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Encyclopedia > Premier of Queensland

List of Premiers of Queensland

Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.


See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.

Premier Party Took office
Robert Herbert - 10 December 1859
Arthur Macalister - 1 February 1866
Robert Herbert - 20 July 1866
Arthur Macalister - 7 August 1866
Robert Mackenzie - 15 August 1867
Charles Lilley - 25 November 1868
Arthur Palmer - 3 May 1870
Arthur Macalister - 8 January 1874
George Thorn - 5 June 1876
John Douglas - 8 March 1877
Thomas McIlwraith Conservative 21 January 1879
Samuel Griffith Liberal 13 November 1883
Sir Thomas McIlwraith Conservative 13 June 1888
Boyd Morehead - 30 November 1888
Sir Samuel Griffith Liberal 12 August 1890
Sir Thomas McIlwraith Conservative 27 March 1893
Hugh Nelson Conservative 27 October 1893
Thomas Byrnes Conservative 13 April 1898
James Dickson Conservative 1 October 1898
Anderson Dawson Labor 1 December 1899
Robert Philp Conservative 7 December 1899
Sir Arthur Morgan Conservative 17 September 1903
William Kidston Liberal 19 January 1906
Robert Philp Conservative 19 November 1907
William Kidston Liberal 18 February 1908
Digby Denham Liberal 7 February 1911
Thomas Ryan Labor 1 June 1915
Ted Theodore Labor 22 October 1919
William Gillies Labor 26 February 1925
William McCormack Labor 22 October 1925
Arthur Moore Country National 21 May 1929
William Forgan Smith Labor 17 June 1932
Frank Cooper Labor 16 September 1942
Edward Hanlon Labor 7 March 1946
Vincent Gair Labor 17 January 1952
Vincent Gair Queensland Labor Party 26 April 1957
Sir Frank Nicklin Country Party 12 August 1957
Jack Pizzey Country Party 17 January 1968
Sir Gordon Chalk Liberal 1 August 1968
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country Party,
National Party		 8 August 1968
Michael Ahern National Party 1 December 1987
Russell Cooper National Party 25 September 1989
Wayne Goss Labor 7 December 1989
Rob Borbidge National Party 19 February 1996
Peter Beattie Labor 20 June 1998

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Queensland is served by a number of National Highways and, particularly in South East Queensland, high quality motorways such as the M1.
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