Premier of New South Wales | |
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Department of Premier and Cabinet | |
Style |
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Status | Head of Government |
Member of | New South Wales Legislative Assembly |
Reports to | Parliament |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly |
Term length | At the Governor's pleasure contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the lower house of Parliament |
Constituting instrument | None (constitutional convention) |
Formation | 6 June 1856 |
First holder | Stuart Donaldson |
Deputy | Deputy Premier of New South Wales |
Salary | A$407,980 [1] |
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislature. The premier is appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, and by modern convention holds office by their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly.
Before Federation in 1901, the term "prime minister of New South Wales" was also used. "Premier" has been used more or less exclusively from 1901, to avoid confusion with the federal prime minister of Australia. [2] [3]
The current premier is Chris Minns, the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party, who assumed office on 28 March 2023. Minns defeated Dominic Perrottet at the election held on 25 March 2023, after twelve years of Liberal/National Coalition rule. [4]
No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | |||
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Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Stuart Donaldson MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1812–1867) | 6 June 1856 | 25 August 1856 | 80 days | 1856 | Independent | Donaldson | ||
2 | Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (1807–1875) | 26 August 1856 | 2 October 1856 | 37 days | — | Independent | Cowper I | ||
3 | Henry Parker MLA for Parramatta (1808–1881) | 3 October 1856 | 7 September 1857 | 339 days | — | Independent | Parker | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (until 1859) MLA for East Sydney (from 1859) (1807–1875) | 7 September 1857 | 26 October 1859 | 2 years, 49 days | — | Independent | Cowper II | ||
1858 | |||||||||
1859 | |||||||||
4 | William Forster MLA for Queanbeyan (1818–1882) | 27 October 1859 | 9 March 1860 | 1 year, 165 days | — | Independent | Forster | ||
5 | John Robertson MLA for Upper Hunter (1816–1891) | 9 March 1860 | 9 January 1861 | 306 days | — | Independent | Robertson I | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807–1875) | 10 January 1861 | 15 October 1863 | 2 years, 278 days | 1860 | Independent | Cowper III | ||
6 | James Martin MLA for Tumut (until 1864) MLA for Monara (1864) MLA for Lachlan (from 1864) (1820–1886) | 16 October 1863 | 2 February 1865 | 1 year, 109 days | — | Independent | Martin I | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807–1875) | 3 February 1865 | 21 January 1866 | 352 days | 1864–65 | Independent | Cowper IV | ||
(6) | James Martin MLA for Lachlan (1820–1886) | 22 January 1866 | 26 October 1868 | 2 years, 278 days | — | Independent | Martin II | ||
(5) | John Robertson MLA for Clarence (1816–1891) | 27 October 1868 | 12 January 1870 | 1 year, 77 days | — | Independent | Robertson II | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for Liverpool Plains (1807–1875) | 13 January 1870 | 15 December 1870 | 336 days | 1869–70 | Independent | Cowper V | ||
(6) | James Martin MLA for East Sydney (until 1872) MLA for East Macquarie (from 1872) (1820–1886) | 16 December 1870 | 13 May 1872 | 1 year, 149 days | — | Independent | Martin III | ||
7 | Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815–1896) | 14 May 1872 | 8 February 1875 | 2 years, 270 days | 1872 | Independent | Parkes I | ||
(5) | John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (1816–1891) | 9 February 1875 | 21 March 1877 | 2 years, 40 days | 1874–75 | Independent | Robertson III | ||
(7) | Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815–1896) | 22 March 1877 | 16 August 1877 | 175 days | — | Independent | Parkes II | ||
(5) | Sir John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (until November 1877) MLA for East Macquarie (from November 1877) MLA for Lachlan (from November 1877) (1816–1891) | 17 August 1877 | 17 December 1877 | 122 days | — | Independent | Robertson IV | ||
8 | James Farnell MLA for St Leonards (1825–1888) | 18 December 1877 | 20 December 1878 | 1 year, 2 days | 1877 | Independent | Farnell | ||
(7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for Canterbury (until 1880) MLA for East Sydney (1880–1882) MLA for Tenterfield (from 1882) (1815–1896) | 21 December 1878 | 4 January 1883 | 4 years, 14 days | — | Independent | Parkes III | ||
1880 | |||||||||
9 | Alexander Stuart MLA for Illawarra (1824–1886) | 5 January 1883 | 6 October 1885 | 2 years, 274 days | 1882 | Independent | Stuart | ||
10 | George Dibbs MLA for St Leonards (until October 1885) MLA for Murrumbidgee (from October 1885) (1834–1904) | 7 October 1885 | 21 December 1885 | 75 days | — | Independent | Dibbs I | ||
1885 | |||||||||
(5) | Sir John Robertson MLA for Mudgee (1816–1891) | 22 December 1885 | 22 February 1886 | 62 days | — | Independent | Robertson V | ||
11 | Sir Patrick Jennings MLA for The Bogan (1831–1897) | 26 February 1886 | 19 January 1887 | 327 days | — | Independent | Jennings | ||
(7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896) | 25 January 1887 | 16 January 1889 | 1 year, 357 days | — | Free Trade | Parkes IV | ||
1887 | |||||||||
(10) | George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834–1904) | 17 January 1889 | 7 March 1889 | 49 days | — | Protectionist | Dibbs II | ||
(7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896) | 8 March 1889 | 23 October 1891 | 2 years, 229 days | 1889 | Free Trade | Parkes V | ||
1891 | |||||||||
(10) | George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834–1904) | 23 October 1891 | 2 August 1894 | 2 years, 283 days | — | Protectionist | Dibbs III | ||
12 | George Reid MLA for Sydney-King (1845–1918) | 3 August 1894 | 13 September 1899 | 5 years, 41 days | 1894 | Free Trade | Reid | ||
1895 | |||||||||
1898 | |||||||||
13 | Sir William Lyne MLA for Hume (1844–1913) | 14 September 1899 | 27 March 1901 | 1 year, 194 days | — | Protectionist | Lyne | ||
14 | Sir John See MLA for Grafton (1844–1907) | 28 March 1901 | 14 June 1904 | 3 years, 78 days | 1901 | Progressive | See | ||
15 | Thomas Waddell MLA for Cowra (1854–1940) | 15 June 1904 | 29 August 1904 | 75 days | — | Progressive | Waddell | ||
16 | Sir Joseph Carruthers MLA for St George (1857–1932) | 29 August 1904 | 1 October 1907 | 3 years, 33 days | 1904 | Liberal Reform | Carruthers | ||
1907 | |||||||||
17 | Charles Wade MLA for Gordon (1863–1922) | 2 October 1907 | 1 October 1910 | 2 years, 364 days | — | Liberal Reform | Wade | ||
18 | James McGowen MLA for Redfern (1855–1922) | 21 October 1910 | 29 June 1913 | 2 years, 251 days | 1910 | Labor | McGowen | ||
19 | William Holman MLA for Cootamundra (1871–1934) | 30 June 1913 | 12 April 1920 | 6 years, 287 days | — | Labor | Holman I | ||
1913 | |||||||||
— | Nationalist | Holman II | |||||||
1917 | |||||||||
20 | John Storey MLA for Balmain (1869–1921) | 13 April 1920 | 5 October 1921 | 1 year, 175 days | 1920 | Labor | Storey | ||
21 | James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877–1950) | 5 October 1921 | 20 December 1921 | 76 days | — | Labor | Dooley I | ||
22 | Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861–1940) | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | 0 days | — | Nationalist | Fuller I | ||
(21) | James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877–1950) | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | 114 days | — | Labor | Dooley II | ||
(22) | Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861–1940) | 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | 3 years, 55 days | 1922 | Nationalist | Fuller II | ||
23 | Jack Lang MLA for Parramatta (1876–1975) | 17 June 1925 | 18 October 1927 | 2 years, 123 days | 1925 | Labor | Lang I | ||
— | Lang II | ||||||||
24 | Thomas Bavin MLA for Gordon (1874–1941) | 18 October 1927 | 4 November 1930 | 3 years, 17 days | 1927 | Nationalist | Bavin | ||
(23) | Jack Lang MLA for Auburn (1876–1975) | 4 November 1930 | 16 May 1932 | 1 year, 194 days | 1930 | Labor (until 1931) | Lang III | ||
Lang Labor (from 1931) | |||||||||
25 | Bertram Stevens MLA for Croydon (1889–1973) | 16 May 1932 | 5 August 1939 | 7 years, 81 days | — | United Australia | Stevens I | ||
1932 | |||||||||
1935 | Stevens II | ||||||||
1938 | Stevens III | ||||||||
26 | Alexander Mair MLA for Albury (1889–1969) | 5 August 1939 | 16 May 1941 | 1 year, 284 days | — | United Australia | Mair | ||
27 | William McKell MLA for Redfern (1891–1985) | 16 May 1941 | 6 February 1947 | 5 years, 266 days | 1941 | Labor | McKell I | ||
1944 | McKell II | ||||||||
28 | Jim McGirr MLA for Bankstown (until 1950) MLA for Liverpool (from 1950) (1890–1957) | 6 February 1947 | 2 April 1952 | 5 years, 56 days | — | Labor | McGirr I | ||
1947 | McGirr II | ||||||||
1950 | McGirr III | ||||||||
29 | Joseph Cahill MLA for Cook's River (1891–1959) | 2 April 1952 | 22 October 1959 | 7 years, 203 days | — | Labor | Cahill I | ||
1953 | Cahill II | ||||||||
1956 | Cahill III | ||||||||
1959 | Cahill IV | ||||||||
30 | Bob Heffron MLA for Maroubra (1890–1978) | 23 October 1959 | 30 April 1964 | 4 years, 190 days | — | Labor | Heffron I | ||
1962 | Heffron II | ||||||||
31 | Jack Renshaw MLA for Castlereagh (1909–1987) | 30 April 1964 | 13 May 1965 | 1 year, 13 days | — | Labor | Renshaw | ||
32 | Sir Robert Askin MLA for Collaroy (until 1973) MLA for Pittwater (from 1973) (1907–1981) | 13 May 1965 | 3 January 1975 | 9 years, 235 days | 1965 | Liberal | Askin I | ||
1968 | Askin II | ||||||||
— | Askin III | ||||||||
1971 | Askin IV | ||||||||
— | Askin V | ||||||||
1973 | Askin VI | ||||||||
33 | Tom Lewis MLA for Wollondilly (1922–2016) | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | 1 year, 20 days | — | Liberal | Lewis I | ||
— | Lewis II | ||||||||
34 | Sir Eric Willis MLA for Earlwood (1922–1999) | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 112 days | — | Liberal | Willis | ||
35 | Neville Wran MLA for Bass Hill (1926–2014) | 14 May 1976 | 4 July 1986 | 10 years, 21 days | 1976 | Labor | Wran I | ||
1978 | Wran II | ||||||||
— | Wran III | ||||||||
1981 | Wran IV | ||||||||
— | Wran V | ||||||||
— | Wran VI | ||||||||
1984 | Wran VII | ||||||||
— | Wran VIII | ||||||||
36 | Barrie Unsworth MLA for Rockdale (born 1934) | 4 July 1986 | 25 March 1988 | 1 year, 295 days | — | Labor | Unsworth | ||
37 | Nick Greiner MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1947) | 25 March 1988 | 24 June 1992 | 4 years, 91 days | 1988 | Liberal | Greiner I | ||
1991 | Greiner II | ||||||||
38 | John Fahey MP for Southern Highlands (1945–2020) | 24 June 1992 | 4 April 1995 | 2 years, 284 days | — | Liberal | Fahey I | ||
— | Fahey II | ||||||||
— | Fahey III | ||||||||
39 | Bob Carr MP for Maroubra (born 1947) | 4 April 1995 | 3 August 2005 | 10 years, 121 days | 1995 | Labor | Carr I | ||
— | Carr II | ||||||||
1999 | Carr III | ||||||||
2003 | Carr IV | ||||||||
40 | Morris Iemma MP for Lakemba (born 1961) | 3 August 2005 | 5 September 2008 | 3 years, 36 days | — | Labor | Iemma I | ||
2007 | Iemma II | ||||||||
41 | Nathan Rees MP for Toongabbie (born 1968) | 5 September 2008 | 4 December 2009 | 1 year, 90 days | — | Labor | Rees | ||
42 | Kristina Keneally MP for Heffron (born 1968) | 4 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 114 days | — | Labor | Keneally | ||
43 | Barry O'Farrell MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1959) | 28 March 2011 | 17 April 2014 | 3 years, 20 days | 2011 | Liberal | O'Farrell | ||
44 | Mike Baird MP for Manly (born 1968) | 17 April 2014 | 23 January 2017 | 2 years, 281 days | — | Liberal | Baird I | ||
2015 | Baird II | ||||||||
45 | Gladys Berejiklian MP for Willoughby (born 1970) | 23 January 2017 | 5 October 2021 | 4 years, 255 days | — | Liberal | Berejiklian I | ||
2019 | Berejiklian II | ||||||||
46 | Dominic Perrottet MP for Epping (born 1982) | 5 October 2021 | 28 March 2023 | 1 year, 174 days | — | Liberal | Perrottet I | ||
Perrottet II | |||||||||
47 | Chris Minns MP for Kogarah (born 1979) | 28 March 2023 | Incumbent | 335 days | 2023 | Labor | Minns |
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