List of Premiers of Queensland by time in office

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

Rank by time in office

Rank:	No:	Premier:	Party:	District:	Assumed Office:	Left Office:	TERM Time in Office:	TOTAL Time in Office:	Election Wins:
1.	31st	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005) KCMG	Country & National	Barambah (1950–1987)	8 August 1968	1 December 1987		19 years, 115 days	1969 1972 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986
2.	28th	Sir Frank Nicklin (1895–1978) KCMG MM	Country	Landsborough (1950–1968)	12 August 1957	17 January 1968		10 years, 158 days	1957 1960 1963 1966
3.	24th	William Forgan Smith (1887–1953)	Labor	Mackay (1915–1942)	17 June 1932	16 September 1942		10 years, 91 days	1932 1935 1938 1941
4.	36th	Peter Beattie (1952– ) AC	Labor	Brisbane Central (1989–2007)	20 June 1998	13 September 2007		9 years, 85 days	1998 2001 2004 2006
5.	9th	Sir Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) GCMG QC	Liberalism	North Brisbane (1878–1888)	13 November 1883	13 June 1888	4 years, 213 days	7 years, 75 days	1883
5.	9th	Sir Samuel Griffith (1845–1920) GCMG QC	Ministerial	Brisbane North (1888–1893)	12 August 1890	27 March 1893	2 years, 227 days	7 years, 75 days	1883
6.	34th	Wayne Goss (1951–2014)	Labor	Logan (1986–1998)	7 December 1989	19 February 1996		6 years, 74 days	1989 1992 1995
7.	1st	Sir Robert Herbert (1831–1905) GCB	No Party Alignment	Leichhardt (1860–1863)	10 December 1859	1 February 1866	6 years, 53 days	6 years, 71 days
7.	1st	Sir Robert Herbert (1831–1905) GCB	No Party Alignment	West Moreton (1863–1866)	20 July 1866	7 August 1866	18 days	6 years, 71 days
8.	39th	Annastacia Palaszczuk (1969– )	Labor	Inala (2006– )	14 February 2015	Incumbent		5 years, 359 days[1]	2015 2017 2020
9.	26th	Ned Hanlon (1887–1952)	Labor	Ithaca (1926–1952)	7 March 1946	15 January 1952		5 years, 314 days	1947 1950
10.	8th	Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900) KCMG	Conservative	Mulgrave (1878–1886)	21 January 1879	13 November 1883	4 years, 296 days	5 years, 314 days	1888 1893
			Conservative	Brisbane North (1888–1896)	13 June 1888	30 November 1888	170 days
			Ministerial	Brisbane North (1888–1896)	27 March 1893	27 October 1893	214 days
11.	27th	Vince Gair (1901–1980)	Labor	South Brisbane (1932–1960)	17 January 1952	24 April 1957	5 years, 97 days	5 years, 207 days	1953 1956
11.	27th	Vince Gair (1901–1980)	Queensland Labor	South Brisbane (1932–1960)	24 April 1957	12 August 1957	110 days	5 years, 207 days	1953 1956
12.	20th	Ted Theodore (1884–1950)	Labor	Chillagoe (1912–1925)	22 October 1919	26 February 1925		5 years, 127 days	1920 1923
13.	17th	William Kidston (1849–1919)	Labor	Rockhampton (1932–1960)	19 January 1906	18 May 1907	1 year, 119 days	4 years, 262 days	1907 1908 1909
			Kidston		18 May 1907	19 November 1907	185 days
			Kidston/Liberal		18 February 1908	7 February 1911	2 years, 354 days
14.	37th	Anna Bligh (1960– )	Labor	South Brisbane (1995–2012)	13 September 2007	26 March 2012		4 years, 195 days	2009
15.	11th	Sir Hugh Nelson (1833–1906) KCMG	Ministerial	Murilla (1888–1898)	27 October 1893	13 April 1898		4 years, 168 days	1896
16.	19th	T. J. Ryan (1876–1921) KC	Labor	Barcoo (1909–1919)	1 June 1915	22 October 1919		4 years, 143 days	1915 1918
17.	18th	Digby Denham (1859–1944)	Liberal	Oxley (1902–1915)	7 February 1911	1 June 1915		4 years, 114 days	1912
18.	15th	Sir Robert Philp (1851–1922) KCMG	Ministerial	Townsville (1888–1912)	17 December 1899	17 September 1903	3 years, 274 days	4 years, 10 days
18.	15th	Sir Robert Philp (1851–1922) KCMG	Conservative	Townsville (1888–1912)	19 November 1907	18 February 1908	91 days	4 years, 10 days
19.	2nd	Arthur Macalister (1818–1883) CMG	No Party Alignment	Ipswich (1860–1868) (1872–1876)	1 February 1866	20 July 1866	169 days	3 years, 296 days
					7 August 1866	15 August 1867	1 year, 8 days
					8 January 1874	5 June 1876	2 years, 149 days
20.	5th	Sir Arthur Palmer (1819–1898) KCMG	No Party Alignment	Port Curtis (1866–1878)	3 May 1870	7 January 1874		3 years, 249 days
21.	22nd	William McCormack (1879–1947)	Labor	Cairns (1912–1930)	22 October 1925	21 May 1929		3 years, 211 days	1926
22.	25th	Frank Cooper (1872–1949)	Labor	Bremer (1915–1946)	16 September 1942	7 March 1946		3 years, 172 days	1944
23.	23rd	Arthur Moore (1876–1963) CMG	Country and Progressive National Party	Aubigny (1915–1941)	21 May 1929	17 June 1932		3 years, 27 days	1929
24.	38th	Campbell Newman (1963– )	Liberal National	Ashgrove (2012–2015)	26 March 2012	14 February 2015		2 years, 325 days	2012
25.	35th	Rob Borbidge (1954– )	National	Surfers Paradise (1980–2001)	19 February 1996	26 June 1998		2 years, 127 days
26.	16th	Sir Arthur Morgan (1856–1916)	Ministerial	Warwick (1898–1906)	17 September 1903	19 January 1906		2 years, 124 days	1904
27.	7th	John Douglas (1828–1904) CMG	No Party Alignment	Maryborough (1875–1880)	8 March 1877	21 January 1879		1 year, 319 days	1878
28.	32nd	Mike Ahern (1942– ) AO	National	Landsborough (1968–1990)	1 December 1987	25 September 1989		1 year, 298 days
29.	10th	Boyd Morehead (1843–1905)	Conservative	Balonne (1883–1896)	30 November 1888	12 August 1890		1 year, 255 days
30.	4th	Sir Charles Lilley (1827–1897)	No Party Alignment	Fortitude Valley (1860–1874)	25 November 1868	2 May 1870		1 year, 158 days
31.	3rd	Sir Robert Mackenzie (1811–1873) Bt	No Party Alignment	Burnett (1860–1869)	15 August 1867	25 November 1868		1 year, 102 days
32.	13th	Sir James Dickson (1832–1901) KCMG	Ministerial	Bulimba (1892–1901)	1 October 1898	1 December 1899		1 year, 61 days	1899
33.	6th	George Thorn (1838–1905)	No Party Alignment	Ipswich (1876–1878)	5 June 1876	8 March 1877		276 days
34.	21st	William Gillies (1868–1928)	Labor	Eacham (1912–1925)	26 February 1925	22 October 1925		238 days
35.	29th	Jack Pizzey (1911–1968)	Country	Isis (1950–1968)	17 January 1968	31 July 1968		227 days
36.	12th	Thomas Byrnes (1860–1898)	Ministerial	Warwick (1896–1898)	13 April 1898	27 September 1898		167 days
37.	33rd	Russell Cooper (1941– ) AM	National	Roma (1983–1992)	25 September 1989	7 December 1989		73 days
38.	30th	Sir Gordon Chalk (1913–1991) KBE	Liberal	Lockyer (1950–1976)	1 August 1968	8 August 1968		7 days
39.	14th	Anderson Dawson (1863–1910)	Labor	Charters Towers (1893–1901)	1 December 1899	7 December 1899		6 days

Notes

Annastacia Palaszczuk's time in office as of 7 February 2021

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List of Premiers of Queensland by time in office

Rank by time in office

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