List of Premiers of New South Wales by time in office

This is a list of Premiers of New South Wales by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.

Rank by time in office

Rank: No: Office Holder: Portrait: Party: District: Assumed
Office:
Left
Office:
TERM
Time in Office:
TOTAL
Time in Office:
Election
Wins:
  1. 7th Sir Henry Parkes
(1815–1896)
GCMG
Non-Party
Liberalism
MLA for East Sydney
(1872–1877)
Canterbury
(1877–1880)
Tenterfield
(1882–1884)
14 May 1872 8 February 1875 2 years, 270 days 11 years, 278 days 1872 1880
1882
1887 1889
22 March 1877 16 August 1877 147 days
21 December 1878 4 January 1883 4 years, 14 days
Free Trade 25 January 1887 16 January 1889 1 year, 357 days
8 March 1889 23 October 1891 2 years, 229 days
  2. 39th Bob Carr
(1947– )
Labor MLA for Maroubra
(1983–2005)
4 April 1995 3 August 2005 10 years, 121 days 1995 1999
2003
  3. 35th Neville Wran
(1926–2014)
AC CNZM QC
Labor MLA for Bass Hill
(1973–1986)
14 May 1976 4 July 1986 10 years, 81 days 1976 1978
1981
1984
  4. 32nd Sir Robert Askin
(1907–1981)
GCMG
Liberal MLA for Collaroy
(1950–1973)
Pittwater
(1973–1975)
13 May 1965 3 January 1975 9 years, 235 days 1965 1968
1971
1973
  5. 29th Joseph Cahill
(1891–1959)
Labor MLA for Cook's River
(1941–1959)
2 April 1952 22 October 1959 7 years, 203 days 1953 1956
1959
  6. 25th Sir Bertram Stevens
(1889–1973)
KCMG
United Australia MLA for Croydon
(1927–1940)
16 May 1932 5 August 1939 7 years, 81 days 1932 1935
1938
  7. 2nd Sir Charles Cowper
(1807–1875)
KCMG
No Party Alignment MLA for Sydney City
(1856–1859)
East Sydney
(1859–1867)
26 August 1856 2 October 1856 37 days 6 years, 352 days 1865
7 September 1857 26 October 1859 2 years, 49 days
10 January 1861 15 October 1863 2 years, 278 days
3 February 1865 21 January 1866 352 days
MLA for Liverpool Plains
(1869–1870)
13 January 1870 15 December 1870 336 days
  8. 19th William Holman
(1871–1934)
Labor MLA for Cootamundra
(1904–1920)
30 June 1913 15 November 1916 3 years, 138 days 6 years, 287 days 1913 1917
  Nationalist 15 November 1916 12 April 1920 3 years, 149 days
  9. 27th Sir William McKell
(1891–1985)
GCMG
Labor MLA for Redfern
(1927–1947)
16 May 1941 6 February 1947 5 years, 266 days 1941 1944
  10. 6th Sir James Martin
(1820–1886)
KCB QC
No Party Alignment MLA for Tumut
(1863–1864)
Lachlan
(1864–1869)
East Sydney
(1869–1872)
16 October 1863 2 February 1865 475 days 5 years, 171 days
22 January 1866 26 October 1868 2 years, 278 days
16 December 1870 13 May 1872 1 year, 149 days
  11. 28th James McGirr
(1890–1957)
Labor MLA for Bankstown
(1927–1950)
Liverpool
(1950–1952)
6 February 1947 2 April 1952 5 years, 56 days 1947 1950
  12. 12th Sir George Reid
(1845–1918)
GCB KCMG KC
Free Trade MHA for Sydney-King
(1894–1901)
3 August 1894 13 September 1899 5 years, 41 days 1894 1895
1898
  13. 5th Sir John Robertson
(1816–1891)
KCMG
No Party Alignment MLA for Upper Hunter
(1859–1861)
9 March 1860 9 January 1861 306 days 4 years, 242 days 1860 1874
1877
MLA for Clarence
(1866–1869)
West Sydney
(1869–1877)
27 October 1868 12 January 1870 1 year, 77 days
9 February 1875 21 March 1877 2 years, 12 days
MLA for East Macquarie
(1877–1878)
17 August 1877 17 December 1877 122 days
MLA for Mudgee
(1882–1886)
22 December 1885 22 February 1886 62 days
  14. 30th Bob Heffron
(1890–1978)
Labor MLA for Maroubra
(1950–1968)
23 October 1959 30 April 1964 4 years, 190 days 1962
  15. 37th Nick Greiner
(1947– )
AC
Liberal MLA for Ku-ring-gai
(1980–1992)
25 March 1988 24 June 1992 4 years, 91 days 1988 1991
  16. 45th Gladys Berejiklian
(1970–)
Liberal MLA for Willoughby
(2003–present)
23 January 2017 Incumbent 4 years, 15 days[1] 2019
  17. 23rd Jack Lang
(1876–1975)
Labor MLA for Parramatta
(1920–1927)
17 June 1925 18 October 1927 2 years, 123 days 3 years, 314 days 1925 1930
MLA for Auburn
(1927–1946)
4 November 1930 15 October 1931 345 days
  Labor (NSW) 15 October 1931 13 May 1932 211 days
  18. 14th Sir John See
(1844–1907)
KCMG
Progressive MLA for Grafton
(1880–1904)
28 March 1901 14 June 1904 3 years, 78 days 1901
  19. 22nd Sir George Fuller
(1861–1940)
KCMG
Nationalist MLA for Wollondilly
(1920–1927)
20 December 1921 20 December 1921 1 day 3 years, 66 days 1922
13 April 1922 17 June 1925 3 years, 65 days
  20. 10th Sir George Dibbs
(1834–1904)
KCMG
Non-Party
Conservatism
MLA for Murrumbidgee
(1885–1894)
7 October 1885 21 December 1885 75 days 3 years, 42 days 1885 1891
  Protectionist 17 January 1889 7 March 1889 49 days
23 October 1891 2 August 1894 2 years, 283 days
  21. 40th Morris Iemma
(1961– )
Labor MLA for Lakemba
(1999–2008)
3 August 2005 5 September 2008 3 years, 33 days 2007
  22. 16th Sir Joseph Carruthers
(1857–1922)
KCMG
Liberal Reform MLA for St George
(1894–1908)
29 August 1904 1 October 1907 3 years, 33 days 1904 1907
  23. 43rd Barry O'Farrell
(1959– )
Liberal MLA for Ku-ring-gai
(1999–2015)
28 March 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 26 days 2011
  24. 24th Sir Thomas Bavin
(1874–1941)
KCMG
Nationalist MLA for Gordon
(1927–1935)
18 October 1927 4 November 1930 3 years, 17 days 1927
  25. 17th Sir Charles Wade
(1863–1922)
KCMG KC JP
Liberal Reform MLA for Gordon
(1904–1917)
2 October 1907 1 October 1910 2 years, 364 days
  26. 38th John Fahey
(1945–2020 )
AC
Liberal MLA for Macarthur
(1996–2001)
24 June 1992 4 April 1995 2 years, 284 days
  27. 44th Mike Baird
(1968– )
Liberal MLA for Manly
(2007–2017)
17 April 2014 23 January 2017 2 years, 275 days 2015
  28. 9th Sir Alexander Stuart
(1824–1886)
KCMG
No Party Alignment MLA for Illawarra
(1880–1885)
5 January 1883 7 October 1885 2 years, 275 days
  29. 18th James McGowen
(1855–1922)
Labor MLA for Redfern
(1891–1917)
21 October 1910 29 June 1913 2 years, 251 days 1910
  30. 26th Alexander Mair
(1889–1969)
United Australia MLA for Albury
(1932–1946)
5 August 1939 16 May 1941 1 year, 284 days
  31. 36th Barrie Unsworth
(1934– )
Labor MLA for Rockdale
(1986–1991)
4 July 1986 25 March 1988 1 year, 265 days
  32. 13th Sir William Lyne
(1844–1913)
KCMG
Protectionist MLA for Hume
(1880–1884)
14 September 1899 27 March 1901 1 year, 194 days 1927
  33. 20th John Storey
(1869–1921)
Labor MLA for Balmain
(1907–1921)
13 April 1920 5 October 1921 1 year, 175 days 1920
  34. 42nd Kristina Keneally
(1968– )
Labor MLA for Heffron
(2003–2012)
4 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 114 days
  35. 41st Nathan Rees
(1968– )
Labor MLA for Toongabbie
(2007–2015)
5 September 2008 4 December 2009 1 year, 90 days
  36. 33rd Tom Lewis
(1922–2016 )
AO
Liberal MLA for Wollondilly
(1957–1978)
3 January 1975 23 January 1976 1 year, 20 days
  37. 31st Jack Renshaw
(1909–1987)
AC
Labor MLA for Castlereagh
(1941–1980)
30 April 1964 13 May 1965 1 year, 13 days
  38. 8th James Farnell
(1825–1888)
No Party Alignment MLA for St Leonards
(1874–1882)
18 December 1877 20 December 1878 1 year, 2 days
  39. 3rd Sir Henry Parker
(1808–1881)
KCMG
No Party Alignment MLA for Parramatta
(1856–1857)
3 October 1856 7 September 1857 339 days
  40. 11th Sir Patrick Jennings
(1831–1897)
KCMG
Non-Party
Conservatism
MLA for Bogan
(1880–1887)
26 February 1886 19 January 1887 327 days
  41. 21st James Dooley
(1877–1950)
Labor MLA for Hartley
(1907–1920)
Bathurst
(1920–1927)
5 October 1921 20 December 1921 76 days 190 days
20 December 1921 13 April 1922 114 days
  42. 4th William Forster
(1818–1882)
No Party Alignment MLA for Queanbeyan
(1859–1860)
27 October 1859 9 March 1860 134 days 1859
  43. 34th Sir Eric Willis
(1922–1999)
KBE CMG
Liberal MLA for Earlwood
(1950–1978)
23 January 1976 14 May 1976 112 days
  44. 1st Sir Stuart Donaldson
(1812–1867)
No Party Alignment MLA for Sydney Hamlets
(1856)
6 June 1856 25 August 1856 80 days 1856
  45. 15th Thomas Waddell
(1854–1940)
Progressive MLA for Cowra
(1998–1904)
15 June 1904 29 August 1904 75 days

Total time in office of Australian political parties

New South Wales Parliament – 60146 days as of 7 February 2021

  • Before Parties – 10716 days
  • Liberalism6787 days

Since 7 October 1885

Notes

  1. Gladys Berejiklian's time in office as of 7 February 2021

See also

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