Premier of Queensland

Premier of Queensland
Ministry
State
Incumbent
Anna Bligh
Style The Honourable
Appointed by Penelope Wensley
as Governor of Queensland
First Robert Herbert
Formation 10 December 1859
Term length At the Governor's pleasure

Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and disorganised by modern standards.

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List of Premiers of Queensland

Name Took Office Affiliation
1st Robert Herbert 10 December 1859 Squatter-Conservative 'party'
2nd Arthur Macalister 1 February 1866 Squatter-Conservative 'party'
_ Robert Herbert (second time) 20 July 1866 Squatter-Conservative 'party'
_ Arthur Macalister (second time) 7 August 1866 Liberal 'party'
3rd Robert Mackenzie 15 August 1867 Squatter-Conservative 'party'
4th Charles Lilley 25 November 1868 Liberal 'party'
5th Arthur Palmer 3 May 1870 Squatter-Conservative 'party'
_ Arthur Macalister (third time) 8 January 1874 Liberal 'party'
6th George Thorn 5 June 1876 Liberal 'party'
7th John Douglas 8 March 1877 Liberal 'party'
8th Thomas McIlwraith 22 January 1879 Conservative 'party'
9th Samuel Griffith 13 November 1883 Liberal Party
_ Thomas McIlwraith (second time) 13 June 1888 Conservative 'party'
10th Boyd Dunlop Morehead 30 November 1888 Conservative 'party'
_ Samuel Griffith (second time) 12 August 1890 Ministerial
_ Thomas McIlwraith (third time) 27 March 1893 Ministerial
11th Hugh Muir Nelson 27 October 1893 Ministerial
12th Thomas Joseph Byrnes 13 April 1898 Ministerial
13th James Dickson 1 October 1898 Ministerial
14th Anderson Dawson 1 December 1899 Labour
15th Robert Philp 7 December 1899 Ministerial
16th Arthur Morgan 17 September 1903 Liberal
17th William Kidston 19 January 1906 Labour; Kidston
_ Robert Philp (second time) 19 November 1907 Conservative
_ William Kidston (second time) 18 February 1908 Kidston; Ministerial
18th Digby Denham 7 February 1911 Ministerial
19th Thomas Joseph Ryan 1 June 1915 Labor
20th Ted Theodore 22 October 1919 Labor
21st William Gillies 26 February 1925 Labor
22nd William McCormack 22 October 1925 Labor
23rd Arthur Edward Moore 21 May 1929 CPNP
24th William Forgan Smith 17 June 1932 Labor
25th Frank Cooper 16 September 1942 Labor
26th Ned Hanlon 7 March 1946 Labor
27th Vince Gair 17 January 1952 Labor; QLP
28th Sir Francis Nicklin 12 August 1957 Country
29th Jack Pizzey 17 January 1968 Country
30th Sir Gordon Chalk 1 August 1968 Liberal
31st Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen 8 August 1968 Country/National
32nd Mike Ahern 1 December 1987 National
33rd Russell Cooper 25 September 1989 National
34th Wayne Goss 7 December 1989 Labor
35th Rob Borbidge 19 February 1996 National
36th Peter Beattie 20 June 1998 Labor
37th Anna Bligh 13 September 2007 Labor

Living former premiers

As of November 2007, five former premiers are alive, the oldest being Russell Cooper (1989, born 1941). The most recent premier to die was Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1968–1987), on 23 April 2005.

Name Term as premier Date of birth
Mike Ahern 1987–1989 2 June 1942 (1942-06-02) (age 69)
Russell Cooper 1989 4 February 1941 (1941-02-04) (age 71)
Wayne Goss 1989–1996 26 February 1951 (1951-02-26) (age 60)
Rob Borbidge 1996–1998 12 August 1954 (1954-08-12) (age 57)
Peter Beattie 1998–2007 18 November 1952 (1952-11-18) (age 59)

Graphical timeline


See also

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