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Premier of Queensland
Incumbent
Steven Miles
since 15 December 2023
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Style
StatusHead of Government
Member of
Reports toParliament
Seat1 William Street, Brisbane
AppointerGovernor of Queensland
by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly
Term lengthAt the Governor's pleasure
contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the house of Parliament
Constituting instrumentSection 42, Constitution of Queensland
Formation10 December 1859
First holderRobert Herbert
DeputyDeputy Premier of Queensland
Salary$469,367 (as of 1 September 2021)[1][a]
Websitewww.thepremier.qld.gov.au

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 unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed by the governor of Queensland.

The incumbent premier of Queensland is Steven Miles of the Labor Party.

Constitutional role

Under section 42 of the Constitution of Queensland the premier and other members of Cabinet are appointed by the governor and are collectively responsible to Parliament. 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 under the "advice" (in reality, direction) 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.[2]

Prior 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.

No. Portrait Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Election Party Ministry Monarch
Term start Term end Time in office
1 Robert Herbert
MLA for Leichhardt
(1831–1905)
10 December
1859
1 February
1866
6 years, 53 days Squatter Conservative Herbert I Victoria
(1837–1901)
Governor:

1860
1863
2 Arthur Macalister
MLA for Town of Ipswich
(1818–1883)
1 February
1866
20 July
1866
169 days Independent Macalister I
(1) Robert Herbert
MLA for West Moreton
(1831–1905)
20 July
1866
7 August
1866
18 days Squatter Conservative Herbert II
(2) Arthur Macalister
MLA for Town of Ipswich
(1818–1883)
7 August
1866
15 August
1867
1 year, 8 days Independent Macalister II
3 Robert Mackenzie
MLA for Burnett
(1811–1873)
15 August
1867
25 November
1868
1 year, 102 days 1867 Squatter Conservative Mackenzie
4 Charles Lilley
MLA for Hamlet of Fortitude Valley
(1827–1897)
25 November
1868
2 May
1870
1 year, 158 days 1868 Independent Lilley
5 Arthur Hunter Palmer
MLA for Port Curtis
(1819–1898)
3 May
1870
7 January
1874
3 years, 249 days Squatter Conservative Hunter Palmer
1870
1871
(2) Arthur Macalister
MLA for Ipswich
(1818–1883)
8 January
1874
5 June
1876
2 years, 149 days 1873 Independent Macalister III
6 George Thorn
MLA for Ipswich
(1838–1905)
5 June
1876
8 March
1877
276 days Independent Thorn
7 John Douglas
MLA for Maryborough
(1828–1904)
8 March
1877
21 January
1879
1 year, 227 days Independent Douglas
8 Sir Thomas McIlwraith
MLA for Mulgrave
(1835–1900)
21 January
1879
13 November
1883
4 years, 296 days 1878 Conservative McIlwraith I
9 Sir Samuel Griffith
MLA for North Brisbane
(1845–1920)
13 November
1883
13 June
1888
4 years, 213 days 1883 Liberal Griffith I
(8) Sir Thomas McIlwraith
MLA for Brisbane North
(1835–1900)
13 June
1888
30 November
1888
170 days Conservative McIlwraith II
1888
10 Boyd Dunlop Morehead
MLA for Balonne
(1843–1905)
30 November
1888
12 August
1890
1 year, 255 days Conservative Morehead
(9) Sir Samuel Griffith
MLA for North Brisbane
(1845–1920)
12 August
1890
27 March
1893
2 years, 227 days Liberal Griffith II
(8) Sir Thomas McIlwraith
MLA for Brisbane North
(1835–1900)
27 March
1893
27 October
1893
214 days Conservative McIlwraith III
1893
11 Sir Hugh Nelson
MLA for Murilla
(1833–1906)
27 October
1893
13 April
1898
4 years, 168 days Ministerial Nelson
1896
12 Thomas Joseph Byrnes
MLA for Warwick
(1860–1898)
13 April
1898
1 October
1898
171 days Ministerial Byrnes
13 James Dickson
MLA for Bulimba
(1832–1901)
1 October
1898
1 December
1899
1 year, 61 days Ministerial Dickson
1899
14 Anderson Dawson
MLA for Charters Towers
(1863–1910)
1 December
1899
7 December
1899
6 days Labor Dawson
15 Robert Philp
MLA for Townsville
(1851–1922)
7 December
1899
17 September
1903
3 years, 284 days Ministerial Philp I
Edward VII
(1901–1910)
Governor:
1902
16 Arthur Morgan
MLA for Warwick
(1856–1916)
17 September
1903
19 January
1906
2 years, 124 days Liberal Morgan
1904
17 William Kidston
MLA for South Brisbane
(1849–1919)
19 January
1906
19 November
1907
1 year, 304 days Labor Kidston I
1907 Kidstonite
(15) Robert Philp
MLA for Townsville
(1851–1922)
19 November
1907
18 February
1908
91 days Conservative Philp II
(17) William Kidston
MLA for Rockhampton
(1849–1919)
18 February
1908
7 February
1911
2 years, 354 days 1908 Kidstonite
(until 1908)
Kidston II
Liberal
(from 1908)
1909
George V
(1910–1936)
Governor:
18 Digby Denham
MLA for Oxley
(1859–1944)
7 February
1911
1 June
1915
4 years, 114 days Liberal Denham
1912
19 T. J. Ryan
MLA for Barcoo
(1876–1921)
1 June
1915
22 October
1919
4 years, 143 days 1915 Labor Ryan
1918
20 Ted Theodore
MLA for Chillagoe
(1884–1950)
22 October
1919
26 February
1925
5 years, 127 days Labor Theodore
1920
1923
21 William Gillies
MLA for Eacham
(1868–1928)
26 February
1925
22 October
1925
238 days Labor Gillies
22 William McCormack
MLA for Cairns
(1879–1947)
22 October
1925
21 May
1929
3 years, 211 days Labor McCormack
1926
23 Arthur Edward Moore
MLA for Aubigny
(1876–1963)
21 May
1929
17 June
1932
3 years, 27 days 1929 CPNP Moore
24 William Forgan Smith
MLA for Mackay
(1887–1953)
17 June
1932
16 September
1942
10 years, 91 days 1932 Labor Forgan Smith
1935
Edward VIII
(1936)
Governor:
George VI
(1936–1952)
Governor:
1938
1941
25 Frank Arthur Cooper
MLA for Bremer
(1872–1949)
16 September
1942
7 March
1946
3 years, 172 days Labor Frank Cooper
1944
26 Ned Hanlon
MLA for Ithaca
(1887–1952)
7 March
1946
17 January
1952
5 years, 316 days Labor Hanlon
1947
1950
27 Vince Gair
MLA for South Brisbane
(1901–1980)
17 January
1952
12 August
1957
5 years, 207 days Labor
(until 1957)
Gair
Elizabeth II
(1952–2022)
Governor:
1953
1956
Queensland Labor
(from 1957)
28 Frank Nicklin
MLA for Landsborough
(1901–1980)
12 August
1957
17 January
1968
10 years, 158 days 1957 Country Nicklin
1960
1963
1966
29 Jack Pizzey
MLA for Isis
(1911–1968)
17 January
1968
1 August
1968
197 days Country Pizzey
30 Gordon Chalk
MLA for Lockyer
(1913–1991)
1 August
1968
8 August
1968
7 days Liberal Chalk
31 Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
MLA for Barambah
(1911–2005)
8 August
1968
1 December
1987
19 years, 115 days Country
(until 1974)
Bjelke-Petersen
1969
1972
National
(from 1974)
1974
1977
1980
1983
1986
32 Mike Ahern
MLA for Landsborough
(1942–2023)
1 December
1987
25 September
1989
1 year, 298 days National Ahern
33 Russell Cooper
MLA for Roma
(born 1941)
25 September
1989
7 December
1989
84 days National Russell Cooper
34 Wayne Goss
MLA for Logan
(1951–2014)
7 December
1989
19 February
1996
6 years, 74 days 1989 Labor Goss
1992
1995
35 Rob Borbidge
MLA for Surfers Paradise
(born 1954)
19 February
1996
20 June
1998
2 years, 121 days National Borbidge
36 Peter Beattie
MP for Brisbane Central
(born 1954)
20 June
1998
13 September
2007
9 years, 85 days 1998 Labor Beattie
2001
2004
2006
37 Anna Bligh
MP for South Brisbane
(born 1960)
13 September
2007
26 March
2012
4 years, 195 days Labor Bligh
2009
38 Campbell Newman
MP for Ashgrove
(born 1963)
26 March
2012
14 February
2015
2 years, 325 days 2012 Liberal National Newman
39 Annastacia Palaszczuk
MP for Inala
(born 1969)
14 February
2015
15 December
2023
8 years, 304 days 2015 Labor Palaszczuk I
2017 Palaszczuk II
2020 Palaszczuk III
Charles III
(2022–present)
Governor:
40 Steven Miles
MP for Murrumba
(born 1977)
15 December
2023
Incumbent 105 days Labor Miles


Graphical timeline

Steven Miles (politician)Annastacia PalaszczukCampbell NewmanAnna BlighPeter BeattieRob BorbidgeWayne GossRussell CooperMichael Ahern (Australian politician)Joh Bjelke-PetersenGordon ChalkJack PizzeyFrancis NicklinVince GairNed Hanlon (politician)Frank CooperWilliam Forgan SmithArthur Edward MooreWilliam McCormackWilliam Gillies (Australian politician)Ted TheodoreT. J. RyanDigby DenhamWilliam KidstonArthur Morgan (Queensland politician)Robert PhilpAnderson DawsonJames DicksonThomas Joseph ByrnesHugh NelsonBoyd MoreheadSamuel GriffithThomas McIlwraithJohn Douglas (Queensland politician)George ThornArthur Hunter PalmerCharles LilleyRobert Mackenzie (Queensland politician)Arthur MacalisterRobert HerbertWorld War IIWorld War I

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Commonly, the premier is usually the leader of their respective party. However, the salary of such position is not included. Thus, if one were to hold both positions simultaneously (Premier, Leader of Party), the total annual salary would be: AU$469,367. This also does not factor in other positions that can be held simultaneously to one or both of those: Ministerial positions, Member/Chair of Committee.

Citations

  1. ^ "Legislative Assembly of Queensland – Members' Remuneration Handbook" (PDF). documents.parliament.qld.gov.au. Office of the Clerk of Parliament. 15 September 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The Premier of Queensland" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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