Premiers Of New South Wales Terms In Duration

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Premiers Of New South Wales Terms In Duration

Posted on 11 October 2017 . Tags: New South Wales, Premiers

New South Wales Premiers Multiple Terms Since 1856

Victor P Taffa

New South Wales Legislative Council was established in 1823 and a small, 5-member appointed Legislative Council began meeting on 24 August 1824 to advise the Governor on legislative matters.

New South Wales and 5 other colonies agreed to form a Federation of States as the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

Prior to Federation on 1 January 1901 the term ‘Prime Minister of New South Wales’ was used. ‘Premier’ was used from 1901.

People who have held the office of Premier of New South Wales since Self Government in 1856 is as follows:

Premier Party Term Of Office Total Time In Office

Sir Henry Parkes Total Time In Office 11 Years 278 Days

Sir Henry Parkes Free Trade 8 March 1889-23 Oct. 1891 (2 Years 229 Days)

Sir Henry Parkes Free Trade 25 Jan. 1887-16 Jan. 1889 (1 Year 357 Days)

Sir Henry Parkes 21 Dec. 1878-4 Jan. 1883 (4 Years 14 Days)

Henry Parkes 22 March 1877-16 Aug. 1877 (147 Days)

Henry Parkes 14 May 1872-8 Feb. 1875 (2 Yr 270 Days)

Bob Carr Labor 4 April 1995-3 Aug. 2005 (10 Years 121 Days)

Neville Wran Labor 14 May 1976-4 July 1986 (10 Years 81 Days)

Sir Robert Askin Liberal 13 May 1965-3 Jan. 1975 (9 Years 235 Days)

Joseph Cahill Labor 2 April 1952-22 Oct. 1959 (7 Years 203 Days)

Sir Bertram Stevens United Australia 16 May 1932-5 Aug. 1939 (7 Years 81 Days)

Sir Charles Cowper Total Time In Office 6 Years 352 Days

Charles Cowper 13 Jan. 1870-15 Dec. 1870 (336 Days)

Charles Cowper 3 Feb. 1865-21 Jan. 1866 (352 Days)

Charles Cowper 10 Jan. 1861-15 Oct. 1863 (2 Years 278 Days)

Charles Cowper 7 Sept. 1857-26 Oct. 1859 (2 Years 49 Days)

Charles Cowper 26 Aug. 1856-2 Oct. 1856 (37 Days)

William Holman Total Time In Office 6 Years 287 Days

William Holman Nationalist 15 Nov. 1916-12 April 1920 (3 Years 149 Days)

William Holman Labor 30 June 1913-15 Nov. 1916 (3 Years 138 Days)

William McKell Labor 16 May 1941-6 Feb. 1947 (5 Years 266 Days)

Sir James Martin Total Time In Office 5 Years 171 Days

Sir James Martin 16 Dec. 1870-13 May 1872 (1 Year 149 Days)

James Martin 22 Jan. 1866-26 Oct. 1868 (2 Years 278 Days)

James Martin 16 Oct. 1863-2 Feb. 1865 (475 Days)

James McGirr Labor 6 Feb. 1947-2 April 1952 (5 Years 56 Days)

George Reid Free Trade 3 Aug. 1894-13 Sept. 1899 (5 Years 41 Days)

Sir John Robertson Total Time In Office 4 Years 242 Days

Sir John Robertson 22 Dec. 1885-22 Feb. 1886 (62 Days)

Sir John Robertson 17 Aug. 1877-17 Dec. 1877 (122 Days)

John Robertson 9 Feb. 1875-21 March 1877 (2 Years 12 Days)

John Robertson 27 Oct. 1868-12 Jan. 1870 (1 Year 77 Days)

John Robertson 9 March 1860-9 Jan.1861 (306 Days)

Bob Heffron Labor 23 Oct. 1959-30 April 1964 (4 Years 190 Days)

Nick Greiner Liberal 25 March 1988-24 June 1992 (4 Years 91 Days)

Jack Lang Total Time In Office 3 Years 314 Days

Jack Lang Labor (NSW) 15 Oct. 1931-13 May 1932 (211 Days)

Jack Lang Labor 4 Nov. 1930-15 Oct. 1931 (345 Days)

Jack Lang Labor 17 June 1925-18 Oct. 1927 (2 Years 123 Days)

Sir John See Progressive 28 March 1901-14 June 1904 (3 Years 78 Days)

Sir George Fuller Total Time In Office 3 Years 66 Days

Sir George Fuller Nationalist 13 April 1922-17 June 1925 (3 Years 65 Days)

Sir George Fuller Nationalist 20 Dec. 1921-20 Dec. 1921 (1 Day)

Sir George Dibbs Total Time In Office 3 Years 42 Days

George Dibbs Protectionist 23 Oct. 1891-2 Aug. 1894 (2 Years 283 Days)

George Dibbs Protectionist 17 Jan. 1889-7 March 1889 (49 Days)

George Dibbs 7 Oct. 1885-21 Dec. 1885 (75 Days)

Sir Joseph Carruthers Liberal Reform 29 Aug. 1904-1 Oct. 1907 (3 Years 33 Days)

Morris Iemma Labor 3 Aug. 2005-5 Sept. 2008 (3 Years 33 Days)

Barry O’Farrell Liberal 28 March 2011-17 April 2014 (3 Years 26 Days)

Thomas Bavin Nationalist 18 Oct. 1927-4 Nov. 1930 (3 Years 17 Days)

Charles Wade Liberal Reform 2 Oct. 1907-1 Oct. 1910 (2 Years 364 Days)

John Fahey Liberal 24 June 1992-4 April 1995 (2 Years 284 Days)

Alexander Stuart 5 Jan. 1883-6 Oct. 1885 (2 Years 275 Days)

Mike Baird Liberal 17 April 2014-23 Jan. 2017 (2 Years 275 Days)

James McGowen Labor 21 Oct. 1910-29 June 1913 (2 Years 251 Days)

Alexander Mair United Australia 5 Aug. 1939-16 May 1941 (1 Year 284 Days)

Barrie Unsworth Labor 4 July 1986-25 March 1988 (1 Year 265 Days)

Sir William Lyne Protectionist 14 Sept. 1899-27 March 1901 (1 Year 194 Days)

John Storey Labor 13 April 1920-5 Oct. 1921 (1 Year 175 Days)

Kristina Keneally Labor 4 Dec. 2009-28 March 2011 (1 Year 114 Days)

Nathan Rees Labor 5 Sept. 2008-4 Dec. 2009 (1 Year 90 Days)

Tom Lewis Liberal 3 Jan. 1975-23 Jan. 1976 (1 Year 20 Days)

Jack Renshaw Labor 30 April 1964-13 May 1965 (1 Year 13 Days)

James Farnell 18 Dec. 1877-20 Dec. 1878 (1 Year 2 Days)

Henry Parker 3 Oct. 1856-7 Sept. 1857 (339 Days)

Sir Patrick Jennings 26 Feb. 1886-19 Jan.1887 (327 Days)

James Dooley Total Time In Office 190 Days

James Dooley Labor 20 Dec. 1921-13 April 1922 (114 Days)

James Dooley Labor 5 Oct. 1921-20 Dec. 1921 (76 Days)

William Forster 27 Oct. 1859-9 March 1860 (134 Days)

Sir Eric Willis Liberal 23 Jan. 1976-14 May 1976 (112 Days)

Stuart Donaldson 6 June 1856-25 Aug. 1856 (80 Days)

Thomas Waddell Progressive 15 June 1904-29 Aug. 1904 (75 Days)

Gladys Berejiklian Liberal 23 Jan. 2017-Present

All Incumbent State Premiers are listed at the bottom so that time served of the presently serving State Premier does not provide an incorrect listing of all dates served for each State Premier. This list will be updated when a new State Premier has been elected.

Premiers Who Have Held More Than 1 Term Of Office: