List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office explained

This is a list of premiers of Tasmania by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.

Rank by time in office

	Rank	No.	Officeholder	Portrait	Party	District	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office (term)	Time in office (total)	Election wins
	1.	30th	Sir Robert Cosgrove		Labor	MHA for Denison	18 December 1939	18 December 1947		18 years, 182 days	1941 1946 1948 1950 1955 1956
25 February 1948							26 August 1958
	2.	32nd	Eric Reece		Labor	MHA for Braddon	26 August 1958	26 May 1969		13 years, 240 days	1959 1964 1972
3 May 1972							31 March 1975
		3.	37th	Robin Gray		Liberal	MHA for Wilmot Lyons	26 May 1982	29 June 1989			1982 1986
		4.	24th	Sir Walter Lee		Commonwealth Liberal	MHA for Wilmot	15 April 1916	12 August 1922		6 years, 290 days	1916 1919 1922
	Nationalist					14 August 1923		25 October 1923
15 March 1934						22 June 1934
	5.	19th	Sir Elliott Lewis		Conservatism	MHA for Richmond	12 October 1899	9 April 1903		6 years, 188 days	1900 1912
Commonwealth Liberal					MHA for Denison	19 June 1909	20 October 1909
						27 October 1909	14 June 1912
	6.	12th	Sir Philip Fysh		No Party Alignment	MHA for Buckingham	9 August 1877	5 March 1878		5 years, 349 days
					Liberalism		29 March 1887	17 August 1892
		7.	45th	Will Hodgman		Liberal	MHA for Franklin	31 March 2014	20 January 2020			2014 2018
		8.	27th	Sir John McPhee		Nationalist	MHA for Denison	15 June 1928	15 March 1934			1928 1931
	9.	13th	William Giblin		No Party Alignment	MHA for Wellington	5 March 1878	20 December 1878		5 years, 215 days	1882
30 October 1879							15 August 1884
		10.	41st	Jim Bacon		Labor	MHA for Denison	14 September 1998	21 March 2004			1998 2002
		11.	18th	Sir Edward Braddon		Free Trade	MHA for West Devon	14 April 1894	12 October 1899			1897
		12.	28th	Albert Ogilvie		Labor	MHA for Franklin	22 June 1934	11 June 1939			1934 1937
		13.	21st	Sir John Evans		Conservatism	MHA for Kingborough	12 July 1904	19 June 1909			1906 1909
		14.	26th	Joseph Lyons		Labor	MHA for Wilmot	25 October 1923	15 June 1928			1925
		15.	42nd	Paul Lennon		Labor	MHA for Franklin	21 March 2004	26 May 2008			2006
		16.	39th	Ray Groom		Liberal	MHA for Denison	17 February 1992	18 March 1996			1992 1996
		17.	35th	Doug Lowe		Labor	MHA for Franklin	1 December 1977	11 November 1981			1979
		18.	6th	James Whyte		No Party Alignment	MLC for Pembroke	20 January 1863	24 November 1866
		19.	4th	Sir Francis Smith		No Party Alignment	MHA for Fingal	12 May 1857	1 November 1860
		20.	8th	Sir James Wilson		No Party Alignment	MLC for Hobart	4 August 1869	4 November 1872			1871
		21.	44th	Lara Giddings		Labor	MHA for Franklin	23 January 2011	31 March 2014
		22.	10th	Alfred Kennerley		No Party Alignment	MLC for Hobart	4 August 1873	20 July 1876
		23.	33rd	Sir Angus Bethune		Liberal	MHA for Wilmot	26 May 1969	3 May 1972			1969
		24.	7th	Sir Richard Dry		No Party Alignment	MLC for Tamar	24 November 1866	4 August 1869			1866 1869
		25.	34th	Bill Neilson		Labor	MHA for Franklin	31 March 1975	1 December 1977			1976
		26.	43rd	David Bartlett		Labor	MHA for Denison	26 May 2008	23 January 2011			2010
		27.	38th	Michael Field		Labor	MHA for Braddon	29 June 1989	17 February 1992			1989
		28.	47th	Jeremy Rockliff		Liberal	MHA for Braddon	8 April 2022	Incumbent		[1]
		29.	40th	Tony Rundle		Liberal	MHA for Braddon	18 March 1996	14 September 1998
		30.	46th	Peter Gutwein		Liberal	MHA for Bass	20 January 2020	8 April 2022			2021
	31.	22nd	John Earle		Labor	MHA for Franklin	20 October 1909	27 October 1909		2 years, 16 days
6 April 1914							15 April 1916
		32.	23rd	Albert Solomon		Commonwealth Liberal	MHA for Bass	14 June 1912	6 April 1914			1913
		33.	17th	Henry Dobson		Conservatism	MHA for Brighton	17 August 1892	14 April 1894			1893
		34.	14th	Sir Adye Douglas		No Party Alignment	MHA for Fingal	15 August 1884	8 March 1886
		35.	5th	Thomas Chapman		No Party Alignment	MHA for Queenborough Campbell Town	2 August 1861	20 January 1863			1861
		36.	20th	William Propsting		Conservatism	MHA for North Hobart	9 April 1903	12 July 1904
		37.	16th	Sir James Agnew		No Party Alignment	MHA for Macquarie	8 March 1886	29 March 1887
		38.	11th	Thomas Reibey		No Party Alignment	MHA for Westbury	20 July 1876	9 August 1877
		39.	25th	John Hayes		Nationalist	MHA for Bass	12 August 1922	14 August 1923
		40.	14th	Dr William Crowther		No Party Alignment	MLC for Hobart	20 December 1878	30 October 1879
	41.	3rd	William Weston		No Party Alignment	MHA for Ringwood	25 April 1857	12 May 1857		291 days
1 November 1860							2 August 1861
		42.	9th	Frederick Innes		No Party Alignment	MHA for Selby	4 November 1872	4 August 1873
		43.	36th	Harry Holgate		Labor	MHA for Bass	11 November 1981	26 May 1982
		44.	29th	Edmund Dwyer-Gray		Labor	MHA for Denison	11 June 1939	18 December 1939
		45.	1st	William Champ		No Party Alignment	MHA for Launceston	1 November 1856	26 February 1857
		46.	31st	Edward Brooker		Labor	MHA for Franklin	18 December 1947	24 February 1948
		47.	2nd	Thomas Gregson		No Party Alignment	MHA for Richmond	26 February 1857	25 April 1857

See also

• Premier of Tasmania
• List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of Australian heads of government by time in office
• List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
• List of premiers of Queensland by time in office
• List of premiers of South Australia by time in office
• List of premiers of Victoria by time in office
• List of premiers of Western Australia by time in office
• List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office
• List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office

Notes and References

1. Jeremy Rockliff's time in office as of