List of Governors-General of Australia
The following is a list of the Governors-General of Australia from the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia as a Federation in 1901 to the present day.
The office of Governor-General was previously used during colonial times in Australia. Sir Charles FitzRoy (Governor of New South Wales from 1846–1855) and Sir William Denison (Governor of New South Wales from 1855–1861) also carried the additional title of Governor-General because their jurisdiction extended to other colonies in Australia. [1]
Governors-general of Australia
| # | Image | Term start | Period | Name | Monarch | Prime Minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 1 January 1901 | 2 years, 8 days | The Right Hon. John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, KT GCMG GCVO PC (from 27 October 1902, The Most Hon. 1st Marquess of Linlithgow) |
Victoria Edward VII |
Barton |
| 2 |  | 9 January 1903 | 1 years, 12 days | The Right Hon. Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG PC | Edward VII | Barton |
| 3 |  | 21 January 1904 | 4 years, 232 days | The Right Hon. Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, GCMG GCIE CB PC | Edward VII | Deakin |
| 4 |  | 9 September 1908 | 2 years, 325 days | The Right Hon. William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB GCMG GCVO TD PC | Edward VII George V | Deakin |
| 5 |  | 31 July 1911 | 2 years, 291 days | The Right Hon. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG KCVO PC JP | George V | Fisher |
| 6 |  | 18 May 1914 | 6 years, 141 days | The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, GCMG DL (later 1st Viscount Novar KT GCMG DL) |
George V | Cook |
| 7 |  | 6 October 1920 | 5 years, 2 days | The Right Hon. Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG PC DL | George V | Hughes |
| 8 |  | 8 October 1925 | 5 years, 105 days | The Right Hon. John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, GCMG DSO PC JP DL (later 1st Viscount Stonehaven) |
George V | Bruce |
| 9 |  | 21 January 1931 | 5 years, 2 days | The Right Hon. Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB GCMG | George V Edward VIII | Scullin |
| 10 |  | 23 January 1936 | 9 years, 7 days | Brigadier General the Right Hon. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, VC GCMG CB DSO PC (later 1st Earl of Gowrie) |
Edward VIII[2] George VI |
Lyons |
| 11 |  | 30 January 1945 | 2 years, 40 days | HRH The Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, KG KT KP GCB GCMG GCVO | George VI | Curtin |
| 12 |  | 11 March 1947 | 6 years, 58 days | The Right Hon. William John McKell; from 13 November 1951 Sir William McKell, GCMG | George VI Elizabeth II | Chifley |
| 13 |  | 8 May 1953 | 6 years, 270 days | Field Marshal the Right Hon. Sir William Joseph Slim, KG GCMG GCVO GBE DSO MC (later 1st Viscount Slim) |
Elizabeth II | Menzies |
| 14 |  | 2 February 1960 | 1 year, 1 day | The Right Hon. William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG MC QC PC | Elizabeth II | Menzies |
| 15 |  | 3 August 1961 | 3 years, 277 days | The Right Hon. William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC GCMG PC; from 14 March 1963 VC GCMG GCVO PC (later VC KG GCMG GCVO PC) |
Elizabeth II | Menzies |
| 16 |  | 7 May 1965 | 3 years, 358 days | The Right Hon. Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey, KG GCMG CH DSO MC KStJ PC FAA | Elizabeth II | Menzies |
| 17 |  | 30 April 1969 | 5 years, 72 days | The Right Hon. Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, GCMG; from 29 May 1970 GCMG GCVO (later KG GCMG GCVO) |
Elizabeth II | Gorton |
| 18 |  | 11 July 1974 | 3 years, 150 days | The Right Hon. Sir John Robert Kerr, AC CMG QC; from 1976 AK GCMG QC; from 30 March 1977 AK GCMG GCVO QC | Elizabeth II | Whitlam |
| 19 |  | 8 December 1977 | 4 years, 213 days | The Right Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, AK GCMG GCVO QC | Elizabeth II | Fraser |
| 20 |  | 29 July 1982 | 6 years, 202 days | The Right Hon. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC (later KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC) |
Elizabeth II | Fraser |
| 21 |  | 16 February 1989 | 7 years, 0 days | The Hon. William George Hayden, AC | Elizabeth II | Hawke |
| 22 |  | 16 February 1996 | 5 years, 133 days | The Hon. Sir William Patrick Deane, AC KBE | Elizabeth II | Keating |
| 23 |  | 29 June 2001 | 1 years, 333 days | The Right Rev. and Hon. Peter John Hollingworth, AC OBE | Elizabeth II | Howard |
| 24 |  | 11 August 2003 | 5 years, 24 days | Major General The Hon. (Philip) Michael Jeffery, AC CVO MC | Elizabeth II | Howard |
| 25 |  | 5 September 2008 | 6 years, 237 days | The Hon. Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, AC; from 26 October 2011 AC CVO; from 25 March 2014 Dame Quentin Bryce, AD CVO | Elizabeth II | Rudd |
| 26 |  | 28 March 2014 | Incumbent | His Excellency General The Hon. Sir Peter John Cosgrove, AK MC | Elizabeth II | Abbott |
Notes
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20040619163640/members.ozemail.com.au/~natinfo/colony3-3.htm
- ↑ George V approved the appointment, but he died three days before Gowrie's swearing-in, and Edward VIII was then reigning.
See also
- Category:Governors-General of Australia
- History of Australia
- Constitutional history of Australia
- Governors of the Australian states
- British Empire
- Governor-General (links to other countries which have Governors-General)
Further reading
- Christopher Cunneen (1983). Kings' Men: Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs. Allen and Unwin. ISBN 0-86861-238-3.
- Bill Hayden (1996). Hayden: An Autobiography. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-18769-X. (pp 515, 519, 548)
External links
- The Office of the Governor-General
- The use of the reserve powers
- A Mirror to the People a 58 minute documentary film on the Office of Governor-General of Australia 1999. Dir: Daryl Dellora. Features Sir William Deane, Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir Ninian Stephen. Special Commendation ATOM Awards.
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