Premier of Queensland | |
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Department of the Premier and Cabinet | |
Style |
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Status | Head of Government |
Member of | |
Reports to | Parliament |
Seat | 1 William Street, Brisbane |
Appointer | Governor of Queensland 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 house of Parliament |
Constituting instrument | Section 42, Constitution of Queensland |
Formation | 10 December 1859 |
First holder | Robert Herbert |
Deputy | Deputy Premier of Queensland |
Salary | $469,367 (as of 1 September 2021) [1] [lower-alpha 1] |
Website | www.thepremier.qld.gov.au |
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.
By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed by the governor of Queensland.
The incumbent premier of Queensland is Steven Miles of the Labor Party.
Under section 42 of the Constitution of Queensland the premier and other members of Cabinet are appointed by the governor and are collectively responsible to Parliament. The text of the Constitution assigns to the premier certain powers, such as the power to assign roles (s. 25) to assistant ministers (formerly known as parliamentary secretaries), and to appoint ministers as acting ministers (s. 45) for a period of 14 days.
In practice, under the conventions of the Westminster System followed in Queensland, the premier's power is derived from two sources: command of a majority in the Legislative Assembly, and the premier's role as chair of Cabinet, determining the appointment and roles of ministers. Although ministerial appointments are the prerogative of the governor of Queensland, in normal circumstances the governor will make these appointments under the "advice" (in reality, direction) of the premier.
Immediately following an election for the Legislative Assembly, the governor will call on the leader of the party which commands a majority in the Legislative Assembly to become premier and ask them to commission a government. A re-elected government will be resworn, with adjustments to the ministry as determined by the premier. [2]
Prior to the existence of political parties within the Leglislative Assembly, to become premier, that member had to be able to command the support of a majority of the individual members of the assembly; this group of members were known informally as Ministerialists, while those who did not support the member who became premier were known informally as Oppositionists (or the Opposition).
The premier has an office in the Executive Annexe of Parliament House, Brisbane, which is normally used while Parliament is sitting. At other times the premier's ministerial office is in 1 William Street, which is across the road from the Executive Annexe.
Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and disorganised by modern standards.
No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | Monarch | |||
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1 | Robert Herbert MLA for Leichhardt (1831–1905) | 10 December 1859 | 1 February 1866 | 6 years, 53 days | — | Squatter Conservative | Herbert I | Victoria (1837–1901) Governor:
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2 | Arthur Macalister MLA for Town of Ipswich (1818–1883) | 1 February 1866 | 20 July 1866 | 169 days | — | Independent | Macalister I | |||
(1) | Robert Herbert MLA for West Moreton (1831–1905) | 20 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | 18 days | — | Squatter Conservative | Herbert II | |||
(2) | Arthur Macalister MLA for Town of Ipswich (1818–1883) | 7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | 1 year, 8 days | — | Independent | Macalister II | |||
3 | Robert Mackenzie MLA for Burnett (1811–1873) | 15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | 1 year, 102 days | 1867 | Squatter Conservative | Mackenzie | |||
4 | Charles Lilley MLA for Hamlet of Fortitude Valley (1827–1897) | 25 November 1868 | 2 May 1870 | 1 year, 158 days | 1868 | Independent | Lilley | |||
5 | Arthur Hunter Palmer MLA for Port Curtis (1819–1898) | 3 May 1870 | 7 January 1874 | 3 years, 249 days | — | Squatter Conservative | Hunter Palmer | |||
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(2) | Arthur Macalister MLA for Ipswich (1818–1883) | 8 January 1874 | 5 June 1876 | 2 years, 149 days | 1873 | Independent | Macalister III | |||
6 | George Thorn MLA for Ipswich (1838–1905) | 5 June 1876 | 8 March 1877 | 276 days | — | Independent | Thorn | |||
7 | John Douglas MLA for Maryborough (1828–1904) | 8 March 1877 | 21 January 1879 | 1 year, 227 days | — | Independent | Douglas | |||
8 | Sir Thomas McIlwraith MLA for Mulgrave (1835–1900) | 21 January 1879 | 13 November 1883 | 4 years, 296 days | 1878 | Conservative | McIlwraith I | |||
9 | Sir Samuel Griffith MLA for North Brisbane (1845–1920) | 13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | 4 years, 213 days | 1883 | Liberal | Griffith I | |||
(8) | Sir Thomas McIlwraith MLA for Brisbane North (1835–1900) | 13 June 1888 | 30 November 1888 | 170 days | — | Conservative | McIlwraith II | |||
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10 | Boyd Dunlop Morehead MLA for Balonne (1843–1905) | 30 November 1888 | 12 August 1890 | 1 year, 255 days | — | Conservative | Morehead | |||
(9) | Sir Samuel Griffith MLA for North Brisbane (1845–1920) | 12 August 1890 | 27 March 1893 | 2 years, 227 days | — | Liberal | Griffith II | |||
(8) | Sir Thomas McIlwraith MLA for Brisbane North (1835–1900) | 27 March 1893 | 27 October 1893 | 214 days | — | Conservative | McIlwraith III | |||
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11 | Sir Hugh Nelson MLA for Murilla (1833–1906) | 27 October 1893 | 13 April 1898 | 4 years, 168 days | — | Ministerial | Nelson | |||
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12 | Thomas Joseph Byrnes MLA for Warwick (1860–1898) | 13 April 1898 | 1 October 1898 | 171 days | — | Ministerial | Byrnes | |||
13 | James Dickson MLA for Bulimba (1832–1901) | 1 October 1898 | 1 December 1899 | 1 year, 61 days | — | Ministerial | Dickson | |||
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14 | Anderson Dawson MLA for Charters Towers (1863–1910) | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | 6 days | — | Labor | Dawson | |||
15 | Robert Philp MLA for Townsville (1851–1922) | 7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | 3 years, 284 days | — | Ministerial | Philp I | |||
Edward VII (1901–1910) Governor:
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16 | Arthur Morgan MLA for Warwick (1856–1916) | 17 September 1903 | 19 January 1906 | 2 years, 124 days | — | Liberal | Morgan | |||
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17 | William Kidston MLA for South Brisbane (1849–1919) | 19 January 1906 | 19 November 1907 | 1 year, 304 days | — | Labor | Kidston I | |||
1907 | Kidstonite | |||||||||
(15) | Robert Philp MLA for Townsville (1851–1922) | 19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | 91 days | — | Conservative | Philp II | |||
(17) | William Kidston MLA for Rockhampton (1849–1919) | 18 February 1908 | 7 February 1911 | 2 years, 354 days | 1908 | Kidstonite (until 1908) | Kidston II | |||
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George V (1910–1936) Governor:
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18 | Digby Denham MLA for Oxley (1859–1944) | 7 February 1911 | 1 June 1915 | 4 years, 114 days | — | Liberal | Denham | |||
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19 | T. J. Ryan MLA for Barcoo (1876–1921) | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | 4 years, 143 days | 1915 | Labor | Ryan | |||
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20 | Ted Theodore MLA for Chillagoe (1884–1950) | 22 October 1919 | 26 February 1925 | 5 years, 127 days | — | Labor | Theodore | |||
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21 | William Gillies MLA for Eacham (1868–1928) | 26 February 1925 | 22 October 1925 | 238 days | — | Labor | Gillies | |||
22 | William McCormack MLA for Cairns (1879–1947) | 22 October 1925 | 21 May 1929 | 3 years, 211 days | — | Labor | McCormack | |||
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23 | Arthur Edward Moore MLA for Aubigny (1876–1963) | 21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 | 3 years, 27 days | 1929 | CPNP | Moore | |||
24 | William Forgan Smith MLA for Mackay (1887–1953) | 17 June 1932 | 16 September 1942 | 10 years, 91 days | 1932 | Labor | Forgan Smith | |||
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George VI (1936–1952) Governor:
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25 | Frank Arthur Cooper MLA for Bremer (1872–1949) | 16 September 1942 | 7 March 1946 | 3 years, 172 days | — | Labor | Frank Cooper | |||
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26 | Ned Hanlon MLA for Ithaca (1887–1952) | 7 March 1946 | 17 January 1952 | 5 years, 316 days | — | Labor | Hanlon | |||
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27 | Vince Gair MLA for South Brisbane (1901–1980) | 17 January 1952 | 12 August 1957 | 5 years, 207 days | — | Labor (until 1957) | Gair | |||
Elizabeth II (1952–2022) Governor:
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28 | Frank Nicklin MLA for Landsborough (1901–1980) | 12 August 1957 | 17 January 1968 | 10 years, 158 days | 1957 | Country | Nicklin | |||
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29 | Jack Pizzey MLA for Isis (1911–1968) | 17 January 1968 | 1 August 1968 | 197 days | — | Country | Pizzey | |||
30 | Gordon Chalk MLA for Lockyer (1913–1991) | 1 August 1968 | 8 August 1968 | 7 days | — | Liberal | Chalk | |||
31 | Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen MLA for Barambah (1911–2005) | 8 August 1968 | 1 December 1987 | 19 years, 115 days | — | Country (until 1974) | Bjelke-Petersen | |||
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32 | Mike Ahern MLA for Landsborough (1942–2023) | 1 December 1987 | 25 September 1989 | 1 year, 298 days | — | National | Ahern | |||
33 | Russell Cooper MLA for Roma (born 1941) | 25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 | 84 days | — | National | Russell Cooper | |||
34 | Wayne Goss MLA for Logan (1951–2014) | 7 December 1989 | 19 February 1996 | 6 years, 74 days | 1989 | Labor | Goss | |||
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35 | Rob Borbidge MLA for Surfers Paradise (born 1954) | 19 February 1996 | 20 June 1998 | 2 years, 121 days | — | National | Borbidge | |||
36 | Peter Beattie MP for Brisbane Central (born 1954) | 20 June 1998 | 13 September 2007 | 9 years, 85 days | 1998 | Labor | Beattie | |||
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37 | Anna Bligh MP for South Brisbane (born 1960) | 13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | 4 years, 195 days | — | Labor | Bligh | |||
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38 | Campbell Newman MP for Ashgrove (born 1963) | 26 March 2012 | 14 February 2015 | 2 years, 325 days | 2012 | Liberal National | Newman | |||
39 | Annastacia Palaszczuk MP for Inala (born 1969) | 14 February 2015 | 15 December 2023 | 8 years, 304 days | 2015 | Labor | Palaszczuk I | |||
2017 | Palaszczuk II | |||||||||
2020 | Palaszczuk III | |||||||||
Charles III (2022–present) Governor: | ||||||||||
40 | Steven Miles MP for Murrumba (born 1977) | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 76 days | — | Labor | Miles |
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