Premiers of Tasmania

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Surnames/tags: Tasmania Australia

Tasmania

No.	Photo	Name	Birth place	Party	Years as Premier	No. years
1		William Champ	England	Independent	1 Nov 1856-26 Feb 1857	117 days
2	Photo	Thomas Gregson	England	Independent	26 Feb 1857-25 Apr 1857	58 days
3	Photo	William Weston	England	Independent	25 Apr 1857-12 May 1857; 1 Nov 1860-2 Aug 1861	17 days; 274 days
4	Photo	Francis Smith	Haiti	Independent	12 May 1857-1 Nov 1860	3 years, 173 days
5	Photo	Thomas Chapman	England	Independent	2 Aug 1861-20 Jan 1863	1 year, 171 days
6	Photo	James Whyte	Scotland	Independent	20 Jan 1863-24 Nov 1866	3 years, 308 days
7	Photo	Sir Richard Dry	Van Diemen's Land	Independent	24 Nov 1866-4 Aug 1869	2 years, 253 days
8	Photo	James Wilson	Scotland	Independent	4 Aug 1869-4 Nov 1872	3 years, 92 days
9		Frederick Innes	Scotland	Independent	4 Nov 1872-4 Aug 1873	273 days
10	Photo	Alfred Kennerley	England	Independent	4 Aug 1873-20 Jul 1876	2 years, 351 days
11	Photo	Thomas Reibey	Van Diemen's Land	Independent	20 Jul 1876-9 Aug 1877	1 year, 20 days
12	Photo	Philip Fysh	England	Independent	9 Aug 1877-5 Mar 1878; 29 Mar 1887-17 Aug 1892	208 days; 5 years, 141 days
13	Photo	William Giblin	Van Diemen's Land	Independent	5 Mar 1878-20 Dec 1878; 30 Oct 1879-15 Aug 1884	290 days; 4 years, 290 days
14	Photo	William Crowther	Netherlands	Independent	20 Dec 1878-30 Oct 1879	314 days
15	Photo	Adye Douglas	England	Independent	15 Aug 1884-8 Mar 1886	1 year, 205 days
16		James Agnew	Ireland	Independent	8 Mar 1886-29 Mar 1887	1 year, 21 days
17	Photo	Henry Dobson	Van Diemen's Land	Free Trade	17 Aug 1892-14 Apr 1894	1 year, 240 days
18		Sir Edward Braddon	England	Free Trade	14 Apr 1894-12 Oct 1899	5 years, 181 days
19		Elliott Lewis	Tasmania	Free Trade; Liberal League	12 Oct 1899-9 Apr 1903; 19 Jun 1909-20 Oct 1909; 27 Oct 1909-14 Jun 1912	3 years, 179 days; 123 days; 2 years, 231 days
20	Photo	William Propsting	Tasmania	Protectionist	9 Apr 1903-12 Jul 1904	1 year, 94 days
21	Photo	John Evans	England	Anti-Socialist	12 Jul 1904-19 Jun 1909	4 years, 342 days
22	Photo	John Earle	Tasmania	Labor	20 Oct 1909-27 Oct 1909; 6 Apr 1914-15 April 1916	7 days; 2 years, 9 days
23	Photo	Albert Solomon	Tasmania	Liberal League	14 June 1912 6 April 1914	1 year, 296 days
24	Photo	Walter Lee	Tasmania	Liberal League; Nationalist	15 Apr 1916-12 Aug 1922; 14 Aug 1923-25 Oct 1923; 15 Mar 1934-22 Jun 1934	6 years, 119 days; 72 days; 99 days
25		John Hayes	Tasmania	Nationalist	12 Aug 1922-14 Aug 1923	1 year, 2 days
26		Joseph Lyons	Tasmania	Labor	25 Oct 1923-15 Jun 1928	4 years, 234 days
27	Photo	John McPhee	Victoria	Nationalist	15 Jun 1928-15 Mar 1934	5 years, 273 days
28	Photo	Albert Ogilvie	Tasmania	Labor	22 Jun 1934-10 Jun 1939	4 years, 354 days
29	Photo	Edmund Dwyer-Gray	Ireland	Labor	11 Jun 1939-18 Dec 1939	190 days
30		Robert Cosgrove	Tasmania	Labor	18 Dec 1939-18 Dec 1947; 25 Feb 1948-26 Aug 1958	8 years; 10 years, 182 days
31		Edward Brooker	England	Labor	18 Dec 1947-25 Feb 1948	69 days
32	Photo	Eric Reece	Tasmania	Labor	26 Aug 1958-26 May 1969; 3 May 1972-31 Mar 1975	10 years, 273 days; 2 years, 332 days
33	Photo	Angus Bethune	Tasmania	Liberal	26 May 1969-3 May 1972	2 years, 343 days
34	Photo	Bill Neilson	Tasmania	Labor	31 Mar 1975-1 Dec 1977	2 years, 245 days
35	Photo	Doug Lowe	Tasmania	Labor	1 Dec 1977-11 Nov 1981	3 years, 345 days
36	Photo	Harry Holgate	New South Wales	Labor	11 Nov 1981-26 May 1982	196 days
37	Photo	Robin Gray	Victoria	Liberal	26 May 1982-29 Jun 1989	7 years, 34 days
38	Photo	Michael Field	Tasmania	Labor	29 Jun 1989-17 Feb 1992	2 years, 233 days
39	Photo	Ray Groom	Victoria	Liberal	17 Feb 1992-18 Mar 1996	4 years, 30 days
40	Photo	Tony Rundle	Tasmania	Liberal	18 Mar 1996-14 Sep 1998	2 years, 180 days
41	Photo	Jim Bacon	Victoria	Labor	14 Sep 1998-21 Mar 2004	5 years, 189 days
42	Photo	Paul Lennon	Tasmania	Labor	21 Mar 2004-26 May 2008	4 years, 66 days
43	Photo	David Bartlett	Tasmania	Labor	26 May 2008-24 Jan 2011	2 years, 243 days
44	Photo	Lara Giddings	Papua New Guinea	Labor	24 Jan 2011-31 March 2014	3 years, 66 days
45	Photo	Will Hodgman	Tasmania	Liberal	31 Mar 2014-20 Jan 2020	5 years, 295 days
46	Photo	Peter Gutwein	England	Liberal	20 Jan 2020-8 Apr 2022	2 years, 78 days
47	Photo	Jeremy Rockliff	Tasmania	Liberal	8 Apr 2022-Incumbent

Correct to 1 July 2023

To do list

Needs profiles

Thomas George Gregson (7 February 1796 – 4 January 1874)

Thomas Daniel Chapman (31 October 1815 – 17 February 1884)

James Whyte (30 March 1820 – 20 August 1882)

Sir John William Evans, CMG (1 December 1855 – 2 October 1943)

Albert Edgar Solomon (7 March 1876 – 5 October 1914)

Sir Walter Henry Lee KCMG (27 April 1874 – 1 June 1963)

Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG (4 July 1878 – 14 September 1952)

Albert George Ogilvie (10 March 1890 – 10 June 1939)

Sir Walter Angus Bethune (10 September 1908 – 22 August 2004)

William Arthur Neilson AC (27 August 1925 – 9 November 1989

Harold Norman Holgate AO (5 December 1933 – 16 March 1997)

Unconnected profiles

John Earle (1865-1932)

Eric Elliot Reece (1909-1999)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Tasmania
• https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/premiers_table
• https://www.utas.edu.au/tasmanian-companion/browse_p_function.htm#F000095