Premiers of New South Wales Since 1856

This is the complete list of NSW Premiers since the granting of responsible government in 1856.

Chris Minns became the 47th Premier, and the 17th Labor Premier, following the ALP victory in the election of March 25, 2023.

Premiers of N.S.W. Since 1856
No.	Name	Party	Commenced	Left	Term
1.	Stuart Donaldson		06 Jun 1856	25 Aug 1856	2 months, 19 days
2.	Sir Charles Cowper		26 Aug 1856	02 Oct 1856	1 month, 6 days
3.	Henry Parker		03 Oct 1856	07 Sep 1857	11 months, 4 days
	Sir Charles Cowper		07 Sep 1857	26 Oct 1859	2 years, 1 month, 19 days
4.	William Forster		27 Oct 1859	08 Mar 1860	4 months, 12 days
5.	Sir John Robertson		09 Mar 1860	09 Jan 1861	10 months
	Sir Charles Cowper		10 Jan 1861	15 Oct 1863	2 years, 9 months, 5 days
6.	Sir James Martin		16 Oct 1863	02 Feb 1865	1 year, 3 months, 17 days
	Sir Charles Cowper		03 Feb 1865	21 Jan 1866	11 months, 18 days
	Sir James Martin		22 Jan 1866	26 Oct 1868	2 years, 9 months, 4 days
	Sir John Robertson		27 Oct 1868	12 Jan 1870	1 year, 2 months, 16 days
	Sir Charles Cowper		13 Jan 1870	15 Dec 1870	11 months, 2 days
	Sir James Martin		16 Dec 1870	13 May 1872	1 year, 4 months, 27 days
7.	Henry Parkes		14 May 1872	08 Feb 1875	2 years, 8 months, 25 days
	Sir John Robertson		09 Feb 1875	21 Mar 1877	2 years, 1 months, 11 days
	Henry Parkes		22 Mar 1877	16 Aug 1877	4 months, 25 days
	Sir John Robertson		17 Aug 1877	17 Dec 1877	4 months
8.	James Farnell		18 Dec 1877	20 Dec 1878	1 year, 2 days
	Sir Henry Parkes		21 Dec 1878	04 Jan 1883	4 years, 14 days
9.	Sir Alexander Stuart		05 Jan 1883	06 Oct 1885	2 years, 9 months, 1 day
10.	Sir George Dibbs		07 Oct 1885	21 Dec 1885	2 months, 14 days
	Sir John Robertson		22 Dec 1885	25 Feb 1886	2 months, 3 days
11.	Sir Patrick Jennings		26 Feb 1886	19 Jan 1887	10 months, 24 days
	Sir Henry Parkes		20 Jan 1887	16 Jan 1889	1 year, 11 months, 27 days
	Sir George Dibbs		17 Jan 1889	07 Mar 1889	1 month, 18 days
	Sir Henry Parkes	Free Trade	08 Mar 1889	22 Oct 1891	2 years, 7 months, 14 days
	Sir George Dibbs	Protectionist	23 Oct 1891	02 Aug 1894	2 years, 9 months, 10 days
12.	Sir George Reid	Free Trade	03 Aug 1894	13 Sep 1899	5 years, 1 month, 10 days
13.	William Lyne	Protectionist	14 Sep 1899	27 Mar 1901	1 year, 6 months, 13 days
14.	John See	Protectionist	28 Mar 1901	14 Jun 1904	3 years, 2 months, 17 days
15.	Thomas Waddell	Protectionist	15 Jun 1904	29 Aug 1904	2 months, 14 days
16.	Joseph Carruthers	Liberal Reform	30 Aug 1904	01 Oct 1907	3 years, 1 month, 1 day
17.	Charles Wade	Liberal	02 Oct 1907	20 Oct 1910	3 years, 18 days
18.	James McGowen	ALP	21 Oct 1910	29 Jun 1913	2 years, 8 months, 8 days
19.	William Arthur Holman	ALP	30 Jun 1913	15 Nov 1916	3 years, 2 months, 16 days
	William Arthur Holman	Nationalist	15 Nov 1916	12 Apr 1920	3 years, 4 months, 28 days
20.	John Storey	ALP	13 Apr 1920	05 Oct 1921 (died)	1 year, 5 months, 22 days
21.	James Dooley	ALP	06 Oct 1921	20 Dec 1921	2 months, 14 days
22.	George Fuller	Nationalist	20 Dec 1921	20 Dec 1921	1 day
	James Dooley	ALP	20 Dec 1921	13 Apr 1922	3 months, 24 days
	George Fuller	Nationalist	13 Apr 1922	17 Jun 1925	3 years, 2 months, 4 days
23.	John Thomas Lang	ALP	17 Jun 1925	18 Oct 1927	2 years, 4 months, 1 day
24.	Thomas Bavin	Nationalist	18 Oct 1927	03 Nov 1930	3 years, 16 days
	John Thomas Lang	ALP	04 Nov 1930	13 May 1932	1 year, 6 months, 9 days
25.	Bertram Stevens	United Australia Party	13 May 1932	05 Aug 1939	7 years, 2 months, 23 days
26.	Alexander Mair	United Australia Party	05 Aug 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 9 months, 11 days
27.	William John McKell	ALP	16 May 1941	06 Feb 1947	5 years, 8 months, 21 days
28.	James McGirr	ALP	06 Feb 1947	02 Apr 1952	5 years, 1 month, 27 days
29.	John Joseph Cahill	ALP	03 Apr 1952	22 Oct 1959 (died)	7 years, 6 months, 19 days
30.	Robert James Heffron	ALP	23 Oct 1959	30 Apr 1964	4 years, 6 months, 7 days
31.	John Brophy Renshaw	ALP	30 Apr 1964	13 May 1965	1 year, 13 days
32.	Robert Askin	Liberal	13 May 1965	03 Jan 1975	9 years, 7 months, 21 days
33.	Thomas Lancelot Lewis	Liberal	03 Jan 1975	23 Jan 1976	1 year, 20 days
34.	Eric Willis	Liberal	23 Jan 1976	14 May 1976	3 months, 21 days
35.	Neville Kenneth Wran	ALP	14 May 1976	04 Jul 1986	10 years, 1 month, 20 days
36.	Barrie John Unsworth	ALP	04 Jul 1986	25 Mar 1988	1 year, 8 months, 21 days
37.	Nicholas Frank Greiner	Liberal	25 Mar 1988	24 Jun 1992	4 years, 3 months
38.	John Joseph Fahey	Liberal	24 Jun 1992	04 Apr 1995	2 years, 9 months, 11 days
39.	Robert John Carr	ALP	04 Apr 1995	03 Aug 2005	10 years, 3 months, 29 days
40.	Morris Iemma	ALP	03 Aug 2005	05 Sep 2008	3 years, 1 month, 2 days
41.	Nathan Rees	ALP	05 Sep 2008	04 Dec 2009	1 year, 2 months, 29 days
42.	Kristina Kerscher Keneally	ALP	04 Dec 2009	28 Mar 2011	1 year, 3 months, 24 days
43.	Barry Robert O’Farrell	Liberal	28 Mar 2011	17 Apr 2014	3 years, 20 days
44.	Mike Baird	Liberal	17 Apr 2014	23 Jan 2017	2 years, 9 months, 6 days
45.	Gladys Berejiklian	Liberal	23 Jan 2017	05 Oct 2021	4 years, 8 months, 12 days
46.	Dominic Perrottet	Liberal	05 Oct 2021	28 Mar 2023	1 year, 5 months, 23 days
47.	Chris Minns	ALP	28 Mar 2023	–	–