Premier of New South Wales | |
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Premier's Department Cabinet Office | |
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 abilityββto command confidence in theββLegislative Assembly |
Term length | At the governor's pleasure contingent on the premier's abilityββto 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 | $416,440 |
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.
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.
List of premiers of New South Wales
No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birthβdeath) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Monarch | ||
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Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Stuart Donaldson MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1812β1867) |
1856 | 6 June 1856 |
25 August 1856 |
80 days | Independent | Donaldson | Victoria (1837β1901) Governor:
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2 | Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (1807β1875) |
β | 26 August 1856 |
2 October 1856 |
37 days | Independent | Cowper I | ||
3 | Henry Parker MLA for Parramatta (1808β1881) |
β | 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) (1807β1875) |
β | 7 September 1857 |
26 October 1859 |
2 years, 49 days | Independent | Cowper II | ||
1858 | |||||||||
1859 | |||||||||
4 | William Forster MLA for Queanbeyan (1818β1882) |
β | 27 October 1859 |
9 March 1860 |
1 year, 165 days | Independent | Forster | ||
5 | John Robertson MLA for Upper Hunter (1816β1891) |
β | 9 March 1860 |
9 January 1861 |
306 days | Independent | Robertson I | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807β1875) |
1860 | 10 January 1861 |
15 October 1863 |
2 years, 278 days | Independent | Cowper III | ||
6 | James Martin MLA for Tumut (until 1864) MLA for Monara (1864) MLA for Lachlan (from 1864) (1820β1886) |
β | 16 October 1863 |
2 February 1865 |
1 year, 109 days | Independent | Martin I | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807β1875) |
1864β65 | 3 February 1865 |
21 January 1866 |
352 days | Independent | Cowper IV | ||
(6) | James Martin MLA for Lachlan (1820β1886) |
β | 22 January 1866 |
26 October 1868 |
2 years, 278 days | Independent | Martin II | ||
(5) | John Robertson MLA for Clarence (1816β1891) |
β | 27 October 1868 |
12 January 1870 |
1 year, 77 days | Independent | Robertson II | ||
(2) | Charles Cowper MLA for Liverpool Plains (1807β1875) |
1869β70 | 13 January 1870 |
15 December 1870 |
336 days | Independent | Cowper V | ||
(6) | James Martin MLA for East Sydney (until 1872) MLA for East Macquarie (from 1872) (1820β1886) |
β | 16 December 1870 |
13 May 1872 |
1 year, 149 days | Independent | Martin III | ||
7 | Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815β1896) |
1872 | 14 May 1872 |
8 February 1875 |
2 years, 270 days | Independent | Parkes I | ||
(5) | John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (1816β1891) |
1874β75 | 9 February 1875 |
21 March 1877 |
2 years, 40 days | Independent | Robertson III | ||
(7) | Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815β1896) |
β | 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) (1816β1891) |
β | 17 August 1877 |
17 December 1877 |
122 days | Independent | Robertson IV | ||
8 | James Farnell MLA for St Leonards (1825β1888) |
1877 | 18 December 1877 |
20 December 1878 |
1 year, 2 days | Independent | Farnell | ||
(7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for Canterbury (until 1880) MLA for East Sydney (1880β1882) MLA for Tenterfield (from 1882) (1815β1896) |
β | 21 December 1878 |
4 January 1883 |
4 years, 14 days | Independent | Parkes III | ||
1880 | |||||||||
9 | Alexander Stuart MLA for Illawarra (1824β1886) |
1882 | 5 January 1883 |
6 October 1885 |
2 years, 274 days | Independent | Stuart | ||
10 | George Dibbs MLA for St Leonards (until October 1885) MLA for Murrumbidgee (from October 1885) (1834β1904) |
β | 7 October 1885 |
21 December 1885 |
75 days | Independent | Dibbs I | ||
1885 | |||||||||
(5) | Sir John Robertson MLA for Mudgee (1816β1891) |
β | 22 December 1885 |
22 February 1886 |
62 days | Independent | Robertson V | ||
11 | Sir Patrick Jennings MLA for The Bogan (1831β1897) |
β | 26 February 1886 |
19 January 1887 |
327 days | Independent | Jennings | ||
(7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815β1896) |
β | 25 January 1887 |
16 January 1889 |
1 year, 357 days | Free Trade | Parkes IV | ||
1887 | |||||||||
10 | George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834β1904) |
β | 17 January 1889 |
7 March 1889 |
49 days | Protectionist | Dibbs II | ||
(7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815β1896) |
1889 | 8 March 1889 |
23 October 1891 |
2 years, 229 days | Free Trade | Parkes V | ||
1891 | |||||||||
(10) | George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834β1904) |
β | 23 October 1891 |
2 August 1894 |
2 years, 283 days | Protectionist | Dibbs III | ||
12 | George Reid MLA for Sydney-King (1845β1918) |
1894 | 3 August 1894 |
13 September 1899 |
5 years, 41 days | Free Trade | Reid | ||
1895 | |||||||||
1898 | |||||||||
13 | Sir William Lyne MLA for Hume (1844β1913) |
β | 14 September 1899 |
27 March 1901 |
1 year, 194 days | Protectionist | Lyne | ||
Edward VII (1901β1910) Governor:
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14 | Sir John See MLA for Grafton (1844β1907) |
1901 | 28 March 1901 |
14 June 1904 |
3 years, 78 days | Progressive | See | ||
15 | Thomas Waddell MLA for Cowra (1854β1940) |
β | 15 June 1904 |
29 August 1904 |
75 days | Progressive | Waddell | ||
16 | Sir Joseph Carruthers MLA for St George (1857β1932) |
1904 | 29 August 1904 |
1 October 1907 |
3 years, 33 days | Liberal Reform | Carruthers | ||
1907 | |||||||||
17 | Charles Wade MLA for Gordon (1863β1922) |
β | 2 October 1907 |
1 October 1910 |
2 years, 364 days | Liberal Reform | Wade | ||
George V (1910β1936) Governor:
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18 | James McGowen MLA for Redfern (1855β1922) |
1910 | 21 October 1910 |
29 June 1913 |
2 years, 251 days | Labor | McGowen | ||
19 | William Holman MLA for Cootamundra (1871β1934) |
β | 30 June 1913 |
12 April 1920 |
6 years, 287 days | Labor | Holman I | ||
1913 | |||||||||
β | Nationalist | Holman II | |||||||
1917 | |||||||||
20 | John Storey MLA for Balmain (1869β1921) |
1920 | 13 April 1920 |
5 October 1921 |
1 year, 175 days | Labor | Storey | ||
21 | James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877β1950) |
β | 5 October 1921 |
20 December 1921 |
76 days | Labor | Dooley I | ||
22 | Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861β1940) |
β | 20 December 1921 |
20 December 1921 |
7 hours | Nationalist | Fuller I | ||
(21) | James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877β1950) |
β | 20 December 1921 |
13 April 1922 |
114 days | Labor | Dooley II | ||
(22) | Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861β1940) |
1922 | 13 April 1922 |
17 June 1925 |
3 years, 55 days | Nationalist | Fuller II | ||
23 | Jack Lang MLA for Parramatta (1876β1975) |
1925 | 17 June 1925 |
18 October 1927 |
2 years, 123 days | Labor | Lang I | ||
β | Lang II | ||||||||
24 | Thomas Bavin MLA for Gordon (1874β1941) |
1927 | 18 October 1927 |
4 November 1930 |
3 years, 17 days | Nationalist | Bavin | ||
(23) | Jack Lang MLA for Auburn (1876β1975) |
1930 | 4 November 1930 |
16 May 1932 |
1 year, 194 days | Labor (until 1931) |
Lang III | ||
β | Lang Labor | ||||||||
25 | Bertram Stevens MLA for Croydon (1889β1973) |
β | 16 May 1932 |
5 August 1939 |
7 years, 81 days | United Australia | Stevens I | ||
1932 | |||||||||
1935 | Stevens II | ||||||||
Edward VIII (1936) Governor:
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George VI (1936β1952) Governor:
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1938 | Stevens III | ||||||||
26 | Alexander Mair MLA for Albury (1889β1969) |
β | 5 August 1939 |
16 May 1941 |
1 year, 284 days | United Australia | Mair | ||
27 | William McKell MLA for Redfern (1891β1985) |
1941 | 16 May 1941 |
6 February 1947 |
5 years, 266 days | Labor | McKell I | ||
1944 | McKell II | ||||||||
28 | Jim McGirr MLA for Bankstown (until 1950) MLA for Liverpool (from 1950) (1890β1957) |
β | 6 February 1947 |
2 April 1952 |
5 years, 56 days | Labor | McGirr I | ||
1947 | McGirr II | ||||||||
1950 | McGirr III | ||||||||
Elizabeth II (1952β2022) Governor:
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29 | Joseph Cahill MLA for Cook's River (1891β1959) |
β | 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 (1890β1978) |
β | 23 October 1959 |
30 April 1964 |
4 years, 190 days | Labor | Heffron I | ||
1962 | Heffron II | ||||||||
31 | Jack Renshaw MLA for Castlereagh (1909β1987) |
β | 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) (1907β1981) |
1965 | 13 May 1965 |
3 January 1975 |
9 years, 235 days | Liberal | Askin I | ||
1968 | Askin II | ||||||||
β | Askin III | ||||||||
1971 | Askin IV | ||||||||
β | Askin V | ||||||||
1973 | Askin VI | ||||||||
33 | Tom Lewis MLA for Wollondilly (1922β2016) |
β | 3 January 1975 |
23 January 1976 |
1 year, 20 days | Liberal | Lewis I | ||
β | Lewis II | ||||||||
34 | Sir Eric Willis MLA for Earlwood (1922β1999) |
β | 23 January 1976 |
14 May 1976 |
112 days | Liberal | Willis | ||
35 | Neville Wran MLA for Bass Hill (1926β2014) |
1976 | 14 May 1976 |
4 July 1986 |
10 years, 21 days | Labor | Wran I | ||
1978 | Wran II | ||||||||
β | Wran III | ||||||||
1981 | Wran IV | ||||||||
β | Wran V | ||||||||
β | Wran VI | ||||||||
1984 | Wran VII | ||||||||
β | Wran VIII | ||||||||
36 | Barrie Unsworth MLA for Rockdale (born 1934) |
β | 4 July 1986 |
25 March 1988 |
1 year, 295 days | Labor | Unsworth | ||
37 | Nick Greiner MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1947) |
1988 | 25 March 1988 |
24 June 1992 |
4 years, 91 days | Liberal | Greiner I | ||
1991 | Greiner II | ||||||||
38 | John Fahey MP for Southern Highlands (1945β2020) |
β | 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) |
1995 | 4 April 1995 |
3 August 2005 |
10 years, 121 days | Labor | Carr I | ||
β | Carr II | ||||||||
1999 | Carr III | ||||||||
2003 | Carr IV | ||||||||
40 | Morris Iemma MP for Lakemba (born 1961) |
β | 3 August 2005 |
5 September 2008 |
3 years, 36 days | Labor | Iemma I | ||
2007 | Iemma II | ||||||||
41 | Nathan Rees MP for Toongabbie (born 1968) |
β | 5 September 2008 |
4 December 2009 |
1 year, 90 days | Labor | Rees | ||
42 | Kristina Keneally MP for Heffron (born 1968) |
β | 4 December 2009 |
28 March 2011 |
1 year, 114 days | Labor | Keneally | ||
43 | Barry O'Farrell MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1959) |
2011 | 28 March 2011 |
17 April 2014 |
3 years, 20 days | Liberal | O'Farrell | ||
44 | Mike Baird MP for Manly (born 1968) |
β | 17 April 2014 |
23 January 2017 |
2 years, 281 days | Liberal | Baird I | ||
2015 | Baird II | ||||||||
45 | Gladys Berejiklian MP for Willoughby (born 1970) |
β | 23 January 2017 |
5 October 2021 |
4 years, 255 days | Liberal | Berejiklian I | ||
2019 | Berejiklian II | ||||||||
46 | Dominic Perrottet MP for Epping (born 1982) |
β | 5 October 2021 |
28 March 2023 |
1 year, 174 days | Liberal | Perrottet I | ||
Perrottet II | |||||||||
Charles III (2022βpresent) Governor: | |||||||||
47 | Chris Minns MP for Kogarah (born 1979) |
2023 | 28 March 2023 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 105 days | Labor | Minns |
See also
- List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
- Deputy Premier of New South Wales
- List of New South Wales government agencies
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances | As From 1 July 2022 | Following Application Of Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal" (PDF). parliament.nsw.gov.au. 8 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Parkes, "Hon." Sir Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Speeches of Sir Henry Parkes, G.G.M.G., M.P., Prime Minister of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Labor wins NSW election after big swing against Coalition government". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
External links
- Media related to Premiers of New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons