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Premiers of New South Wales Since 1856

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

The current and 46th Premier, Dominic Perrottet, was sworn into office on October 5, 2021.

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

 

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