 1 Divided in two 2 Lieutenant-Governors 3 Governors 4 Living former governors 5 References

[edit] Divided in two

Between 1804 and 1813, Van Diemen's Land was divided along the 42nd parallel, and governed separately.[1] [2]

Lieutenant-Governors in the south:

• Colonel David Collins, 1804-1810
• Edward Lord, March-July 1810
• Captain J. Murray, 1810-1812

Lieutenant-Governor in the north:

• William Paterson 1804-1808

Commandants in the north:

• John Brabyn, 1808-1810
• Major G.A. Gordon, 1810-1812
• Captain J. Ritchie, June 1812

[edit] Lieutenant-Governors

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

• 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 2004-08
27. The Hon. Peter Underwood 2008-present

[edit] Living former governors

As of April 2008, four former governors are alive, the oldest being Sir Phillip Bennett (1987–95, born 1928). The most recent governor to die was Sir Stanley Burbury (1973–82), on April 24, 1995. The most recently-serving governor to die was Sir James Plimsoll (1982–87), on May 8, 1987.

Name	Term as governor	Date of birth
Sir Phillip Bennett	1987–1995	December 27, 1928
Sir Guy Green	1995–2003	July 26, 1937
Richard Butler	2003–2004	May 13, 1942
William Cox	2004–2008	April 1, 1936

[edit] References

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

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