List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office

Last updated February 03, 2025

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.	Officeholder	Party	District	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office (term)	Time in office (total)	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
			Free Trade		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
8.	19th	William Holman (1871–1934)	Nationalist	MLA for Cootamundra (1904–1920)	15 November 1916	12 April 1920	3 years, 149 days	6 years, 287 days	1913 1917
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	MLA for Sydney-King (1894–1901)	3 August 1894	13 September 1899		5 years, 41 days	1894 1895 1898
13.	45th	Gladys Berejiklian (1970–)	Liberal	MLA for Willoughby (2003–2021)	23 January 2017	5 October 2021		4 years, 255 days	2019
14.	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
				MLA for Clarence (1866–1869) West Sydney (1869–1877)	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
15.	30th	Bob Heffron (1890–1978)	Labor	MLA for Maroubra (1950–1968)	23 October 1959	30 April 1964		4 years, 190 days	1962
16.	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
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
			Labor	MLA for Auburn (1927–1946)	4 November 1930	15 October 1931	345 days
			Labor (NSW)	MLA for Auburn (1927–1946)	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
19.	22nd	Sir George Fuller (1861–1940) KCMG	Nationalist	MLA for Wollondilly (1920–1927)	13 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 65 days	3 years, 66 days	1922
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
			Protectionist		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.	47th	Chris Minns (1979– )	Labor	MLA for Kogarah (2015–present)	28 March 2023	Incumbent		1 year, 311 days^[1]	2023
31.	26th	Alexander Mair (1889–1969)	United Australia	MLA for Albury (1932–1946)	5 August 1939	16 May 1941		1 year, 284 days
32.	36th	Barrie Unsworth (1934– )	Labor	MLA for Rockdale (1986–1991)	4 July 1986	25 March 1988		1 year, 265 days
33.	13th	Sir William Lyne (1844–1913) KCMG	Protectionist	MLA for Hume (1880–1901)	14 September 1899	27 March 1901		1 year, 194 days	1927
34.	20th	John Storey (1869–1921)	Labor	MLA for Balmain (1907–1921)	13 April 1920	5 October 1921		1 year, 175 days	1920
35.	46th	Dominic Perrottet (1982–)	Liberal	MLA for Castle Hill (2011–2015) Hawkesbury (2015–2019) Epping (2019–present)	5 October 2021	28 March 2023		1 year, 174 days
36.	42nd	Kristina Keneally (1968– )	Labor	MLA for Heffron (2003–2012)	4 December 2009	28 March 2011		1 year, 114 days
37.	41st	Nathan Rees (1968– )	Labor	MLA for Toongabbie (2007–2015)	5 September 2008	4 December 2009		1 year, 90 days
38.	33rd	Tom Lewis (1922–2016) AO	Liberal	MLA for Wollondilly (1957–1978)	3 January 1975	23 January 1976		1 year, 20 days
39.	31st	Jack Renshaw (1909–1987) AC	Labor	MLA for Castlereagh (1941–1980)	30 April 1964	13 May 1965		1 year, 13 days
40.	8th	James Farnell (1825–1888)	No Party Alignment	MLA for St Leonards (1874–1882)	18 December 1877	20 December 1878		1 year, 2 days
41.	3rd	Sir Henry Parker (1808–1881) KCMG	No Party Alignment	MLA for Parramatta (1856–1857)	3 October 1856	7 September 1857		339 days
42.	11th	Sir Patrick Jennings (1831–1897) KCMG	Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Bogan (1880–1887)	26 February 1886	19 January 1887		327 days
43.	21st	James Dooley (1877–1950)	Labor	MLA for Hartley (1907–1920) Bathurst (1920–1927)	5 October 1921	20 December 1921	76 days	190 days
43.	21st	James Dooley (1877–1950)	Labor	MLA for Hartley (1907–1920) Bathurst (1920–1927)	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days	190 days
44.	4th	William Forster (1818–1882)	No Party Alignment	MLA for Queanbeyan (1859–1860)	27 October 1859	9 March 1860		134 days	1859
45.	34th	Sir Eric Willis (1922–1999) KBE CMG	Liberal	MLA for Earlwood (1950–1978)	23 January 1976	14 May 1976		112 days
46.	1st	Sir Stuart Donaldson (1812–1867)	No Party Alignment	MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1856)	6 June 1856	25 August 1856		80 days	1856
47.	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 – 61602 days as of 2February2025

Before Parties – 10716 days
Liberalism – 6787 days

Since 7 October 1885

Labor Party – 23981 days as of 2February2025
Liberal Party – 10973 days
Protectionist Party – 1987 days
Progressive Party – 1251 days
Liberal Reform Party – 1129 days
Liberal Reform Party – 1096 days
Liberalism (Non Party) – 63 days

Notes

↑ Chris Minns' time in office as of 2February2025

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[currentprem-1] Chris Minns' time in office as of 2February2025

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List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office

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Rank by time in office

Total time in office of Australian political parties

Notes

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