Premier of Tasmania

Template:Short description Template:Pp-protected Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox official post The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of Tasmania to be premier and principal adviser.<ref name="tpl">Premier and Leader of the Opposition Template:Webarchive, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.</ref>

Since 8 April 2022, the premier of Tasmania has been Jeremy Rockliff, leader of the Liberal Party, which holds 14 of the 35 seats in the House of Assembly.

List of premiers of Tasmania

Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Tasmania. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. The current convention of appointing the premier from the House of Assembly did not develop until the late 19th century, with eight premiers appointed from the Legislative Council (the last being Philip Fysh from 1887 to 1892).<ref name="tpl"/> Template:Politics of Tasmania

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Electoral division (Birth–death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Monarch
				Term start	Term end	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; white-space: nowrap;" | 1	File:William-Champ-1856.jpg	William Champ MHA for Launceston (1808–1892)	1856	1 November 1856	26 February 1857	Template:Ayd	Independent	Victoria (1837–1901) Governor: Template:Smalldiv
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 2	File:Thomas Gregson.jpg	Thomas Gregson MHA for Richmond (1796–1874)	—	26 February 1857	25 April 1857	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 3	File:William Weston Premier.jpg	William Weston MHA for Ringwood (1804–1888)	—	25 April 1857	12 May 1857	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 4	File:Sir Francis Smith.jpg	Francis Smith MHA for Fingal (1819–1909)	—	12 May 1857	1 November 1860	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |(3)	File:William Weston Premier.jpg	William Weston MLC for Longford (1804–1888)	—	1 November 1860	2 August 1861	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |5	File:Thomas Chapman.jpg	Thomas Chapman MHA for Queensborough (until 1862) MHA for Campbell Town (from 1862) (1815–1884)	1861	2 August 1861	20 January 1863	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |6	File:James Whyte.jpg	James Whyte MLC for Pembroke (1820–1882)	1862	20 January 1863	24 November 1866	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |7	File:Sir Richard Dry.jpg	Sir Richard Dry MLC for Tamar (1815–1869)	1866	24 November 1866	4 August 1869	Template:Ayd	Independent
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |8	File:James Milne Wilson.jpg	James Milne Wilson MLC for Hobart (1812–1880)	—	4 August 1869	4 November 1872	Template:Ayd	Independent
1871
style="background:Template:Party color;" |9	File:Frederick Innes.jpg	Frederick Innes MHA for Selby (1816–1882)	1872	4 November 1872	4 August 1873	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |10	File:Alfred Kennerley.jpg	Alfred Kennerley MLC for Hobart (1810–1897)	—	4 August 1873	20 July 1876	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |11	File:Thomas Reiby.jpg	Thomas Reibey MHA for Westbury (1821–1912)	—	20 July 1876	9 August 1877	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |12	File:Philip Fysh 1898.jpg	Philip Fysh MHA for East Hobart (1835–1919)	1877	9 August 1877	5 March 1878	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |13	File:WRGiblinsmall.jpg	William Giblin MHA for Wellington (1840–1887)	—	5 March 1878	20 December 1878	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" |14	File:William Crowther.jpg	William Crowther MHA for Queensborough (1817–1885)	—	20 December 1878	30 October 1879	Template:Ayd	Independent
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |(13)	File:WRGiblinsmall.jpg	William Giblin MHA for Wellington (1840–1887)	—	30 October 1879	15 August 1884	Template:Ayd	Independent
1882
style="background:Template:Party color;" |15	File:AdyeDouglas.jpg	Adye Douglas MLC for South Esk (1815–1906)	—	15 August 1884	8 March 1886	Template:Ayd	Independent
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |16	File:James Agnew.jpg	James Agnew MLC for Macquarie (1815–1901)	—	8 March 1886	29 March 1887	Template:Ayd	Independent
1886
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |(12)	File:Philip Fysh 1898.jpg	Philip Fysh MLC for Buckingham (1835–1919)	—	29 March 1887	27 August 1892	Template:Ayd	Protectionist
1891
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |17	File:Henry Dobson (1898).jpg	Henry Dobson MHA for Brighton (1841–1918)	—	27 August 1892	14 April 1894	Template:Ayd	Free Trade
1893
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |18	File:Edwardbraddon.jpg	Sir Edward Braddon MHA for West Devon (1829–1904)	—	14 April 1894	12 October 1899	Template:Ayd	Free Trade
1897
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |19	File:N.E. Lewis (1898).jpg	Sir Elliott Lewis MHA for Richmond (1858–1935)	—	12 October 1899	9 April 1903	Template:Ayd	Free Trade
1900
			Edward VII (1901–1910) Governor: Template:Smalldiv
style="background:Template:Party color;" |20	File:William Propsting.jpg	William Propsting MHA for North Hobart (1861–1937)		1903	9 April 1903	12 July 1904	Template:Ayd	Protectionist
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |21	File:Sir John William Evans.jpg	John Evans MHA for Kingborough (until 1909) MHA for Franklin (from 1909) (1855–1943)		—	12 July 1904	19 June 1909	Template:Ayd	Anti-Socialist
1906
1909
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (19)	File:N.E. Lewis (1898).jpg	Sir Elliott Lewis MHA for Denison (1858–1935)		—	19 June 1909	20 October 1909	Template:Ayd	Liberal League
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 22	File:John Earle (Australian politician).jpg	John Earle MHA for Franklin (1865–1932)		—	20 October 1909	27 October 1909	Template:Ayd	Labor
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | (19)	File:N.E. Lewis (1898).jpg	Sir Elliott Lewis MHA for Denison (1858–1935)		—	27 October 1909	14 June 1912	Template:Ayd	Liberal League
George V (1910–1936) Governor: Template:Smalldiv
			1912
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 23	File:Albert Edgar Solomon.jpg	Albert Solomon MHA for Bass (1876–1914)	—	14 June 1912	6 April 1914	Template:Ayd	Liberal League
	1913
	style="background:Template:Party color;" | (22)	File:John Earle (Australian politician).jpg	John Earle MHA for Franklin (1865–1932)	—	6 April 1914	15 April 1916	Template:Ayd	Labor
	style="background:Template:Party color;" | 24	File:Sir Walter Lee.jpg	Sir Walter Lee MHA for Wilmot (1874–1963)	1916	15 April 1916	12 August 1922	Template:Ayd	Liberal League (until 1917)
	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |							Nationalist
	1919
	1922
	style="background:Template:Party color;" | 25	File:John Blyth Hayes.jpg	John Hayes MHA for Bass (1868–1956)	—	12 August 1922	14 August 1923	Template:Ayd	Nationalist
	style="background:Template:Party color;" |(24)	File:Sir Walter Lee.jpg	Sir Walter Lee MHA for Wilmot (1874–1963)	—	14 August 1923	25 October 1923	Template:Ayd	Nationalist
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 26	File:Joseph Lyons.jpg	Joseph Lyons MHA for Wilmot (1879–1939)	—	25 October 1923	15 June 1928	Template:Ayd	Labor
	1925
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 27	File:Sir John McPhee.jpg	John McPhee MHA for Denison (1878–1952)	1928	15 June 1928	15 March 1934	Template:Ayd	Nationalist
	1931
	style="background:Template:Party color;" | (24)	File:Sir Walter Lee.jpg	Sir Walter Lee MHA for Wilmot (1874–1963)	—	15 March 1934	22 June 1934	Template:Ayd	Nationalist
	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 28	File:Albert Ogilvie.jpg	Albert Ogilvie MHA for Franklin (1890–1939)	1934	22 June 1934	10 June 1939	Template:Ayd	Labor
Edward VIII (1936) Governor: Template:Smalldiv
George VI (1936–1952) Governor: Template:Smalldiv
	1937
	style="background:Template:Party color;" |29	File:Edmund Dwyer Gray TasGovPhoto.jpg	Edmund Dwyer-Gray MHA for Denison (1870–1945)	—	11 June 1939	18 December 1939	Template:Ayd	Labor
	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 30	File:Robert Cosgrove.jpg	Robert Cosgrove MHA for Denison (1884–1969)	—	18 December 1939	18 December 1947	Template:Ayd	Labor
	1941
	1946
	style="background:Template:Party color; | 31	File:Edward Brooker.jpg	Edward Brooker MHA for Franklin (1891–1948)	—	18 December 1947	25 February 1948	Template:Ayd	Labor
	rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;" | (30)	File:Robert Cosgrove.jpg	Robert Cosgrove MHA for Denison (1884–1969)	—	25 February 1948	26 August 1958	Template:Ayd	Labor
	1948
	1950
Elizabeth II (1952–2022) Governor: Template:Smalldiv
	1955
	1956
	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |32	File:Eric Reece 1973 (cropped).jpg	Eric Reece MHA for Braddon (1909–1999)	—	26 August 1958	26 May 1969	Template:Ayd	Labor
	1959
	1964
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |33	File:Angus Bethune.jpg	Angus Bethune MHA for Wilmot (1908–2004)	1969	26 May 1969	3 May 1972	Template:Ayd	Liberal
	style="background:Template:Party color;" |(32)	File:Eric Reece 1973 (cropped).jpg	Eric Reece MHA for Braddon (1909–1999)	1972	3 May 1972	31 March 1975	Template:Ayd	Labor
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |34	File:Bill Neilson 1961 (cropped).jpg	Bill Neilson MHA for Franklin (1925–1989)	—	31 March 1975	1 December 1977	Template:Ayd	Labor
	1976
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |35	File:Doug Lowe premier.jpg	Doug Lowe MHA for Franklin (born 1942)	—	1 December 1977	11 November 1981	Template:Ayd	Labor
	1979
	style="background:Template:Party color;" |36		Harry Holgate MHA for Bass (1933–1997)		11 November 1981	26 May 1982	Template:Ayd	Labor
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 37		Robin Gray MHA for Wilmot (until 1984) MHA for Lyons (from 1984) (born 1940)	1982	26 May 1982	29 June 1989	Template:Ayd	Liberal
	1986
	style="background:Template:Party color;" | 38		Michael Field MHA for Braddon (born 1948)	1989	29 June 1989	17 February 1992	Template:Ayd	Labor
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 39		Ray Groom MHA for Denison (born 1944)	1992	17 February 1992	18 March 1996	Template:Ayd	Liberal
	1996
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 40		Tony Rundle MHA for Braddon (1939–2025)	—	18 March 1996	14 September 1998	Template:Ayd	Liberal
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 41		Jim Bacon MHA for Denison (1950–2004)	1998	14 September 1998	21 March 2004	Template:Ayd	Labor
	2002
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 42		Paul Lennon MHA for Franklin (born 1955)	—	21 March 2004	26 May 2008	Template:Ayd	Labor
	2006
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | 43	File:DavidBartlettW1.JPG	David Bartlett MHA for Denison (born 1968)	—	26 May 2008	24 January 2011	Template:Ayd	Labor
	2010
	style="background:Template:Party color;" | 44	File:Lara Giddings.jpg	Lara Giddings MHA for Franklin (born 1972)	—	24 January 2011	31 March 2014	Template:Ayd	Labor
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 45	File:Will Hodgman apples cropped.jpg	Will Hodgman MHA for Franklin (born 1969)	2014	31 March 2014	20 January 2020	Template:Ayd	Liberal
	2018
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 46	File:Peter Gutwein.jpg	Peter Gutwein MHA for Bass (born 1964)	—	20 January 2020	8 April 2022	Template:Ayd	Liberal
	2021
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 47	File:Jeremy-Rockliff.jpg	Jeremy Rockliff MHA for Braddon (born 1970)	—	8 April 2022	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Liberal
2024	Charles III (2022–present) Governor: Template:Smalldiv

Graphical timeline

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 from:1908  till:1909 color:ALP  $right  text:"1909_John Earle"
 from:1909  till:1912 color:CWL  $left text:"(Third Term)_Elliott Lewis_1909-1912"
 from:1912  till:1914 color:CWL  $right  text:"1912-1914_Albert Solomon"
 from:1914  till:1916 color:ALP  $left text:"(Second Term)_John Earle_1914-1916"
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 from:1922  till:1923 color:NAT  $left text:"John Hayes_1922-1923"
 from:1923  till:1924 color:NAT  $right  text:"1923_Walter Lee_(Second Term)"
 from:1924  till:1928 color:ALP  $left text:"Joseph Lyons_1923-1928"
 from:1928  till:1934 color:NAT  $right  text:"1928-1924_John McPhee"
 from:1934  till:1935 color:NAT  $left text:"(Third Term)_Walter Lee_1934"
 from:1935  till:1939 color:ALP  $right  text:"1934-1939_Albert Ogilvie"
 from:1939  till:1940 color:ALP  $left text:"Edmund Dwyer-Gray_1939"
 from:1940  till:1947 color:ALP  $right  text:"1939-1947_Robert Cosgrove"
 from:1947  till:1948 color:ALP  $left text:"Edward Brooker_1947-1948"
 from:1948  till:1958 color:ALP  $right  text:"1948-1958_Robert Cosgrove_(Second Term)"
 from:1958  till:1969 color:ALP  $left text:"Eric Reece_1958-1969"
 from:1969  till:1972 color:LPA  $right  text:"1969-1972_Angus Bethune"
 from:1972  till:1975 color:ALP  $left text:"(Second Term)_Eric Reece_1972-1975"
 from:1975  till:1977 color:ALP  $right  text:"1975-1977_Bill Neilson"
 from:1977  till:1981 color:ALP  $left text:"Doug Lowe_1977-1981"
 from:1981  till:1982 color:ALP  $right  text:"1981-1982_Harry Holgate"
 from:1982  till:1989 color:LPA  $left text:"Robin Gray_1982-1989"
 from:1989  till:1992 color:ALP  $right text:"1989-1992_Michael Field"
 from:1992  till:1996 color:LPA  $left text:"Ray Groom_1992-1996"
 from:1996  till:1998 color:LPA  $right text:"1996-1998_Tony Rundle"
 from:1998  till:2004 color:ALP  $left text:"Jim Bacon_1998-2004"
 from:2004  till:2008 color:ALP  $right text:"2004-2008_Paul Lennon"
 from:2008  till:2011 color:ALP  $left text:"David Bartlett_2008-2011"
 from:2011  till:2014 color:ALP  $right text:"2011-2014_Lara Giddings"
 from:2014  till:2020 color:LPA  $left text:"Will Hodgman_2014-2020" 
 from:2020  till:2022 color:LPA  $right text:"2020-2022 Peter Gutwein" 
 from:2022  till:end color:LPA  $left text:"Jeremy Rockliff_2022–present" 

</timeline>

See also

• List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office
• Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)
• Governors of Tasmania

External links

• PREMIERS OF TASMANIA Parliament of Tasmania