rank :              premier :   assumed office :      left office : total time in office :
0        1  joh bjelke - petersen      8 august 1968    1 december 1987      19years , 115days
1        2          frank nicklin     12 august 1957    17 january 1968      10years , 158days
2        3   william forgan smith       17 june 1932  16 september 1942       10years , 91days
3        4          peter beattie       20 june 1998  13 september 2007        9years , 85days
4        5        samuel griffith   13 november 1883       13 june 1888      7 years , 75 days
5        5        samuel griffith     12 august 1890      27 march 1893      7 years , 75 days
6        6             wayne goss    7 december 1989   19 february 1996        6years , 74days
7        7         robert herbert   10 december 1859    1 february 1866      6 years , 71 days
8        7         robert herbert       20 july 1866      7 august 1866      6 years , 71 days
9        8             ned hanlon       7 march 1946    17 january 1952       5years , 316days
10       9      thomas mcilwraith    22 january 1879   13 november 1883     5 years , 314 days
11       9      thomas mcilwraith       13 june 1888   30 november 1888     5 years , 314 days
12       9      thomas mcilwraith      27 march 1893    27 october 1893     5 years , 314 days
13      10             vince gair    17 january 1952     12 august 1957       5years , 207days
14      11           ted theodore    22 october 1919   26 february 1925       5years , 127days
15      12        william kidston    19 january 1906   19 november 1907     4 years , 262 days
16      12        william kidston   18 february 1908    7 february 1911     4 years , 262 days
17      13             anna bligh  13 september 2007      26 march 2012       4years , 195days
18      14               t j ryan        1 june 1915    22 october 1919       4years , 143days
19      15            hugh nelson    27 october 1893      13 april 1898       4years , 137days
20      16           digby denham    7 february 1911        1 june 1915       4years , 114days
21      17           robert philp    7 december 1899  17 september 1903      4 years , 10 days
22      17           robert philp   19 november 1907   18 february 1908      4 years , 10 days
23      18      arthur macalister    1 february 1866       20 july 1866     3 years , 296 days
24      18      arthur macalister      7 august 1866     15 august 1867     3 years , 296 days
25      18      arthur macalister     8 january 1874        5 june 1876     3 years , 296 days
26      19   arthur hunter palmer         3 may 1870     8 january 1874       3years , 250days
27      20      william mccormack    22 october 1925        21 may 1929       3years , 211days
28      21           frank cooper  16 september 1942       7 march 1946       3years , 172days
29      22    arthur edward moore        21 may 1929       17 june 1932        3years , 27days
30      23          arthur morgan  17 september 1903    19 january 1906       2years , 124days
31      24           rob borbidge   19 february 1996       20 june 1998       2years , 121days
32      25           john douglas       8 march 1877    22 january 1879        1year , 320days
33      26          michael ahern    1 december 1987  25 september 1989        1year , 298days
34      27   boyd dunlop morehead   30 november 1888     12 august 1890        1year , 255days
35      28        campbell newman      26 march 2012          incumbent        1year , 312days
36      29         charles lilley   25 november 1868         3 may 1870        1year , 159days
37      30       robert mackenzie     15 august 1867   25 november 1868        1year , 102days
38      31          james dickson     1 october 1898    1 december 1899         1year , 61days
39      32           george thorn        5 june 1876       8 march 1877       0years , 276days
40      33        william gillies   26 february 1925    22 october 1925       0years , 238days
41      34            jack pizzey    17 january 1968      1 august 1968       0years , 197days
42      35   thomas joseph byrnes      13 april 1898     1 october 1898       0years , 171days
43      36         russell cooper  25 september 1989    7 december 1989        0years , 73days
44      37           gordon chalk      1 august 1968      8 august 1968         0years , 7days
45      38        anderson dawson    1 december 1899    7 december 1899         0years , 6days

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