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Premiers of Queensland Since 1898

This is a complete list of Queensland Premiers since 1898.

Premiers of Queensland Since 1898
Name Party Commenced Left
Thomas Joseph Byrnes
Ind
13 Apr 1898
27 Sep 1898
died
James Robert Dickson
Ind
01 Oct 1898
01 Dec 1899
Anderson Dawson *
ALP
01 Dec 1899
07 Dec 1899
Robert Philp
Ind
07 Dec 1899
17 Sep 1903
Arthur Morgan
Ind
17 Sep 1903
19 Jan 1906
William Kidston
Ind
19 Jan 1906
19 Nov 1907
Robert Philp
Ind
19 Nov 1907
18 Feb 1908
William Kidston
Ind
18 Feb 1908
07 Feb 1911
Digby Frank Denham
Lib
07 Feb 1911
01 Jun 1915
Thomas Joseph Ryan
ALP
01 Jun 1915
22 Oct 1919
Edward Granville Theodore
ALP
22 Oct 1919
26 Feb 1925
William Neal Gillies
ALP
26 Feb 1925
22 Oct 1925
William McCormack
ALP
22 Oct 1925
21 May 1929
Arthur Edward Moore
CP/Nat
21 May 1929
17 Jun 1932
William Forgan Smith
ALP
17 Jun 1932
16 Sep 1942
Frank Arthur Cooper
ALP
16 Sep 1942
07 Mar 1946
Edward Michael Hanlon
ALP
07 Mar 1946
15 Jan 1952
died
Vincent Clair Gair
ALP
17 Jan 1952
12 Aug 1957
George Francis Nicklin
CP/Lib
12 Aug 1957
17 Jan 1968
Jack Charles Pizzey
CP/Lib
17 Jan 1968
31 Jul 1968
Gordon William Chalk
Lib/CP
01 Aug 1968
08 Aug 1968
Johannes Bjelke-Petersen
CP/Lib
08 Aug 1968
18 Aug 1983
Johannes Bjelke-Petersen
Nat
19 Aug 1983
01 Dec 1987
Michael John Ahern
Nat
01 Dec 1987
25 Sep 1989
Theo Russell Cooper
Nat
25 Sep 1989
07 Dec 1989
Wayne Keith Goss
ALP
07 Dec 1989
19 Feb 1996
Robert Edward Borbidge
Nat/Lib
19 Feb 1996
26 Jun 1998
Peter Douglas Beattie
ALP
26 Jun 1998
13 Sep 2007
Anna Maria Bligh
ALP
13 Sep 2007
26 Mar 2012
Campbell Newman
LNP
26 Mar 2012
14 Feb 2015
Annastacia Palaszczuk
ALP
14 Feb 2015

* world’s first Labor Government.

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