Premiers of Victoria

Date: 1 Jul 1851
Location: Victoria, Australia
Surnames/tags: Victoria Australia Government

On 1 July 1851 Port Phillip District gained the right to separate from the Colony of New South Wales, forming the Colony of Victoria and the right to form their own government, Victoria's Legislative Council.

No.	Photo	Name	Birth place	Party	Years as Premier	No. years
1	Photo	William Haines	England	Independent	30 Nov 1855-11 Mar 1857; 29 Apr 1857-10 Mar 1858	1 year, 102 days; 316 days
2		Sir John O’Shanassy	Ireland	Independent	11 Mar 1857-29 Apr 1857; 10 Mar 1858-27 Oct 1859; 14 Nov 1861-27 Jun 1863	50 days; 1 year, 232 days; 1 year, 226 days
3		William Nicholson	England	Independent	27 Oct 1859-26 Nov 1860	1 year, 31 days
4		Richard Heales	England	Independent	26 Nov 1860-14 Nov 1861	354 days
5		James McCulloch	Scotland	Independent; (From 1875) Non-Party Conservatism	27 Jun 1863-6 May 1868; 11 Jul 1868-20 Sep 1869; 9 Apr 1870-19 Jun 1871; 20 Oct 1875 21 May 1877	4 years, 315 days; 1 year, 72 days; 1 year, 72 days; 1 year, 214 days
6		Charles Sladen	England	Independent	6 May 1868-11 Jul 1868	67 days
7		John Alexander MacPherson	NSW	Independent	20 Sep 1869-9 Apr 1870	202 days
8		Charles Gavan Duffy	Ireland	Independent	19 Jun 1871-10 Jun 1872	358 days
9		James Francis	England	Independent	10 Jun 1872-31 Jul 1874	2 years, 52 days
10		George Kerferd	England	Independent	31 Jul 1874-7 Aug 1875	1 year, 8 days
11		Graham Berry	England	Non-Party Liberalism	7 Aug 1875-20 Oct 1875: 21 May 1877-5 Mar 1880: 3 Aug 1880-9 Jul 1881	75 days; 2 years, 290 days: 341 days
12		James Service	Scotland	Non-Party Conservatism	5 Mar 1880-3 Aug 1880; 8 Mar 1883-18 Feb 1886	152 days; 2 years, 348 days
13		Bryan O'Loghlen	Ireland	Non-Party Liberalism	9 Jul 1881-8 Mar 1883	1 year, 243 days
14		Duncan Gillies	Scotland	Conservative -Liberal Coalition	18 Feb 1886-5 Nov 1890	4 years, 261 days
15		James Munro	Scotland	National Liberal	5 Nov 1890-16 Feb 1892	1 year, 104 days
16	Photo	William Shiels	Ireland	Liberal	16 Feb 1892-23 Jan 1893	343 days
17	Photo	James Patterson	England	Conservative	23 Jan 1893-27 Sep 1893	1 year, 248 days
18		Sir George Turner	Victoria	Liberal	27 Sep 1894-5 Dec 1899; 19 Nov 1900-12 Feb 1901	5 years, 70 days; 86 days
19	Photo	Allan McLean	Scotland	Liberal	5 Dec 1899-19 Nov 1900	350 days
20		Alexander Peacock	Victoria	Liberal	12 Feb 1901-10 Jun 1902; 18 Jun 1914-29 Nov 1917; 28 Apr 1924-18 Jul 1924	1 year, 119 days; 3 years, 165 days; 82 days
21		William Hill Irvine	Ireland	Reform	10 Jun 1902-16 Feb 1904	1 year, 252 days
22		Thomas Bent	NSW	Reform	16 Feb 1904-8 Jan 1909	4 years, 328 days
23		John Murray	Victoria	Liberal	8 Jan 1909-18 May 1912	3 years, 132 days
24		William Alexander Watt	Victoria	Liberal	18 May 1912-9 Dec 1913; 22 Dec 1913-18 Jun 1914	1 year, 206 days; 179 days
25	Photo	George Alexander Elmslie	Victoria	Australian Labour Party (ALP)	9 Dec 1913-22 Dec 1913	14 days
26	Photo	John Bowser	England	Nationalist	29 Nov 1917-21 Mar 1918	144 days
27		Harry Lawson	Victoria	Nationalist	21 Mar 1918-28 Apr 1924	6 years, 39 days
28		Michael George Prendergast	South Australia	ALP	18 Jul 1924-18 Nov 1924	124 days
29		John Allan	Victoria	Country Nationalist	18 Nov 1924-20 May 1927	2 years, 184 days
30		Edmond John Hogan	Victoria	ALP	20 May 1927-22 Nov 1928; 12 Dec 1929-19 May 1932	1 year, 187 days; 2 years, 160 days
31	Photo	William McPherson	Victoria	Nationalist	22 Nov 1928-12 Dec 1929	1 year, 21 days
32	Photo	Sir Stanley Argyle	Victoria	United Australia Party (UAP)	19 May 1932-2 Apr 1935	2 years, 319 days
33		Albert Dunstan	Victoria	Country Party	2 Apr 1935-14 Sep 1943; 18 Sep 1943-2 Oct 1945	8 years, 166 days; 2 years, 15 days
34		John Cain, senior	Victoria	ALP	14 Sep 1943-18 Sep 1943; 21 Nov 1945-20 Nov 1947; 17 Dec 1952-7 Jun 1955	5 days; 2 years; 2 years, 173 days
35	Photo	Ian MacFarlan	Victoria	Liberal	2 Oct 1945-21 Nov 1945	51 days
36		Thomas Tuke Hollway	Victoria	Liberal (party name change) Liberal and Country; Independent	20 Nov 1947-27 Jun 1950; 28 Oct 1952-31 Oct 1952	2 years, 220 days; 4 days
37	Photo	Sir John McDonald	Scotland	Country Party	27 Jun 1950-28 Oct 1952; 31 Oct 1952-17 Dec 1952	2 years, 124 days; 48 days
38		Henry Bolte	Victoria	Liberal and Country; Liberal	7 Jun 1955-23 Aug 1972	17 years, 78 days
39		Rupert James Hamer	Victoria	Liberal	23 Aug 1972-5 Jun 1981	8 years, 287 days
40	Photo	Lindsay Thompson	Victoria	Liberal	5 Jun 1981-8 Apr 1982	308 days
41		John Cain, junior	Victoria	ALP	8 Apr 1982-10 Aug 1990	8 years, 125 days
42		Joan Elizabeth Kirner	Victoria	ALP	10 Aug 1990-6 Oct 1992	2 years, 58 days
43	Photo	Jeffrey Gibb Kennett	Victoria	Liberal/National	6 Oct 1992-19 Oct 1999	7 years, 15 days
44	Photo	Stephen Phillip Bracks	Victoria	ALP	19 Oct 1999-30 Jul 2007	7 years, 284 days
45	Photo	John Mansfield Brumby	Victoria	ALP	30 Jul 2007-2 Dec 2010	3 years, 126 days
46	Photo	Edward (Ted) Norman Baillieu	Victoria	Liberal/National	2 Dec 2010-6 Mar 2013	2 years, 95 days
47	Photo	Denis Vincent Napthine	Victoria	Liberal/National	6 Mar 2013-4 Dec 2014	1 year, 274 days
48	Photo	Daniel Michael Andrews	Victoria	ALP	4 Dec 2014–27 Sep 2023	8 years, 298 days
49	Photo	Jacinta Allan	Victoria	ALP	27 Sep 2023- Incumbent

Correct to 1 July 2023

To do list

Needs profiles (Only those that have past are included)

William Clark Haines (10 January 1810 – 3 February 1866)

William Shiels (3 December 1848 – 17 December 1904)

Sir James Brown Patterson KCMG (18 November 1833 – 30 October 1895)

Allan McLean (3 February 1840 – 13 July 1911)

George Alexander Elmslie (21 February 1861 – 11 May 1918)

Ian Macfarlan (born John Robert Macfarlan; 21 November 1881 – 19 March 1964)

Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald (6 December 1898 – 23 April 1977)

Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG (15 October 1923 – 16 July 2008)

Unconnected Profiles

James Service (1823-1899)

Duncan Gillies (1834-1903)

George Turner K.C.M.G. (1851-1916)

John Bowser MLA (1856-1936)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria
• https://australianpolitics.com/states/vic/victorian-premiers-since-1855
• https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/separation-of-nsw-and-victoria
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Victoria%2C_Premiers