The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of Tasmania to be premier and principal adviser.[2]
| Premier of Tasmania | |
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Jeremy Rockliff since 8 April 2022 | |
| Department of Premier and Cabinet | |
| Style |
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| Status | Head of government |
| Member of |
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| Reports to | Parliament |
| Seat | Executive Building 15 Murray Street, Hobart |
| Appointer | Governor of Tasmania byconvention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the House of 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 | 1 November 1856 |
| First holder | William Champ |
| Deputy | Deputy Premier of Tasmania |
| Salary | A$301,397[1] |
| Website | www.premier.tas.gov.au |
Since 8 April 2022, the premier of Tasmania has been Jeremy Rockliff, leader of the Liberal Party, which holds 13 of the 25 seats in the House of Assembly.
Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Tasmania. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. The current convention of appointing the premier from the House of Assembly did not develop until the late 19th century, with eight premiers appointed from the Legislative Council (the last being Philip Fysh from 1887 to 1892).[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name Electoral division (Birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Monarch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
William Champ MHA for Launceston (1808–1892) |
1856 | 1 November 1856 |
26 February 1857 |
117 days | Independent | Victoria (1837–1901) Governor:
(1862–1868) (1869–1874) (1875–1880) (1880–1881) (1881–1886) (1887–1892) (1893–1900) |
| 2 | 
|
Thomas Gregson MHA for Richmond (1796–1874) |
— | 26 February 1857 |
25 April 1857 |
58 days | Independent | |
| 3 | 
|
William Weston MHA for Ringwood (1804–1888) |
— | 25 April 1857 |
12 May 1857 |
17 days | Independent | |
| 4 | 
|
Francis Smith MHA for Fingal (1819–1909) |
— | 12 May 1857 |
1 November 1860 |
3 years, 173 days | Independent | |
| (3) |
|
William Weston MLC for Longford (1804–1888) |
— | 1 November 1860 |
2 August 1861 |
274 days | Independent | |
| 5 | 
|
Thomas Chapman MHA for Queensborough (until 1862) MHA for Campbell Town (from 1862) (1815–1884) |
1861 | 2 August 1861 |
20 January 1863 |
1 year, 171 days | Independent | |
| 6 | 
|
James Whyte MLC for Pembroke (1820–1882) |
1862 | 20 January 1863 |
24 November 1866 |
3 years, 308 days | Independent | |
| 7 | 
|
Sir Richard Dry MLC for Tamar (1815–1869) |
1866 | 24 November 1866 |
4 August 1869 |
2 years, 253 days | Independent | |
| 8 | 
|
James Milne Wilson MLC for Hobart (1812–1880) |
— | 4 August 1869 |
4 November 1872 |
3 years, 92 days | Independent | |
| 1871 | ||||||||
| 9 | 
|
Frederick Innes MHA for Selby (1816–1882) |
1872 | 4 November 1872 |
4 August 1873 |
273 days | Independent | |
| 10 | 
|
Alfred Kennerley MLC for Hobart (1810–1897) |
— | 4 August 1873 |
20 July 1876 |
2 years, 351 days | Independent | |
| 11 | 
|
Thomas Reibey MHA for Westbury (1821–1912) |
— | 20 July 1876 |
9 August 1877 |
1 year, 20 days | Independent | |
| 12 | 
|
Philip Fysh MHA for East Hobart (1835–1919) |
1877 | 9 August 1877 |
5 March 1878 |
208 days | Independent | |
| 13 | 
|
William Giblin MHA for Wellington (1840–1887) |
— | 5 March 1878 |
20 December 1878 |
290 days | Independent | |
| 14 | 
|
William Crowther MHA for Queensborough (1817–1885) |
— | 20 December 1878 |
30 October 1879 |
314 days | Independent | |
| (13) |
|
William Giblin MHA for Wellington (1840–1887) |
— | 30 October 1879 |
15 August 1884 |
4 years, 290 days | Independent | |
| 1882 | ||||||||
| 15 | 
|
Adye Douglas MLC for South Esk (1815–1906) |
— | 15 August 1884 |
8 March 1886 |
1 year, 205 days | Independent | |
| 16 | 
|
James Agnew MLC for Macquarie (1815–1901) |
— | 8 March 1886 |
29 March 1887 |
1 year, 21 days | Independent | |
| 1886 | ||||||||
| (12) |
|
Philip Fysh MLC for Buckingham (1835–1919) |
— | 29 March 1887 |
27 August 1892 |
5 years, 141 days | Protectionist | |
| 1891 | ||||||||
| 17 | 
|
Henry Dobson MHA for Brighton (1841–1918) |
— | 27 August 1892 |
14 April 1894 |
1 year, 240 days | Free Trade | |
| 1893 | ||||||||
| 18 | 
|
Sir Edward Braddon MHA for West Devon (1829–1904) |
— | 14 April 1894 |
12 October 1899 |
5 years, 181 days | Free Trade | |
| 1897 | ||||||||
| 19 | 
|
Sir Elliott Lewis MHA for Richmond (1858–1935) |
— | 12 October 1899 |
9 April 1903 |
3 years, 179 days | Free Trade | |
| 1900 | ||||||||
| Edward VII (1901–1910) Governor:
(1904–1909) (from 1909) | ||||||||
| 20 | 
|
William Propsting MHA for North Hobart (1861–1937) |
1903 | 9 April 1903 |
12 July 1904 |
1 year, 94 days | Protectionist | |
| 21 | 
|
John Evans MHA for Kingborough (until 1909) MHA for Franklin (from 1909) (1855–1943) |
— | 12 July 1904 |
19 June 1909 |
4 years, 342 days | Anti-Socialist | |
| 1906 | ||||||||
| 1909 | ||||||||
| (19) |
|
Sir Elliott Lewis MHA for Denison (1858–1935) |
— | 19 June 1909 |
20 October 1909 |
123 days | Liberal League | |
| 22 | 
|
John Earle MHA for Franklin (1865–1932) |
— | 20 October 1909 |
27 October 1909 |
7 days | Labor | |
| (19) |
|
Sir Elliott Lewis MHA for Denison (1858–1935) |
— | 27 October 1909 |
14 June 1912 |
2 years, 231 days | Liberal League | |
| George V (1910–1936) Governor:
(1913–1917) (1917–1920) (1920–1922) (1924–1930) (from 1933) | ||||||||
| 1912 | ||||||||
| 23 | 
|
Albert Solomon MHA for Bass (1876–1914) |
— | 14 June 1912 |
6 April 1914 |
1 year, 296 days | Liberal League | |
| 1913 | ||||||||
| (22) |
|
John Earle MHA for Franklin (1865–1932) |
— | 6 April 1914 |
15 April 1916 |
2 years, 9 days | Labor | |
| 24 | 
|
Sir Walter Lee MHA for Wilmot (1874–1963) |
1916 | 15 April 1916 |
12 August 1922 |
6 years, 119 days | Liberal League (until 1917) | |
| Nationalist | ||||||||
| 1919 | ||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||
| 25 | 
|
John Hayes MHA for Bass (1868–1956) |
— | 12 August 1922 |
14 August 1923 |
1 year, 2 days | Nationalist | |
| (24) |
|
Sir Walter Lee MHA for Wilmot (1874–1963) |
— | 14 August 1923 |
25 October 1923 |
1 year, 72 days | Nationalist | |
| 26 | 
|
Joseph Lyons MHA for Wilmot (1879–1939) |
— | 25 October 1923 |
15 June 1928 |
4 years, 234 days | Labor | |
| 1925 | ||||||||
| 27 | 
|
John McPhee MHA for Denison (1878–1952) |
1928 | 15 June 1928 |
15 March 1934 |
5 years, 273 days | Nationalist | |
| 1931 | ||||||||
| (24) |
|
Sir Walter Lee MHA for Wilmot (1874–1963) |
— | 15 March 1934 |
22 June 1934 |
99 days | Nationalist | |
| 28 | 
|
Albert Ogilvie MHA for Franklin (1890–1939) |
1934 | 22 June 1934 |
10 June 1939 |
4 years, 353 days | Labor | |
| Edward VIII (1936) Governor: | ||||||||
| George VI (1936–1952) Governor:
(1945–1951) (from 1951) | ||||||||
| 1937 | ||||||||
| 29 | 
|
Edmund Dwyer-Gray MHA for Denison (1870–1945) |
— | 11 June 1939 |
18 December 1939 |
190 days | Labor | |
| 30 | 
|
Robert Cosgrove MHA for Denison (1884–1969) |
— | 18 December 1939 |
18 December 1947 |
8 years, 0 days | Labor | |
| 1941 | ||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||
| 31 | 
|
Edward Brooker MHA for Franklin (1891–1948) |
— | 18 December 1947 |
25 February 1948 |
69 days | Labor | |
| (30) |
|
Robert Cosgrove MHA for Denison (1884–1969) |
— | 25 February 1948 |
26 August 1958 |
10 years, 182 days | Labor | |
| 1948 | ||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth II (1952–2022) Governor:
(1959–1963) (1963–1968) (1968–1973) (1973–1982) (1982–1987) (1987–1995) (1995–2003) (2003–2004) (2004–2008) (2008–2014) (2014–2021) (from 2021) | ||||||||
| 1955 | ||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||
| 32 | 
|
Eric Reece MHA for Braddon (1909–1999) |
— | 26 August 1958 |
26 May 1969 |
10 years, 273 days | Labor | |
| 1959 | ||||||||
| 1964 | ||||||||
| 33 | 
|
Angus Bethune MHA for Wilmot (1908–2004) |
1969 | 26 May 1969 |
3 May 1972 |
2 years, 343 days | Liberal | |
| (32) |
|
Eric Reece MHA for Braddon (1909–1999) |
1972 | 3 May 1972 |
31 March 1975 |
2 years, 332 days | Labor | |
| 34 | 
|
Bill Neilson MHA for Franklin (1925–1989) |
— | 31 March 1975 |
1 December 1977 |
2 years, 245 days | Labor | |
| 1976 | ||||||||
| 35 | 
|
Doug Lowe MHA for Franklin (born 1942) |
— | 1 December 1977 |
11 November 1981 |
3 years, 345 days | Labor | |
| 1979 | ||||||||
| 36 | Harry Holgate MHA for Bass (1933–1997) |
11 November 1981 |
26 May 1982 |
196 days | Labor | |||
| 37 | Robin Gray MHA for Wilmot (until 1984) MHA for Lyons (from 1984) (born 1940) |
1982 | 26 May 1982 |
29 June 1989 |
7 years, 34 days | Liberal | ||
| 1986 | ||||||||
| 38 | Michael Field MHA for Braddon (born 1948) |
1989 | 29 June 1989 |
17 February 1992 |
2 years, 233 days | Labor | ||
| 39 | Ray Groom MHA for Denison (born 1944) |
1992 | 17 February 1992 |
18 March 1996 |
4 years, 30 days | Liberal | ||
| 1996 | ||||||||
| 40 | Tony Rundle MHA for Braddon (born 1939) |
— | 18 March 1996 |
14 September 1998 |
2 years, 180 days | Liberal | ||
| 41 | Jim Bacon MHA for Denison (1950–2004) |
1998 | 14 September 1998 |
21 March 2004 |
5 years, 189 days | Labor | ||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 42 | Paul Lennon MHA for Franklin (born 1955) |
— | 21 March 2004 |
26 May 2008 |
4 years, 66 days | Labor | ||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 43 | 
|
David Bartlett MHA for Denison (born 1968) |
— | 26 May 2008 |
24 January 2011 |
2 years, 243 days | Labor | |
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 44 | 
|
Lara Giddings MHA for Franklin (born 1972) |
— | 24 January 2011 |
31 March 2014 |
3 years, 66 days | Labor | |
| 45 | 
|
Will Hodgman MHA for Franklin (born 1969) |
2014 | 31 March 2014 |
20 January 2020 |
5 years, 295 days | Liberal | |
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 46 | 
|
Peter Gutwein MHA for Bass (born 1964) |
— | 20 January 2020 |
8 April 2022 |
2 years, 78 days | Liberal | |
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 47 | 
|
Jeremy Rockliff MHA for Braddon (born 1970) |
— | 8 April 2022 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 89 days | Liberal | |
| 2024 | Charles III (2022–present) Governor: | |||||||
