List of Premiers of Tasmania by time in office

This is a list of Premiers of Tasmania by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.

Rank by time in office

Rank: No: Office Holder: Portrait: Party: District: Assumed
Office:		 Left
Office:		 TERM
Time in Office:		 TOTAL
Time in Office:		 Election
Wins:
  1. 30th Sir Robert Cosgrove
(1884–1969)
KCMG		 Labor MHA for Denison
(1933–1958)		 18 December 1939 18 December 1947 8 years, 0 days 18 years, 182 days 1941 1946 1948 1950 1955 1956
25 February 1948 26 August 1958 10 years, 182 days
  2. 32nd Eric Reece
(1909–1999)
AC		 Labor MHA for Braddon
(1945–1975)		 26 August 1958 26 May 1969 10 years, 273 days 13 years, 240 days 1959 1964 1972
3 May 1972 31 March 1975 2 years, 332 days
  3. 37th Robin Gray
(1941– )		 Liberal MHA for Wilmot
(1976–1984)
Lyons
(1984–1995)		 26 May 1982 29 June 1989 7 years, 34 days 1982 1986
  4. 24th Sir Walter Lee
(1874–1963)
KCMG		 Commonwealth Liberal MHA for Wilmot
(1909–1946)		 15 April 1916 12 August 1922 6 years, 119 days 6 years, 290 days 1916 1919 1922
  Nationalist 14 August 1923 25 October 1923 72 days
15 March 1934 22 June 1934 99 days
  5. 19th Sir Elliott Lewis
(1858–1935)
KCMG		 Conservatism MHA for Richmond
(1886–1903)		 12 October 1899 9 April 1903 3 years, 179 days 6 years, 188 days 1900 1912
Commonwealth Liberal MHA for Denison
(1909–1922)		 19 June 1909 20 October 1909 123 days
27 October 1909 14 June 1912 2 years, 231 days
  6. 12th Sir Philip Fysh
(1835–1919)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MHA for Buckingham
(1884–1894)		 9 August 1877 5 March 1878 208 days 5 years, 349 days
  Liberalism 29 March 1887 17 August 1892 5 years, 141 days
  7. 27th Sir John McPhee
(1878–1952)
KCMG		 Nationalist MHA for Denison
(1919–1934)		 15 June 1928 15 March 1934 5 years, 273 days 1928 1931
  8. 13th William Giblin
(1840–1887)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Wellington
(1877–1885)		 5 March 1878 20 December 1878 290 days 5 years, 215 days 1882
30 October 1879 15 August 1884 4 years, 290 days
  9. 41st Jim Bacon
(1950–2004)
AC		 Labor MHA for Denison
(1993–2004)		 14 September 1998 21 March 2004 5 years, 189 days 1998 2002
  10. 18th Sir Edward Braddon
(1829–1904)
KCMG		 Free Trade MHA for West Devon
(1893–1901)		 14 April 1894 12 October 1899 5 years, 181 days 1897
  11. 28th Albert Ogilvie
(1890–1939)		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(1917–1939)		 22 June 1934 11 June 1939 4 years, 354 days 1934 1937
  12. 21st Sir John Evans
(1855–1943)
CMG		 Conservatism MHA for Kingborough
(1897–1909)		 12 July 1904 19 June 1909 4 years, 342 days 1906 1909
  13. 26th Joseph Lyons
(1879–1939)
CH		 Labor MHA for Wilmot
(1909–1929)		 25 October 1923 15 June 1928 4 years, 234 days 1925
  14. 42nd Paul Lennon
(1955– )
AO		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(1989–2008)		 21 March 2004 26 May 2008 4 years, 66 days 2006
  15. 39th Ray Groom
(1944– )
AO		 Liberal MHA for Denison
(1986–2001)		 17 February 1992 18 March 1996 4 years, 30 days 1992 1996
  16. 35th Doug Lowe
(1942– )
AM		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(1969–1986)		 1 December 1977 11 November 1981 3 years, 345 days 1979
  17. 6th James Whyte
(1820–1882)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Pembroke
(1856–1876)		 20 January 1863 24 November 1866 3 years, 308 days
  18. 4th Sir Francis Smith
(1819–1909)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Fingal
(1857–1860)		 12 May 1857 1 November 1860 3 years, 173 days
  19. 8th Sir James Wilson
(1812–1880)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MHA for Hobart
(1859–1880)		 4 August 1869 4 November 1872 3 years, 92 days 1871
  20. 44th Lara Giddings
(1972– )		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(2002– )		 23 January 2011 31 March 2014 3 years, 67 days
  21. 10th Alfred Kennerley
(1810–1897)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Hobart
(1865–1877)		 4 August 1873 20 July 1876 2 years, 351 days
  22. 33rd Sir Angus Bethune
(1908–2004)		 Liberal MHA for Wilmot
(1946–1975)		 26 May 1969 3 May 1972 2 years, 343 days 1969
  23. 7th Sir Richard Dry
(1815–1869)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MHA for Tamar
(1862–1869)		 24 November 1866 4 August 1869 2 years, 253 days 1866 1869
  24. 34th Bill Neilson
(1925–1989)
AC		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(1941–1977)		 31 March 1975 1 December 1977 2 years, 245 days 1976
  25. 43rd David Bartlett
(1968– )		 Labor MHA for Denison
(2004–2011)		 26 May 2008 23 January 2011 2 years, 242 days 2010
  26. 38th Michael Field
(1948– )
AC		 Labor MHA for Braddon
(1975–1997)		 29 June 1989 17 February 1992 2 years, 233 days 1989
  27. 40th Tony Rundle
(1939– )
AO		 Liberal MHA for Braddon
(1982–2002)		 18 March 1996 14 September 1998 2 years, 180 days
  28. 22nd John Earle
(1865–1932)		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(1909–1917)		 20 October 1909 27 October 1909 7 days 2 years, 16 days
6 April 1914 15 April 1916 2 years, 9 days
  29. 23rd Albert Solomon
(1876–1914)		 Commonwealth Liberal MHA for Bass
(1909–1914)		 14 June 1912 6 April 1914 1 year, 296 days 1913
  30. 17th Henry Dobson
(1841–1918)		 Conservatism MHA for Brighton
(1891–1900)		 17 August 1892 14 April 1894 1 year, 240 days 1893
  31. 45th Will Hodgman
(1969– )		 Liberal MHA for Franklin
(2002– )		 31 March 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 39 days[1] 2014
  32. 14th Sir Adye Douglas
(1815–1906)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Fingal
(1872–1886)		 15 August 1884 8 March 1886 1 year, 205 days
  33. 5th Thomas Chapman
(1815–1884)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Queenborough
(1861–1862)
Campbell Town
(1862-1864)		 2 August 1861 20 January 1863 1 year, 171 days 1861
  34. 20th William Propsting
(1861–1937)
CMG		 Conservatism MHA for North Hobart
(1903–1906)		 9 April 1903 12 July 1904 1 year, 94 days
  35. 16th Sir James Agnew
(1815–1901)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MHA for Macquarie
(1886–1887)		 8 March 1886 29 March 1887 1 year, 21 days
  36. 11th Thomas Reibey
(1821–1912)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Westbury
(1874–1903)		 20 July 1876 9 August 1877 1 year, 20 days
  37. 25th John Hayes
(1868–1956)		 Nationalist MHA for Bass
(1913–1923)		 12 August 1922 14 August 1923 1 year, 2 days
  38. 14th Dr William Crowther
(1817–1885)
FRCS		 No Party Alignment MHA for Hobart
(1866–1885)		 20 December 1878 30 October 1879 314 days
  39. 3rd William Weston
(1804–1888)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Ringwood
(1856–1857)		 25 April 1857 12 May 1857 17 days 0 years, 291 days
1 November 1860 2 August 1861 274 days
  40. 9th Frederick Innes
(1816–1882)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Selby
(1872–1873)		 4 November 1872 4 August 1873 273 days
  41. 36th Harry Holgate
(1933–1997)
AO		 Labor MHA for Bass
(1972–1992)		 11 November 1981 26 May 1982 196 days
  42. 29th Edmund Dwyer-Gray
(1870–1945)		 Labor MHA for Denison
(1925–1945)		 11 June 1939 18 December 1939 190 days
  43. 1st William Champ
(1808–1892)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Launceston
(1856–1857)		 1 November 1856 26 February 1857 117 days
  44. 31st Edward Brooker
(1891–1948)		 Labor MHA for Franklin
(1931–1948)		 18 December 1947 24 February 1948 68 days
  45. 2nd Thomas Gregson
(1798–1874)		 No Party Alignment MHA for Richmond
(1856–1872)		 26 February 1857 25 April 1857 58 days

Notes

  1. ↑ Will Hodgman's time in office as of 9 May 2016

See also

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