List of Premiers of Western Australia by time in office

This is a list of Premiers of Western Australia 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. 19th Sir David Brand
(1912–1979)
KCMG		 Liberal MLA for Greenough
(1945–1975)		 2 April 1959 3 March 1971 11 years, 335 days 1959 1962 1965
1968
  2. 1st Sir John Forrest
(1847–1918)
GCMG		 Pro-Forrest MLA for Bunbury
(1890–1901)		 29 December 1890 15 February 1901 10 years, 48 days 1890 1894 1897
  3. 14th Philip Collier
(1873–1948)		 Labor MLA for Boulder
(1905–1948)		 16 April 1924 24 April 1930 6 years, 8 days 9 years, 126 days 1924 1927 1933
1936
24 April 1933 20 August 1936 3 years, 118 days
  4. 15th John Willcock
(1879–1956)		 Labor MLA for Geraldton
(1917–1947)		 20 August 1936 31 July 1945 8 years, 345 days 1939 1943
  5. 26th Richard Court
(1947– )
AC		 Liberal MLA for Nedlands
(1982–2001)		 16 February 1993 10 February 2001 7 years, 360 days 1993 1996
  6. 13th Sir James Mitchell
(1866–1951)
GCMG		 Nationalist MLA for Northam
(1905–1933)		 17 May 1919 16 April 1924 4 years, 335 days 7 years, 335 days 1921 1930
24 April 1930 24 April 1933 3 years, 0 days
  7. 21st Sir Charles Court
(1911–2007)
KCMG AK OBE		 Liberal MLA for Nedlands
(1953–1982)		 8 April 1974 25 January 1982 7 years, 292 days 1974 1977 1980
  8. 29th Colin Barnett
(1950– )		 Liberal MLA for Cottesloe
(1990– )		 23 September 2008 Incumbent 7 years, 122 days[1] 2008 2013
  9. 18th Albert Hawke
(1900–1986)		 Labor MLA for Northam
(1933–1968)		 23 February 1953 2 April 1959 6 years, 37 days 1953 1956
  10. 17th Sir Ross McLarty
(1891–1962)
KBE MM		 Liberal MLA for Murray-Wellington
(1930–1950)
Murray
(1950–1962)		 1 April 1947 23 February 1953 5 years, 328 days 1947 1950
  11. 23rd Brian Burke
(1947– )		 Labor MLA for Balga
(1983–1988)		 25 February 1983 25 February 1988 5 years, 0 days 1983 1986
  12. 27th Dr Geoffrey Gallop
(1951– )
AC		 Labor MLA for Victoria Park
(1986–2006)		 16 February 2001 25 January 2006 4 years, 343 days 2001 2005
  13. 10th John Scaddan
(1876–1934)
CMG		 Labor MLA for Brown Hill-Ivanhoe
(1911–1916)		 7 October 1911 27 July 1916 4 years, 294 days 1911 1914
  14. 8th Sir Newton Moore
(1870–1936)
KCMG		 Ministerial MLA for Bunbury
(1904–1911)		 7 May 1906 16 September 1910 4 years, 132 days 1908
  15. 20th John Tonkin
(1902–1995)
AC		 Labor MLA for Melville
(1950–1977)		 3 March 1971 8 April 1974 3 years, 66 days 1971
  16. 25th Dr Carmen Lawrence
(1948– )		 Labor MLA for Glendalough
(1989–1994)		 12 February 1990 16 February 1993 3 years, 4 days
  17. 28th Alan Carpenter
(1957– )		 Labor MLA for Willagee
(1996–2009)		 25 January 2006 23 September 2008 2 years, 242 days
  18. 5th Sir Walter James
(1863–1943)
KCMG KC		 Opposition MLA for East Perth
(1894–1904)		 1 July 1902 10 August 1904 2 years, 40 days
  19. 9th Frank Wilson
(1866–1951)
CMG		 Nationalist MLA for Sussex
(1904–1917)		 16 September 1910 7 October 1911 1 year, 21 days 1 year, 357 days
Liberal (WA) 27 July 1916 28 June 1917 336 days
  20. 24th Peter Dowding
(1943– )
SC		 Labor MLA for Maylands
(1986–1990)		 25 February 1988 12 February 1990 1 year, 352 days 1989
  21. 11th Sir Henry Lefroy
(1854–1930)
KCMG		 Nationalist MLA for Moore
(1911–1921)		 28 June 1917 17 April 1919 1 year, 293 days 1917
  22. 16th Frank Wise
(1897–1986)
AO		 Labor MLA for Gascoyne
(1933–1951)		 31 July 1945 1 April 1947 1 year, 244 days
  23. 22nd Ray O'Connor
(1926–2013)		 Liberal MLA for Mount Lawley
(1962–1984)		 25 January 1982 25 February 1983 1 year, 31 days
  24. 6th Henry Daglish
(1866–1920)		 Labor MLA for Subiaco
(1901–1911)		 10 August 1904 25 August 1905 1 year, 15 days
  25. 14th George Leake
(1873–1948)
CMG		 Opposition MLA for West Perth
(1901–1902)		 27 May 1901 21 November 1901 178 days 1 year, 3 days 1901
23 December 1901 1 July 1902 190 days
  26. 7th Sir Cornthwaite Rason
(1858–1927)		 Ministerial MLA for Guildford
(1901–1906)		 25 August 1905 7 May 1906 255 days 1905
  27. 2nd George Throssell
(1840–1910)
CMG		 Pro-Forrest MLA for Northam
(1890–1904)		 15 February 1901 27 May 1901 101 days
  28. 4th Alf Morgans
(1850–1933)		 Ministerial MLA for Coolgardie
(1897–1904)		 21 November 1901 23 December 1901 32 days
  29. 12th Sir Hal Colebatch
(1872–1953)
CMG		 Nationalist Member of the
Legislative Council
(1912–1923)		 17 April 1919 17 May 1919 30 days
  1. ↑ Colin Barnett's time in office as of 23 January 2016

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