Premier of Victoria | |
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Department of Premier and Cabinet | |
Style |
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Status | Head of government |
Member of | |
Reports to | Parliament |
Seat | 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne |
Appointer | Governor of Victoria |
Term length | At the governor's pleasure by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly |
Constituting instrument | None (constitutional convention) |
Formation | 28 November 1855 |
First holder | William Haines |
Deputy | Deputy premier of Victoria |
Salary | A$481,190 [1] |
Website | www.premier.vic.gov.au |
The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the Australian state of Victoria. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria and must be a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. To be appointed, the premier must command confidence in the Legislative Assembly, meaning that they must have the support of a majority of Legislative Assembly members. In practice, this is typically the leader of the political party who holds the support of a majority of lower house members. [2]
Each premier since 1933, apart from Ian Macfarlan, who only served for 51 days, has had a portrait commissioned for the Victorian Parliament's portrait collection. The tradition was initiated by Legislative Council President Fred Grimwade. Premiers who hold the office for 3,000 days are granted a statue as a commemoration of their legacy. Five premiers, Daniel Andrews, Henry Bolte, John Cain Jr, Albert Dunstan, and Rupert Hamer, have achieved this milestone and four have their statues near the premier's office at 1 Treasury Place. [3]
The longest-serving premier was Henry Bolte, who served from 7 June 1955 to 23 August 1972 for a total of 17 years, and 77 days in office. He was a member of the Liberal Party. By contrast, the shortest-serving premier was George Elmslie, who served from 9 December 1913 to 22 December 1913 for a total of 13 days in office. He was also the first premier from the Labor Party. [4] The current premier is Jacinta Allan of the Labor Party, who assumed the office on 27 September 2023 following the resignation of Daniel Andrews. Allan is the second female to have held the office. [5]
Political parties
No. | Portrait | Premier | Election | Term of office | Political party/ alignment | Ministry | Monarch | Governor | Notes | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office [6] | |||||||||
1 | William Haines (1810–1866) MP for South Grant | 1856 | 28 November 1855 | 11 March 1857 | 1 year, 104 days | Independent | Haines I | Victoria | Charles Hotham | [7] | |
Henry Barkly | |||||||||||
2 | John O'Shanassy (1818–1883) MP for Kilmore | — | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | 50 days | Independent | O'Shanassy I | [8] | |||
(1) | William Haines (1810–1866) MP for South Grant | — | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | 316 days | Independent | Haines II | [7] | |||
(2) | John O'Shanassy (1818–1883) MP for Kilmore | — | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | 1 year, 232 days | Independent | O'Shanassy II | [8] | |||
3 | William Nicholson (1816–1865) MP for Sandridge | 1859 | 27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | 1 year, 31 days | Independent | Nicholson | [9] | |||
4 | Richard Heales (1822–1864) MP for East Bourke Boroughs | 1861 | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 | 354 days | Independent | Heales | [10] | |||
(2) | John O'Shanassy (1818–1883) MP for Kilmore | — | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 226 days | Independent | O'Shanassy III | [8] | |||
5 | James McCulloch (1819–1893) MP for Mornington | 1864 1866 1868 | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | 4 years, 315 days | Independent | McCulloch I | [11] | |||
Charles Darling | |||||||||||
Lord Canterbury | |||||||||||
6 | Charles Sladen (1816–1884) MP for Western Province | — | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | 67 days | Independent | Sladen | [12] | |||
(5) | James McCulloch (1819–1893) MP for Mornington | — | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | 1 year, 72 days | Independent | McCulloch II | [11] | |||
7 | John Alexander MacPherson (1833–1894) MP for Dundas | — | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 202 days | Independent | MacPherson | [13] | |||
(5) | James McCulloch (1819–1893) MP for Mornington | 1871 | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 72 days | Independent | McCulloch III | [11] | |||
8 | Charles Gavan Duffy (1816–1903) MP for Dalhousie | — | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 358 days | Independent | Duffy | [14] | |||
9 | James Francis (1819–1884) MP for Richmond | 1874 | 10 June 1872 | 31 July 1874 | 2 years, 52 days | Independent | Francis | [15] | |||
George Bowen | |||||||||||
10 | George Kerferd (1831–1889) MP for Ovens | — | 31 July 1874 | 7 August 1875 | 1 year, 8 days | Independent | Kerferd | [16] | |||
11 | Graham Berry (1822–1904) MP for Geelong West | — | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 75 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Berry I | [17] | |||
(5) | James McCulloch (1819–1893) MP for Warrnambool | — | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 214 days | Non-Party Conservatism | McCulloch IV | [11] | |||
(11) | Graham Berry (1822–1904) MP for Geelong | 1877 Feb. 1880 | 21 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 290 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Berry II | [17] | |||
Lord Normanby | |||||||||||
12 | James Service (1823–1899) MP for Maldon | Feb. 1880 | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 152 days | Non-Party Conservatism | Service I | [18] | |||
(11) | Graham Berry (1822–1904) MP for Geelong | Jul. 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 341 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Berry III | [17] | |||
13 | Bryan O'Loghlen (1828–1905) MP for West Bourke | — | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 243 days | Non-Party Liberalism | O'Loghlen | [19] | |||
(12) | James Service (1823–1899) MP for Castlemaine | 1883 | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 348 days | Non-Party Conservatism | Service II | [18] | |||
Henry Loch | |||||||||||
14 | Duncan Gillies (1834–1903) MP for Rodney and Eastern Suburbs | 1886 1889 | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 261 days | Non-Party Conservatism | Gillies | [20] | |||
Lord Hopetoun | |||||||||||
15 | James Munro (1832–1908) MP for Geelong | — | 5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | 1 year, 104 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Munro | [21] | |||
16 | William Shiels (1848–1904) MP for Normanby | 1892 | 16 February 1892 | 23 January 1893 | 343 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Shiels | [22] | |||
17 | James Patterson (1833–1895) MP for Castlemaine | — | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 248 days | Non-Party Conservatism | Patterson | [23] | |||
18 | George Turner (1851–1916) MP for St Kilda | 1894 1897 | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 70 days | Protectionist and Liberal | Turner I | [24] | |||
Lord Brassey | |||||||||||
19 | Allan McLean (1840–1911) MP for Gippsland North | — | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 350 days | Non-Party Liberalism | McLean | [25] | |||
(18) | George Turner (1851–1916) MP for St Kilda | 1900 | 19 November 1900 | 12 February 1901 | 86 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Turner II | vacant | [24] | ||
Edward VII | |||||||||||
20 | Alexander Peacock (1861–1933) MP for Clunes and Allandale | — | 12 February 1901 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 119 days | Non-Party Liberalism | Peacock I | George Clarke | [26] | ||
21 | William Irvine (1858–1943) MP for Lowan | 1902 | 10 June 1902 | 16 February 1904 | 1 year, 252 days | Reform | Irvine | [27] | |||
22 | Thomas Bent (1838–1909) MP for Brighton | 1904 1907 1908 | 16 February 1904 | 8 January 1909 | 4 years, 328 days | Reform | Bent | Reginald Talbot | [28] | ||
Thomas Gibson-Carmichael | |||||||||||
23 | John Murray (1851–1916) MP for Warrnambool | 1911 | 8 January 1909 | 18 May 1912 | 3 years, 132 days | Commonwealth Liberal | Murray | [29] | |||
George V | |||||||||||
John Fuller | |||||||||||
24 | William Watt (1871–1946) MP for Essendon | — | 18 May 1912 | 9 December 1913 | 1 year, 206 days | Commonwealth Liberal | Watt I | [30] | |||
25 | George Elmslie (1861–1918) MP for Albert Park | — | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 14 days | Labor | Elmslie | vacant | [31] | ||
(24) | William Watt (1871–1946) MP for Essendon | — | 22 December 1913 | 18 June 1914 | 179 days | Commonwealth Liberal | Watt II | Arthur Stanley | [30] | ||
(20) | Alexander Peacock (1861–1933) MP for Allandale | 1914 | 18 June 1914 | 29 November 1917 | 3 years, 165 days | Commonwealth Liberal | Peacock II | [26] | |||
26 | John Bowser (1858–1936) MP for Wangaratta | 1917 | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 144 days | Nationalist | Bowser | [32] | |||
27 | Harry Lawson (1875–1952) MP for Castlemaine and Maldon | 1920 1921 | 21 March 1918 | 28 April 1924 | 6 years, 39 days | Nationalist | Lawson I Lawson II Lawson III | [33] | |||
Lord Stradbroke | |||||||||||
(20) | Alexander Peacock (1861–1933) MP for Allandale | — | 28 April 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 82 days | Nationalist | Peacock III | [26] | |||
28 | George Prendergast (1854–1937) MP for North Melbourne | 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 124 days | Labor | Prendergast | [34] | |||
29 | John Allan (1866–1936) MP for Rodney | — | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 184 days | Country | John Allan | [35] | |||
Lord Somers | |||||||||||
30 | Edmond Hogan (1883–1964) MP for Warrenheip and Grenville | 1927 | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 187 days | Labor | Hogan I | [36] | |||
31 | William McPherson (1865–1932) MP for Hawthorn | — | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 21 days | Nationalist | McPherson | [37] | |||
(30) | Edmond Hogan (1883–1964) MP for Warrenheip and Grenville | 1929 | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 160 days | Labor | Hogan II | [36] | |||
32 | Stanley Argyle (1867–1940) MP for Toorak | 1932 1935 | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 2 years, 319 days | United Australia | Argyle I Argyle II | Lord Huntingfield | [38] | ||
33 | Albert Dunstan (1882–1950) MP for Korong and Eaglehawk | 1937 1940 1943 | 2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | 8 years, 166 days | United Country | Dunstan I | [39] | |||
Edward VIII | |||||||||||
George VI | |||||||||||
Lord Dugan | |||||||||||
34 | John Cain Sr. (1882–1957) MP for Northcote | — | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 5 days | Labor | Cain Sr. I | [40] | |||
(33) | Albert Dunstan (1882–1950) MP for Korong and Eaglehawk | — | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 15 days | United Country | Dunstan II | [39] | |||
35 | Ian Macfarlan (1881–1964) MP for Brighton | — | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 51 days | Liberal | Macfarlan | [41] | |||
(34) | John Cain Sr. (1882–1957) MP for Northcote | 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 2 years, 0 days | Labor | Cain Sr. II | [40] | |||
36 | Thomas Hollway (1906–1971) MP for Ballarat | 1947 1950 | 20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | 2 years, 220 days | Liberal Liberal and Country | Hollway I/I Hollway I/II Hollway I/III | [42] | |||
Dallas Brooks | |||||||||||
37 | John McDonald (1896–1977) MP for Shepparton | — | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 124 days | Country | McDonald I | [43] | |||
Elizabeth II | |||||||||||
(36) | Thomas Hollway (1906–1971) MP for Ballarat | — | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 4 days | Electoral Reform | Hollway II | [42] | |||
(37) | John McDonald (1896–1977) MP for Shepparton | — | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 48 days | Country | McDonald II | [43] | |||
(34) | John Cain Sr. (1882–1957) MP for Northcote | 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 173 days | Labor | Cain Sr. III | [44] | |||
38 | Henry Bolte (1908–1990) MP for Hampden | 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 | 7 June 1955 | 23 August 1972 | 17 years, 78 days | Liberal and Country Liberal | Bolte I Bolte II Bolte III Bolte IV Bolte V Bolte VI | [45] | |||
Rohan Delacombe | |||||||||||
39 | Rupert Hamer (1916–2004) MP for Kew | 1973 1976 1979 | 23 August 1972 | 5 June 1981 | 8 years, 287 days | Liberal | Hamer I Hamer II Hamer III Hamer IV | [46] | |||
Henry Winneke | |||||||||||
40 | Lindsay Thompson (1923–2008) MP for Malvern | — | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | 308 days | Liberal | Thompson | [47] | |||
Brian Murray | |||||||||||
41 | John Cain Jr. (1931–2019) MP for Bundoora | 1982 1985 1988 | 8 April 1982 | 10 August 1990 | 8 years, 125 days | Labor | Cain Jr. | [48] | |||
Davis McCaughey | |||||||||||
42 | Joan Kirner (1938–2015) MP for Williamstown | — | 10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | 2 years, 58 days | Labor | Kirner | [49] | |||
Richard McGarvie | |||||||||||
43 | Jeff Kennett (b. 1948) MP for Burwood | 1992 1996 | 6 October 1992 | 20 October 1999 | 7 years, 15 days | Liberal | Kennett I Kennett II | [50] | |||
James Gobbo | |||||||||||
44 | Steve Bracks (b. 1954) MP for Williamstown | 1999 2002 2006 | 20 October 1999 | 30 July 2007 | 7 years, 284 days | Labor | Bracks I Bracks II Bracks III | [51] | |||
John Landy | |||||||||||
David de Kretser | |||||||||||
45 | John Brumby (b. 1953) MP for Broadmeadows | — | 30 July 2007 | 2 December 2010 | 3 years, 126 days | Labor | Brumby | [52] | |||
46 | Ted Baillieu (b. 1953) MP for Hawthorn | 2010 | 2 December 2010 | 6 March 2013 | 2 years, 95 days | Liberal | Baillieu | [53] | |||
Alex Chernov | |||||||||||
47 | Denis Napthine (b. 1952) MP for South-West Coast | — | 6 March 2013 | 4 December 2014 | 1 year, 274 days | Liberal | Napthine | [54] | |||
48 | Daniel Andrews (b. 1972) MP for Mulgrave | 2014 2018 2022 | 4 December 2014 | 27 September 2023 | 8 years, 298 days | Labor | Andrews I Andrews II Andrews III | [55] | |||
Linda Dessau | |||||||||||
Charles III | |||||||||||
Margaret Gardner | |||||||||||
49 | Jacinta Allan (b. 1973) MP for Bendigo East | — | 27 September 2023 | Incumbent | 356 days | Labor | Jacinta Allan | [56] |
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