Premier of Tasmania
{{Short description|Head of government for the state of Tasmania, Australia}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Premier
| body = Tasmania
| insignia = Tasmania Coat of Arms.svg
| insigniasize = 120px
| insigniacaption = Tasmanian coat of arms
| flag = Flag of Tasmania.svg
| flagsize = 120px
| flagcaption = Flag of Tasmania
| image = Jeremy-Rockliff.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| imagecaption =
| incumbent = Jeremy Rockliff
| acting =
| incumbentsince = 8 April 2022
| department = Department of Premier and Cabinet
| style = {{plainlist|
- The Honourable (formal)
- Premier (informal)
}}
| status = Head of government
| member_of = {{hlist|Parliament|National Cabinet|Cabinet|Executive Council}}
| reports_to = Parliament
| residence =
| seat = Executive Building
15 Murray Street, Hobart
| nominator =
| appointer = Governor of Tasmania
| appointer_qualified = by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the House of Assembly
| termlength = At the governor's pleasure
| termlength_qualified = contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the lower house of Parliament
| constituting_instrument = {{nowrap|None (constitutional convention)}}
| formation = 1 November 1856
| first = William Champ
| deputy = Deputy Premier of Tasmania
| website = [http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/ www.premier.tas.gov.au]
}}
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.[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/Premier-Leader.htm Premier and Leader of the Opposition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217005529/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/backg/Premier-Leader.htm |date=17 February 2011 }}, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
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).
{{Politics of Tasmania}}
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! 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" |Monarch |
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! width="95px" |Term end ! width="75px" |Time in office |
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style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; white-space: nowrap;" | 1
| style="white-space: nowrap;" |102x102px |style="white-space: nowrap;" |William Champ |1856 | style="white-space: nowrap;" |1 November |style="white-space: nowrap;" |26 February |style="white-space: nowrap;" |{{ayd|1856|11|01|1857|02|26}} | rowspan="29" style="vertical-align: top;" |Victoria |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 2
|Thomas Gregson |— |26 February |25 April |{{ayd|1857|02|26|1857|04|25}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 3
|William Weston |— |25 April |12 May |{{ayd|1857|04|25|1857|05|12}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 4
|Francis Smith |— |12 May |1 November |{{ayd|1857|05|12|1860|11|01}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |(3)
|William Weston |— |1 November |2 August |{{ayd|1860|11|01|1861|08|02}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |5
|Thomas Chapman |1861 |2 August |20 January |{{ayd|1861|08|02|1863|01|20}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |6
|James Whyte |1862 |20 January |24 November |{{ayd|1863|01|20|1866|11|24}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |7
|Sir Richard Dry |1866 |24 November |4 August |{{ayd|1866|11|24|1869|08|04}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |8
| rowspan="2" |146x146px | rowspan="2" |James Milne Wilson |— | rowspan="2" |4 August | rowspan="2" |4 November | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1869|08|04|1872|11|04}} | rowspan="2" |Independent |
1871 |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |9
|Frederick Innes |1872 |4 November |4 August |{{ayd|1872|11|04|1873|08|04}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |10
|Alfred Kennerley |— |4 August |20 July |{{ayd|1873|08|04|1876|07|20}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |11
|Thomas Reibey |— |20 July |9 August |{{ayd|1876|07|20|1877|08|09}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |12
|Philip Fysh |1877 |9 August |5 March |{{ayd|1877|08|09|1878|03|05}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |13
|William Giblin |— |5 March |20 December |{{ayd|1878|03|05|1878|12|20}} |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |14
|William Crowther |— |20 December |30 October |{{ayd|1878|12|20|1879|10|30}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |(13)
| rowspan="2" |130x130px | rowspan="2" |William Giblin |— | rowspan="2" |30 October | rowspan="2" |15 August | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1879|10|30|1884|08|15}} | rowspan="2" |Independent |
1882 |
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |15
|Adye Douglas |— |15 August |8 March |{{ayd|1884|08|15|1886|03|08}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |16
| rowspan="2" |146x146px | rowspan="2" |James Agnew |— | rowspan="2" |8 March | rowspan="2" |29 March | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1886|03|08|1887|03|29}} | rowspan="2" |Independent |
1886 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Protectionist Party}};" |(12)
| rowspan="2" |134x134px | rowspan="2" |Philip Fysh |— | rowspan="2" |29 March | rowspan="2" |27 August | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1887|03|29|1892|08|17}} | rowspan="2" |Protectionist |
1891 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Free Trade Party}};" |17
| rowspan="2" |130x130px | rowspan="2" |Henry Dobson |— | rowspan="2" |27 August | rowspan="2" |14 April | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1892|08|17|1894|04|14}} | rowspan="2" |Free Trade |
1893 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Free Trade Party}};" |18
| rowspan="2" |140x140px | rowspan="2" |Sir Edward Braddon |— | rowspan="2" |14 April | rowspan="2" |12 October | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1894|04|14|1899|10|12}} | rowspan="2" |Free Trade |
1897 |
rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Free Trade Party}};" |19
| rowspan="3" |129x129px | rowspan="3" |Sir Elliott Lewis |— | rowspan="3" |12 October | rowspan="3" |9 April | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1899|10|12|1903|04|09}} | rowspan="3" |Free Trade |
rowspan="2" |1900 |
rowspan="8" style="vertical-align: top;" |Edward VII (1901–1910) Governor: {{smalldiv|{{ubl| item_style=line-height:normal;padding-bottom:1ex; | Sir Arthur Havelock (1901–1904) | Sir Gerald Strickland (1904–1909) | Sir Harry Barron (from 1909)}}}} |
style="background:{{party color|Protectionist Party}};" |20
|William Propsting |1903 |9 April |12 July |{{ayd|1903|04|09|1904|07|12}} |
rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Free Trade Party}};" |21
| rowspan="3" |169x169px | rowspan="3" |John Evans |— | rowspan="3" |12 July | rowspan="3" |19 June | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1904|07|12|1909|06|19}} | rowspan="3" |Anti-Socialist |
1906 |
1909 |
style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | (19)
|Sir Elliott Lewis |— |19 June |20 October |{{ayd|1909|06|19|1909|10|20}} |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 22
|John Earle |— |20 October |27 October |{{ayd|1909|10|20|1909|10|27}} |
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! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | (19) | rowspan="3" |129x129px | rowspan="3" |Sir Elliott Lewis | rowspan="2" |— | rowspan="3" |27 October | rowspan="3" |14 June | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1909|10|27|1912|06|14}} | rowspan="3" |Liberal League |
rowspan="17" style="vertical-align: top;" |George V (1910–1936) Governor: {{smalldiv|{{ubl| item_style=line-height:normal;padding-bottom:1ex; | Sir Harry Barron (until 1913) | Sir William Ellison-Macartney (1913–1917) | Sir Francis Newdegate (1917–1920) | Sir William Allardyce (1920–1922) | Sir James O'Grady (1924–1930) | Sir Ernest Clark (from 1933)}}}} |
1912 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 23
| rowspan="2" |178x178px | rowspan="2" |Albert Solomon |— | rowspan="2" |14 June | rowspan="2" |6 April | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1912|06|14|1914|04|06}} | rowspan="2" |Liberal League |
1913 |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | (22)
|John Earle |— |6 April |15 April |{{ayd|1914|04|06|1916|04|15}} |
style="background:{{party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}};" | 24
| rowspan="4" |138x138px | rowspan="4" |Sir Walter Lee | rowspan="2" |1916 | rowspan="4" |15 April | rowspan="4" |12 August | rowspan="4" |{{ayd|1916|04|15|1922|08|12}} |Liberal League |
rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Party of Australia}};" |
| rowspan="3" |Nationalist |
1919 |
1922 |
style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Party of Australia}};" | 25
|John Hayes |— |12 August |14 August |{{ayd|1922|08|12|1923|08|14}} |
style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Party of Australia}};" |(24)
|Sir Walter Lee |— |14 August |25 October |{{ayd|1922|08|14|1923|10|25}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 26
| rowspan="2" |139x139px | rowspan="2" |Joseph Lyons |— | rowspan="2" |25 October | rowspan="2" |15 June | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1923|10|25|1928|06|15}} | rowspan="2" |Labor |
1925 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Party of Australia}};" | 27
| rowspan="2" |162x162px | rowspan="2" |John McPhee |1928 | rowspan="2" |15 June | rowspan="2" |15 March | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1928|06|15|1934|03|15}} | rowspan="2" |Nationalist |
1931 |
style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Party of Australia}};" | (24)
|Sir Walter Lee |— |15 March |22 June |{{ayd|1934|03|15|1934|06|22}} |
style="height:45px"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 28 | rowspan="4" |180x180px | rowspan="4" |Albert Ogilvie | rowspan="3" |1934 | rowspan="4" |22 June | rowspan="4" |10 June | rowspan="4" |{{ayd|1934|06|22|1939|06|10}} | rowspan="4" |Labor |
style="vertical-align: top;" |Edward VIII (1936) Governor: {{smalldiv|{{ubl| item_style=line-height:normal;padding-bottom:1ex; | Sir Ernest Clark}}}} |
style="height:45px"
| rowspan="10" style="vertical-align: top;" |George VI |
1937 |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |29
|Edmund Dwyer-Gray |— |11 June |18 December |{{ayd|1939|06|11|1939|12|18}} |
rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 30
| rowspan="3" |140x140px | rowspan="3" |Robert Cosgrove |— | rowspan="3" |18 December | rowspan="3" |18 December | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1939|12|18|1947|12|18}} | rowspan="3" |Labor |
1941 |
1946 |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}; | 31
|Edward Brooker |— |18 December |25 February |{{ayd|1947|12|18|1948|02|25}} |
rowspan="6" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | (30)
| rowspan="6" |140x140px | rowspan="6" |Robert Cosgrove |— | rowspan="6" |25 February | rowspan="6" |26 August | rowspan="6" |{{ayd|1948|02|25|1958|08|26}} | rowspan="6" |Labor |
1948 |
style="height:10px"
| rowspan="2" |1950 |
style="height:10px"
| rowspan="31" style="vertical-align: top;" |Elizabeth II |
1955 |
1956 |
rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |32
| rowspan="3" |140x140px | rowspan="3" |Eric Reece |— | rowspan="3" |26 August | rowspan="3" |26 May | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1958|08|26|1969|05|26}} | rowspan="3" |Labor |
1959 |
1964 |
style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" |33
|Angus Bethune |1969 |26 May |3 May |{{ayd|1969|05|26|1972|05|03}} |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |(32)
|Eric Reece |1972 |3 May |31 March |{{ayd|1972|05|03|1975|03|31}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |34
| rowspan="2" |140x140px | rowspan="2" |Bill Neilson |— | rowspan="2" |31 March | rowspan="2" |1 December | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1975|03|31|1977|12|01}} | rowspan="2" |Labor |
1976 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |35
| rowspan="2" |172x172px | rowspan="2" |Doug Lowe |— | rowspan="2" |1 December | rowspan="2" |11 November | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1977|12|01|1981|11|11}} | rowspan="2" |Labor |
1979 |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" |36
| |Harry Holgate | |11 November |26 May |{{ayd|1981|11|11|1982|05|26}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" | 37
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Robin Gray |1982 | rowspan="2" |26 May | rowspan="2" |29 June | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1982|05|26|1989|06|29}} | rowspan="2" |Liberal |
1986 |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 38
| |Michael Field |1989 |29 June |17 February |{{ayd|1989|06|29|1992|02|17}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" | 39
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Ray Groom |1992 | rowspan="2" |17 February | rowspan="2" |18 March | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1992|02|17|1996|03|18}} | rowspan="2" |Liberal |
1996 |
style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" | 40
| |Tony Rundle |— |18 March |14 September |{{ayd|1996|03|18|1998|09|14}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 41
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Jim Bacon |1998 | rowspan="2" |14 September | rowspan="2" |21 March | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1998|09|14|2004|03|21}} | rowspan="2" |Labor |
2002 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 42
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Paul Lennon |— | rowspan="2" |21 March | rowspan="2" |26 May | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|2004|03|21|2008|05|26}} | rowspan="2" |Labor |
2006 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 43
| rowspan="2" |146x146px | rowspan="2" |David Bartlett |— | rowspan="2" |26 May | rowspan="2" |24 January | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|2008|05|26|2011|01|24}} | rowspan="2" |Labor |
2010 |
style="background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};" | 44
|Lara Giddings |— |24 January |31 March |{{ayd|2011|01|24|2014|03|31}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" | 45
| rowspan="2" |146x146px | rowspan="2" |Will Hodgman |2014 | rowspan="2" |31 March | rowspan="2" |20 January | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|2014|03|31|2020|01|20}} | rowspan="2" |Liberal |
2018 |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" | 46
| rowspan="2" |133x133px | rowspan="2" |Peter Gutwein |— | rowspan="2" |20 January | rowspan="2" |8 April | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|2020|01|20|2022|04|08}} | rowspan="2" |Liberal |
2021 |
style="height:56px"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white;" | 47 | rowspan="2" |113x113px | rowspan="2" |Jeremy Rockliff |— | rowspan="2" |8 April | rowspan="2" |Incumbent | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2022|04|08}} | rowspan="2" |Liberal |
2024
| style="vertical-align: top;" |Charles III |
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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"
See also
{{Commons category|Premiers of Tasmania}}
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/DataSheets/Premiers_Table.htm PREMIERS OF TASMANIA] Parliament of Tasmania
{{Premiers of Tasmania}}
{{Government of Tasmania}}
{{Australian premiers}}
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