Premier of Queensland

Template:Short description Template:Protection padlock Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox official post The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed by the governor of Queensland.

The incumbent premiership is that of David Crisafulli.

Constitutional role

Under section 43 of the Constitution of Queensland the premier and other members of Cabinet are appointed by the governor. They are collectively responsible to Parliament in accordance with responsible government. The text of the Constitution assigns to the premier certain powers, such as the power to assign roles (s 25) to assistant ministers (formerly known as parliamentary secretaries), and to appoint ministers as acting ministers (s 45) for a period of 14 days.

In practice, under the conventions of the Westminster System followed in Queensland, the premier's power is derived from two sources: command of a majority in the Legislative Assembly, and the premier's role as chair of Cabinet, determining the appointment and roles of ministers. Although ministerial appointments are the prerogative of the governor of Queensland, in normal circumstances the governor will make these appointments on the advice of the premier.

Immediately following an election for the Legislative Assembly, the governor will call on the leader of the party which commands a majority in the Legislative Assembly to become premier and ask them to commission a government. A re-elected government will be resworn, with adjustments to the ministry as determined by the premier.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:AnchorPrior to the existence of political parties within the Leglislative Assembly, to become premier, that member had to be able to command the support of a majority of the individual members of the assembly; this group of members were known informally as Ministerialists, while those who did not support the member who became premier were known informally as Oppositionists (or the Opposition).

Premier's office

The premier has an office in the Executive Annexe of Parliament House, Brisbane, which is normally used while Parliament is sitting. At other times the premier's ministerial office is in 1 William Street, which is across the road from the Executive Annexe.

List of premiers of Queensland

Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and disorganised by modern standards.

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name	Election	Term of office			Political party	Constituency
				Took office	Left office	Term in office
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 1	File:Queensland State Archives 2954 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert Premier of Queensland c 1862.png	Robert Herbert	1860 1863	10 December 1859	1 February 1866	Template:Ayd	Squatter Conservative	Leichhardt
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 2	File:Arthur Macalister.jpg	Arthur Macalister	—	1 February 1866	20 July 1866	Template:Ayd	Independent	Town of Ipswich
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (1)	File:Queensland State Archives 2954 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert Premier of Queensland c 1862.png	Robert Herbert	—	20 July 1866	7 August 1866	Template:Ayd	Squatter Conservative	West Moreton
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (2)	File:Arthur Macalister.jpg	Arthur Macalister	—	7 August 1866	15 August 1867	Template:Ayd	Independent	Town of Ipswich
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 3	File:RobertRamsayMackenzie.jpg	Robert Mackenzie	1867	15 August 1867	25 November 1868	Template:Ayd	Squatter Conservative	Burnett
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 4	File:Charles Lilley.jpg	Charles Lilley	1868	25 November 1868	2 May 1870	Template:Ayd	Independent	Hamlet of Fortitude Valley
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 5	File:Arthur Hunter Palmer.jpg	Arthur Hunter Palmer	1870 1871	3 May 1870	7 January 1874	Template:Ayd	Squatter Conservative	Port Curtis
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (2)	File:Arthur Macalister.jpg	Arthur Macalister, Template:Post-nominals	1873	8 January 1874	5 June 1876	Template:Ayd	Independent	Ipswich
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 6	File:George Thorn.jpg	George Thorn	—	5 June 1876	8 March 1877	Template:Ayd	Independent	Ipswich
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 7	File:John Douglas.jpg	John Douglas, Template:Post-nominals	—	8 March 1877	21 January 1879	Template:Ayd	Independent	Maryborough
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 8	File:Thomas McIlwraith.jpg	Sir Thomas McIlwraith, Template:Post-nominals	1878	21 January 1879	13 November 1883	Template:Ayd	Conservative	Mulgrave
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 9	File:SGriff1.jpg	Sir Samuel Griffith, Template:Post-nominals	1883	13 November 1883	13 June 1888	Template:Ayd	Liberal	North Brisbane
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (8)	File:Thomas McIlwraith.jpg	Sir Thomas McIlwraith, Template:Post-nominals	—	13 June 1888	30 November 1888	Template:Ayd	Conservative	Brisbane North
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 10	File:Boyd Morehead.jpg	Boyd Dunlop Morehead	1888	30 November 1888	12 August 1890	Template:Ayd	Conservative	Balonne
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (9)	File:SGriff1.jpg	Sir Samuel Griffith, Template:Post-nominals	—	12 August 1890	27 March 1893	Template:Ayd	Liberal	North Brisbane
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (8)	File:Thomas McIlwraith.jpg	Sir Thomas McIlwraith, Template:Post-nominals	1893	27 March 1893	27 October 1893	Template:Ayd	Conservative	Brisbane North
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 11	File:Sir Hugh Nelson.jpg	Sir Hugh Nelson, Template:Post-nominals	1896	27 October 1893	13 April 1898	Template:Ayd	Ministerial	Murilla
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 12	File:Thomas Joseph Byrnes.jpg	Thomas Joseph Byrnes	—	13 April 1898	1 October 1898	Template:Ayd	Ministerial	Warwick
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 13	File:James Robert Dickson.jpg	James Dickson	1899	1 October 1898	1 December 1899	Template:Ayd	Ministerial	Bulimba
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 14	File:AndersonDawson.jpg	Anderson Dawson	—	1 December 1899	7 December 1899	Template:Ayd	Labour	Charters Towers
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 15	File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png	Robert Philp	1902	7 December 1899	17 September 1903	Template:Ayd	Ministerial	Townsville
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 16	File:Sir Arthur Morgan.jpg	Arthur Morgan	1904	17 September 1903	19 January 1906	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Warwick
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 17	File:William Kidston.jpg	William Kidston	1907	19 January 1906	19 November 1907	Template:Ayd	Labor	Rockhampton
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (17)							Kidstonite
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (15)	File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png	Robert Philp	—	19 November 1907	18 February 1908	Template:Ayd	Conservative	Townsville
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (17)	File:William Kidston.jpg	William Kidston	1908 1909	18 February 1908	7 February 1911	Template:Ayd	Kidston; Liberal	Rockhampton
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 18	File:Digby Denham.jpg	Digby Denham	1912	7 February 1911	1 June 1915	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Oxley
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 19	File:TJRyanPortrait.jpg	T. J. Ryan, Template:Post-nominals	1915 1918	1 June 1915	22 October 1919	Template:Ayd	Labor	Barcoo
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 20	File:Ted Theodore 1931.jpg	Ted Theodore	1920 1923	22 October 1919	26 February 1925	Template:Ayd	Labor	Chillagoe
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 21	File:William Gillies 1920.jpg	William Gillies	—	26 February 1925	22 October 1925	Template:Ayd	Labor	Eacham
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 22	File:William McCormack.jpg	William McCormack	1926	22 October 1925	21 May 1929	Template:Ayd	Labor	Cairns
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 23	File:Arthur Edward Moore.jpg	Arthur Edward Moore	1929	21 May 1929	17 June 1932	Template:Ayd	CPNP	Aubigny
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 24	File:William Forgan Smith.jpg	William Forgan Smith	1932 1935 1938 1941	17 June 1932	16 September 1942	Template:Ayd	Labor	Mackay
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 25	File:Frank Cooper, circa 1949.jpg	Frank Arthur Cooper	1944	16 September 1942	7 March 1946	Template:Ayd	Labor	Bremer
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 26	File:Queensland State Archives 4694 Premier Hanlon MLA c 1952.png	Ned Hanlon	1947 1950	7 March 1946	17 January 1952	Template:Ayd	Labor	Ithaca
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 27	File:Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png	Vince Gair	1953 1956	17 January 1952	12 August 1957	Template:Ayd	Labor	South Brisbane
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (27)							Queensland Labor
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 28	File:Frank Nicklin 1963.jpg	Frank Nicklin, Template:Post-nominals	1957 1960 1963 1966	12 August 1957	17 January 1968	Template:Ayd	Country	Landsborough
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 29	File:Jack Pizzey 1968.jpg	Jack Pizzey	—	17 January 1968	1 August 1968	Template:Ayd	Country	Isis
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 30	File:Gordon Chalk 1963.jpg	Gordon Chalk	—	1 August 1968	8 August 1968	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Lockyer
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 31	File:Joh Bjelke-Petersen.jpg	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Template:Post-nominals (knighted in 1984)	1969 1972 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986	8 August 1968	1 December 1987	Template:Ayd	Country/National	Barambah
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 32	File:Mike Ahern, Parliament House, Brisbane City, October 1988.jpg	Mike Ahern	—	1 December 1987	25 September 1989	Template:Ayd	National	Landsborough
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 33	File:No image.png	Russell Cooper	—	25 September 1989	7 December 1989	Template:Ayd	National	Roma
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 34	File:Wayne Goss.png	Wayne Goss	1989 1992 1995	7 December 1989	19 February 1996	Template:Ayd	Labor	Logan
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 35	File:No image.png	Rob Borbidge	—	19 February 1996	20 June 1998	Template:Ayd	National	Surfers Paradise
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 36	File:Peter Beattie, BYCC, August 2013 (cropped).jpg	Peter Beattie	1998 2001 2004 2006	20 June 1998	13 September 2007	Template:Ayd	Labor	Brisbane Central
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 37	File:Anna Bligh crop.jpg	Anna Bligh	2009	13 September 2007	26 March 2012	Template:Ayd	Labor	South Brisbane
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 38	File:Campbell Newman being interviewed (cropped).jpg	Campbell Newman	2012	26 March 2012	14 February 2015	Template:Ayd	Liberal National	Ashgrove
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 39	File:Annastacia Palaszczuk 2016.jpg	Annastacia Palaszczuk	2015 2017 2020	14 February 2015	15 December 2023	Template:Ayd	Labor	Inala
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 40	File:Dr Steven Miles MP (cropped).jpg	Steven Miles	—	15 December 2023	28 October 2024	Template:Ayd	Labor	Murrumba
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 41	File:David Crisafulli 2024.jpg	David Crisafulli	2024	28 October 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	Liberal National	Broadwater

Graphical timeline

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 from:1907  till:1908 color:CON  $right text:"1907–1908_Robert Philp (second term)"
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 from:1911  till:1915 color:QLI  $right text:"1911–1915_Digby Denham"
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 from:1919  till:1925 color:ALP  $right text:"1919–1925_Ted Theodore"
 from:1925  till:1925 color:ALP  $left text:"William Gillies_1925"
 from:1925  till:1929 color:ALP  $right text:"1925–1929_William McCormack"
 from:1929  till:1932 color:CPN  $left text:"Arthur Edward Moore_1929–1932"
 from:1932  till:1942 color:ALP  $right text:"1932–1942_William Forgan Smith"
 from:1942  till:1946 color:ALP  $left text:"Frank Cooper_1942–1946"
 from:1946  till:1952 color:ALP  $right text:"1946–1952_Ned Hanlon"
 from:1952  till:1957 color:ALP  $left text:"Vince Gair_1952–1957"
 from:1957  till:1968 color:CNT  $right text:"1957–1968_Francis Nicklin"
 from:1968  till:1968 color:CNT  $left text:"Jack Pizzey_1968"
 from:1968  till:1968 color:LIB  $right text:"1968_Gordon Chalk"
 from:1968  till:1987 color:CNT  $left text:"Joh Bjelke–Petersen_1968–1987"
 from:1987  till:1989 color:CNT  $right text:"1987–1989_Michael Ahern"
 from:1989  till:1989 color:CNT  $left text:"Russell Cooper_1989"
 from:1989  till:1996 color:ALP  $right text:"1989–1996_Wayne Goss"
 from:1996  till:1998 color:CNT  $left text:"Rob Borbidge_1996–1998"
 from:1998  till:2007 color:ALP  $right text:"1998–2007 Peter Beattie"
 from:2007  till:2012 color:ALP  $left text:"2007–2012 Anna Bligh"
 from:2012  till:2015 color:LNP  $right text:"2012–2015 Campbell Newman"
 from:2015  till:2023 color:ALP  $left text:"2015–2023 Annastacia Palaszczuk"
 from:2023  till:2024 color:ALP  $right text:"2023–2024 Steven Miles"
 from:2024  till:2025 color:LNP  $left text:"David Crisafulli 2024–present"

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See also

• List of premiers of Queensland by time in office
• Government of Queensland
• Politics of Queensland

References

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