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==List of premiers of Queensland== Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in [[Queensland]]. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and disorganised by modern standards. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan="2" | Portrait ! rowspan="2" | Name ! rowspan="2" | Election ! colspan="3" | Term of office ! rowspan="2" | Political party ! rowspan="2" | Constituency |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Term in office |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 1 | [[File:Queensland State Archives 2954 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert Premier of Queensland c 1862.png|166x166px]] | [[Robert Herbert]] | [[1860 Queensland colonial election|1860]]<br />[[1863 Queensland colonial election|1863]] | 10 December 1859 | 1 February 1866 | {{ayd|1859|12|10|1866|02|01}} | Squatter Conservative | [[Electoral district of Leichhardt (Queensland)|Leichhardt]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 2 | [[File:Arthur Macalister.jpg|130x130px]] | [[Arthur Macalister]] ||β | 1 February 1866 | 20 July 1866 | {{ayd|1866|02|01|1866|07|20}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | [[Electoral district of Ipswich|Town of Ipswich]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | (1) | [[File:Queensland State Archives 2954 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert Premier of Queensland c 1862.png|166x166px]] | [[Robert Herbert]] ||β | 20 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | {{ayd|1866|07|20|1866|08|07}} | Squatter Conservative | [[Electoral district of West Moreton (Queensland)|West Moreton]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | (2) | [[File:Arthur Macalister.jpg|128x128px]] | [[Arthur Macalister]] ||β | 7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | {{ayd|1866|08|07|1867|08|15}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | [[Electoral district of Ipswich|Town of Ipswich]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 3 | [[File:RobertRamsayMackenzie.jpg|141x141px]] | [[Sir Robert Mackenzie, 10th Baronet|Robert Mackenzie]] | [[1867 Queensland colonial election|1867]] | 15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | {{ayd|1867|08|15|1868|11|25}} | Squatter Conservative | [[Electoral district of Burnett|Burnett]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 4 | [[File:Charles Lilley.jpg|149x149px]] | [[Charles Lilley]] | [[1868 Queensland colonial election|1868]] | 25 November 1868 | 2 May 1870 | {{ayd|1868|11|25|1870|05|02}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | [[Electoral district of Fortitude Valley|Hamlet of Fortitude Valley]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 5 | [[File:Arthur Hunter Palmer.jpg|118x118px]] | [[Arthur Hunter Palmer]] | [[1870 Queensland colonial election|1870]]<br />[[1871 Queensland colonial election|1871]] | 3 May 1870 | 7 January 1874 | {{ayd|1870|05|03|1874|01|07}} | Squatter Conservative | [[Electoral district of Port Curtis|Port Curtis]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | (2) | [[File:Arthur Macalister.jpg|128x128px]] | [[Arthur Macalister]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CMG}} | [[1873 Queensland colonial election|1873]] | 8 January 1874 | 5 June 1876 | {{ayd|1874|01|08|1876|06|05}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | [[Electoral district of Ipswich|Ipswich]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 6 | [[File:George Thorn.jpg|134x134px]] | [[George Thorn]] ||β | 5 June 1876 | 8 March 1877 | {{ayd|1876|06|05|1877|03|08}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | [[Electoral district of Ipswich|Ipswich]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 7 | [[File:John Douglas.jpg|116x116px]] | [[John Douglas (Queensland politician)|John Douglas]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CMG}} ||β | 8 March 1877 | 21 January 1879 | {{ayd|1877|06|08|1879|01|21}} | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | [[Electoral district of Maryborough (Queensland)|Maryborough]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 8 | [[File:Thomas McIlwraith.jpg|161x161px]] | Sir [[Thomas McIlwraith]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG}} | [[1878 Queensland colonial election|1878]] | 21 January 1879 | 13 November 1883 | {{ayd|1879|01|21|1883|11|13}} | Conservative | [[Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)|Mulgrave]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 9 | [[File:SGriff1.jpg|137x137px]] | Sir [[Samuel Griffith]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG|QC}} | [[1883 Queensland colonial election|1883]] | 13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | {{ayd|1883|11|13|1888|06|13}} | Liberal | [[Electoral district of North Brisbane|North Brisbane]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | (8) | [[File:Thomas McIlwraith.jpg|161x161px]] | Sir [[Thomas McIlwraith]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG}} ||β | 13 June 1888 | 30 November 1888 | {{ayd|1888|06|13|1888|11|30}} | Conservative | [[Electoral district of Brisbane North|Brisbane North]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 10 | [[File:Boyd Morehead.jpg|122x122px]] | [[Boyd Dunlop Morehead]] | [[1888 Queensland colonial election|1888]] | 30 November 1888 | 12 August 1890 | {{ayd|1888|11|30|1890|08|12}} | Conservative | [[Electoral district of Balonne|Balonne]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | (9) | [[File:SGriff1.jpg|137x137px]] | Sir [[Samuel Griffith]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG|QC}} ||β | 12 August 1890 | 27 March 1893 | {{ayd|1890|08|12|1893|03|27}} | Liberal | [[Electoral district of North Brisbane|North Brisbane]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | (8) | [[File:Thomas McIlwraith.jpg|161x161px]] | Sir [[Thomas McIlwraith]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG}} | [[1893 Queensland colonial election|1893]] | 27 March 1893 | 27 October 1893 | {{ayd|1893|03|27|1893|10|27}} | Conservative | [[Electoral district of Brisbane North|Brisbane North]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 11 | [[File:Sir Hugh Nelson.jpg|132x132px]] | [[Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)|Sir Hugh Nelson]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG}} | [[1896 Queensland colonial election|1896]] | 27 October 1893 | 13 April 1898 | {{ayd|1893|10|27|1898|04|13}} | [[Continuous ministry (Queensland)|Ministerial]] | [[Electoral district of Murilla|Murilla]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 12 | [[File:Thomas Joseph Byrnes.jpg|142x142px]] | [[Thomas Joseph Byrnes]] ||β | 13 April 1898 | 1 October 1898 | {{ayd|1898|04|13|1898|10|01}} | [[Continuous ministry (Queensland)|Ministerial]] | [[Electoral district of Warwick|Warwick]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 13 | [[File:James Robert Dickson.jpg|141x141px]] | [[James Dickson (Queensland politician)|James Dickson]] | [[1899 Queensland colonial election|1899]] | 1 October 1898 | 1 December 1899 | {{ayd|1898|10|01|1899|12|01}} | [[Continuous ministry (Queensland)|Ministerial]] | [[Electoral district of Bulimba|Bulimba]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 14 | [[File:AndersonDawson.jpg|143x143px]] | [[Anderson Dawson]] ||β | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | {{ayd|1899|12|01|1899|12|07}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labour]] | [[Electoral district of Charters Towers|Charters Towers]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 15 | [[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png|132x132px]] | [[Robert Philp]] | [[1902 Queensland state election|1902]] | 7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | {{ayd|1899|12|07|1903|09|17}} | [[Continuous ministry (Queensland)|Ministerial]] | [[Electoral district of Townsville|Townsville]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 16 | [[File:Sir Arthur Morgan.jpg|144x144px]] | [[Arthur Morgan (Australian politician, born 1856)|Arthur Morgan]] | [[1904 Queensland state election|1904]] | 17 September 1903 | 19 January 1906 | {{ayd|1903|09|17|1906|01|19}} | Liberal | [[Electoral district of Warwick|Warwick]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 17 | rowspan="2" | [[File:William Kidston.jpg|126x126px]] | rowspan="2" | [[William Kidston]] | rowspan="2" | [[1907 Queensland state election|1907]] | rowspan="2" | 19 January 1906 | rowspan="2" | 19 November 1907 | rowspan="2" | {{ayd|1906|01|19|1907|11|19}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | rowspan="2" | [[Electoral district of Rockhampton|Rockhampton]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | (17) | [[Kidstonites|Kidstonite]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Coalition (Australia)}};" | (15) | [[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png|131x131px]] | [[Robert Philp]] ||β | 19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | {{ayd|1907|11|19|1908|02|18}} | Conservative | [[Electoral district of Townsville|Townsville]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | (17) | [[File:William Kidston.jpg|126x126px]] | [[William Kidston]] | [[1908 Queensland state election|1908]]<br />[[1909 Queensland state election|1909]] | 18 February 1908 | 7 February 1911 | {{ayd|1908|02|18|1911|02|07}} | [[Kidstonites|Kidston]]; [[Liberal Party (Queensland, 1908)|Liberal]] | [[Electoral district of Rockhampton|Rockhampton]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 18 | [[File:Digby Denham.jpg|127x127px]] | [[Digby Denham]] | [[1912 Queensland state election|1912]] | 7 February 1911 | 1 June 1915 | {{ayd|1911|02|07|1915|06|01}} | [[Liberal Party (Queensland, 1908)|Liberal]] | [[Electoral district of Oxley (Queensland)|Oxley]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 19 | [[File:TJRyanPortrait.jpg|140x140px]] | [[T. J. Ryan]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KC}} | [[1915 Queensland state election|1915]]<br />[[1918 Queensland state election|1918]] | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | {{ayd|1915|06|01|1919|10|22}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Barcoo|Barcoo]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 20 | [[File:Ted Theodore 1931.jpg|140x140px]] | [[Ted Theodore]] | [[1920 Queensland state election|1920]]<br />[[1923 Queensland state election|1923]] | 22 October 1919 | 26 February 1925 | {{ayd|1919|10|22|1925|02|26}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Chillagoe|Chillagoe]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 21 | [[File:William Gillies 1920.jpg|137x137px]] | [[William Gillies (Australian politician)|William Gillies]] ||β | 26 February 1925 | 22 October 1925 | {{ayd|1925|02|26|1925|10|22}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Eacham|Eacham]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 22 | [[File:William McCormack.jpg|134x134px]] | [[William McCormack]] | [[1926 Queensland state election|1926]] | 22 October 1925 | 21 May 1929 | {{ayd|1925|10|22|1929|05|21}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Cairns|Cairns]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Country and Progressive National Party}};" | 23 | [[File:Arthur Edward Moore.jpg|146x146px]] | [[Arthur Edward Moore]] | [[1929 Queensland state election|1929]] | 21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 | {{ayd|1929|05|21|1932|06|17}} | [[Country and Progressive National Party|CPNP]] | [[Electoral district of Aubigny|Aubigny]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 24 | [[File:William Forgan Smith.jpg|133x133px]] | [[William Forgan Smith]] | [[1932 Queensland state election|1932]]<br />[[1935 Queensland state election|1935]]<br />[[1938 Queensland state election|1938]]<br /> [[1941 Queensland state election|1941]] | 17 June 1932 | 16 September 1942 | {{ayd|1932|06|17|1942|09|16}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Mackay|Mackay]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 25 | [[File:Frank Cooper, circa 1949.jpg|140x140px]] | [[Frank Arthur Cooper]] | [[1944 Queensland state election|1944]] | 16 September 1942 | 7 March 1946 | {{ayd|1942|09|16|1946|03|07}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Bremer|Bremer]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 26 | [[File:Queensland State Archives 4694 Premier Hanlon MLA c 1952.png|140x140px]] | [[Ned Hanlon (politician)|Ned Hanlon]] | [[1947 Queensland state election|1947]]<br /> [[1950 Queensland state election|1950]] | 7 March 1946 | 17 January 1952 | {{ayd|1946|03|07|1952|01|17}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Ithaca|Ithaca]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 27 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png|140x140px]] | rowspan="2" | [[Vince Gair]] | rowspan="2" | [[1953 Queensland state election|1953]]<br />[[1956 Queensland state election|1956]] | rowspan="2" | 17 January 1952 | rowspan="2" | 12 August 1957 | rowspan="2" | {{ayd|1952|01|17|1957|08|12}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | rowspan="2" | [[Electoral district of South Brisbane|South Brisbane]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Queensland Labor Party}};" | (27) | [[Queensland Labor Party (1957β1978)|Queensland Labor]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|National Party of Australia}};" | 28 | [[File:Frank_Nicklin_1963.jpg|140x140px]] | [[Frank Nicklin]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|MM}} | [[1957 Queensland state election|1957]]<br />[[1960 Queensland state election|1960]]<br />[[1963 Queensland state election|1963]]<br />[[1966 Queensland state election|1966]] | 12 August 1957 | 17 January 1968 | {{ayd|1957|08|12|1968|01|17}} | [[Queensland National Party|Country]] | [[Electoral district of Landsborough|Landsborough]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|National Party of Australia}};" | 29 | [[File:Jack_Pizzey_1968.jpg|140x140px]] | [[Jack Pizzey]] ||β | 17 January 1968 | 1 August 1968 | {{ayd|1968|01|17|1968|08|01}} | [[Queensland National Party|Country]] | [[Electoral district of Isis|Isis]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}};" | 30 | [[File:Gordon_Chalk_1963.jpg|133x133px]] | [[Gordon Chalk]] ||β | 1 August 1968 | 8 August 1968 | {{ayd|1968|08|01|1968|08|08}} | [[Queensland Liberal Party|Liberal]] | [[Electoral district of Lockyer|Lockyer]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|National Party of Australia}};" | 31 | [[File:Joh Bjelke-Petersen.jpg|133x133px]] | [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen]], {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG}}<br />(knighted in 1984) | [[1969 Queensland state election|1969]]<br />[[1972 Queensland state election|1972]]<br />[[1974 Queensland state election|1974]]<br />[[1977 Queensland state election|1977]]<br />[[1980 Queensland state election|1980]]<br />[[1983 Queensland state election|1983]]<br />[[1986 Queensland state election|1986]] | 8 August 1968 | 1 December 1987 | {{ayd|1968|08|08|1987|12|01}} | [[Queensland National Party|Country/National]] | [[Electoral district of Barambah|Barambah]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|National Party of Australia}};" | 32 | [[File:Mike Ahern, Parliament House, Brisbane City, October 1988.jpg|frameless|111x111px]] | [[Mike Ahern (Australian politician)|Mike Ahern]] ||β | 1 December 1987 | 25 September 1989 | {{ayd|1987|12|01|1989|09|25}} | [[Queensland National Party|National]] | [[Electoral district of Landsborough|Landsborough]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|National Party of Australia}};" | 33 | [[File:No image.png|70px]] | [[Russell Cooper]] ||β | 25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 | {{ayd|1989|09|25|1989|12|07}} | [[Queensland National Party|National]] | [[Electoral district of Roma|Roma]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 34 | [[File:Wayne Goss.png|145x145px]] | [[Wayne Goss]] | [[1989 Queensland state election|1989]]<br />[[1992 Queensland state election|1992]]<br />[[1995 Queensland state election|1995]] | 7 December 1989 | 19 February 1996 | {{ayd|1989|12|07|1996|02|19}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Logan|Logan]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|National Party of Australia}};" | 35 | [[File:No image.png|70px]] | [[Rob Borbidge]] ||β | 19 February 1996 | 20 June 1998 | {{ayd|1996|02|19|1998|06|20}} | [[Queensland National Party|National]] | [[Electoral district of Surfers Paradise|Surfers Paradise]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 36 | [[File:Peter_Beattie,_BYCC,_August_2013_(cropped).jpg|140x140px]] | [[Peter Beattie]] | [[1998 Queensland state election|1998]]<br />[[2001 Queensland state election|2001]]<br />[[2004 Queensland state election|2004]]<br />[[2006 Queensland state election|2006]] | 20 June 1998 | 13 September 2007 | {{ayd|1998|06|20|2007|09|13}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Brisbane Central|Brisbane Central]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 37 | [[File:Anna Bligh crop.jpg|138x138px]] | [[Anna Bligh]] | [[2009 Queensland state election|2009]] | 13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | {{ayd|2007|09|13|2012|03|26}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of South Brisbane|South Brisbane]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Liberal National Party of Queensland}};" | 38 | [[File:Campbell Newman being interviewed (cropped).jpg|134x134px]] | [[Campbell Newman]] | [[2012 Queensland state election|2012]] | 26 March 2012 | 14 February 2015 | {{ayd|2012|03|26|2015|02|14}} | [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] | [[Electoral district of Ashgrove|Ashgrove]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 39 | [[File:Annastacia Palaszczuk 2016.jpg|126x126px]] | [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]] | [[2015 Queensland state election|2015]]<br />[[2017 Queensland state election|2017]]<br />[[2020 Queensland state election|2020]] | 14 February 2015 | 15 December 2023 | {{ayd|2015|02|14|2023|12|15}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Inala|Inala]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 40 | [[File:Dr Steven Miles MP (cropped).jpg|126x126px]] | [[Steven Miles]] ||β | 15 December 2023 | 28 October 2024 | {{ayd|2023|12|15|2024|10|28}} | [[Queensland Labor Party|Labor]] | [[Electoral district of Murrumba|Murrumba]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Liberal National Party of Queensland}};" | 41 | [[File:David Crisafulli 2024.jpg|100px]] | [[David Crisafulli]] | [[2024 Queensland state election|2024]] | 28 October 2024 | Incumbent | {{ayd|2024|10|27}} | [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] | [[Electoral district of Broadwater|Broadwater]] |- |}
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