Deputy Premier of New South Wales

The office of Deputy Premier was created in May 1932 for Michael Bruxner, the leader of the Country Party (later renamed the National Party). Prior to that time the term was sometimes used unofficially (without capital letters) for the second-highest ranking minister in the government.

In Labor governments, the Deputy Premier is the party's deputy leader. Generally speaking, this person has come from the left faction of the party whereas the Premier has come from the right faction. In Liberal-National Coalition governments, the position has been held by the Leader of the National Party or its predecessors.

Three Deputy Premiers have subsequently become Premier in their own right: Joseph Cahill, Robert Heffron, and Jack Renshaw. However, this has not occurred since 1964.

The duties of the Deputy Premier are to act on behalf of the Premier in his or her absence overseas or on leave. The Deputy Premier has always been a member of the Cabinet, and has always held at least one substantive portfolio (It would be technically possible for a minister to hold only the portfolio of Deputy Premier, but this has never happened).

If the Premier were to die, become incapacitated or resign, the Governor would normally appoint the Deputy Premier as Premier. If the governing or majority party had not yet elected a new leader, that appointment would be on an interim basis. Should a different leader emerge, that person would then be appointed Premier.

Political parties

  Country/National   Labor

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Tenure
	1	Sir Michael Bruxner		16 May 1932	16 May 1941	9 years, 0 days
	2	Jack Baddeley		16 May 1941	8 September 1949	8 years, 115 days
	3	Joseph Cahill		21 September 1949	2 April 1952	2 years, 194 days
	4	Bob Heffron		23 February 1953	28 October 1959	6 years, 247 days
	5	Jack Renshaw		28 October 1959	14 March 1964	4 years, 169 days
	6	Pat Hills		30 April 1964	13 May 1965	1 year, 13 days
	7	Sir Charles Cutler		13 May 1965	16 December 1975	10 years, 217 days
	8	Leon Punch		17 December 1975	14 May 1976	149 days
	9	Jack Ferguson		14 May 1976	10 February 1984	7 years, 272 days
	10	Ron Mulock		10 February 1984	25 March 1988	4 years, 44 days
	11	Wal Murray		25 March 1988	26 May 1993	5 years, 62 days
	12	Ian Armstrong		26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
	13	Andrew Refshauge		4 April 1995	3 August 2005	10 years, 121 days
	14	John Watkins		10 August 2005	3 September 2008	3 years, 24 days
	15	Carmel Tebbutt		5 September 2008	26 March 2011	2 years, 202 days
	16	Andrew Stoner		28 March 2011	16 October 2014 (2014-10-16)	3 years, 202 days
	17	Troy Grant		16 October 2014 (2014-10-16)	15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)	2 years, 30 days
	18	John Barilaro		15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)	Incumbent	4 years, 86 days

There are five living former Deputy Premiers. The most recent death of a Deputy Premier was that of Ian Armstrong (1993–1995), who died on 16 December 2020.

• Leader of the New South Wales National Party