# Deputy Premier of Queensland

The deputy premier of Queensland is a role in the Government of Queensland assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Queensland. It has second ranking behind the premier of Queensland in Cabinet, and its holder serves as acting premier during the absence or incapacity of the premier. The deputy premier may either be appointed by the premier during the cabinet formation process or may be elected by caucus; during periods of Coalition government, the leader of the junior coalition partner is usually automatically selected for the role. Due to the contingent role of the deputy premier, they almost without exception always have additional ministerial portfolios.
Until December 1974, although the role carried the same responsibilities (especially during the absence of the premier) it was never formally recognised or titled as such; the first reference in Hansard to a deputy premier was during the Forgan Smith Ministry in 1936, but the term was in common use in newspapers from as early as 1892, when a minister in the First Griffith Ministry was criticised for his performance in the role.

## List of deputy premiers of Queensland

| No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Premier | Premier |
| No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–death) | Term start | Term end | Party | Party | Premier | Premier |
| 1 | | Andrew Henry Barlow MLC (1837–1915) | 17 September 1903 | 19 November 1907 | | Liberal (until 1907) | | Arthur Morgan Liberal (1903–1906) |
| 1 | | Andrew Henry Barlow MLC (1837–1915) | 17 September 1903 | 19 November 1907 | | Liberal (until 1907) | | William Kidston Labor (until 1907) Kidstonite (from 1907) (1906–1907) |
| 1 | | Andrew Henry Barlow MLC (1837–1915) | 17 September 1903 | 19 November 1907 | | Kidstonite (from 1907) | | William Kidston Labor (until 1907) Kidstonite (from 1907) (1906–1907) |
| 2 | | Digby Denham MLA for Oxley (1859–1944) | 19 November 1907 | 19 February 1908 | | Conservative | | Robert Philp Conservative (1907–1908) |
| (1) | | Andrew Henry Barlow MLC (1837–1915) | 19 February 1908 | 22 June 1909 | | Kidstonite (until 1908) | | William Kidston Kidstonite (until 1908) Liberal (from 1908) (1908–1911) |
| (1) | | Andrew Henry Barlow MLC (1837–1915) | 19 February 1908 | 22 June 1909 | | Liberal (from 1908) | | William Kidston Kidstonite (until 1908) Liberal (from 1908) (1908–1911) |
| (2) | | Digby Denham MLA for Oxley (1859–1944) | 22 June 1909 | 7 February 1911 | | Liberal | | William Kidston Kidstonite (until 1908) Liberal (from 1908) (1908–1911) |
| 3 | | Thomas O'Sullivan MLC (1856–1953) | 7 February 1911 | 1 June 1915 | | Liberal | | Digby Denham Liberal (1911–1915) |
| 4 | | Ted Theodore MLA for Woothakata (1884–1950) | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | | Labor | | T. J. Ryan Labor (1915–1919) |
| 5 | | John Fihelly MLA for Paddington (1882–1945) | 22 October 1919 | 8 February 1922 | | Labor | | Ted Theodore Labor (1919–1925) |
| 6 | | William Gillies MLA for Eacham (1868–1928) | 8 February 1922 | 26 February 1925 | | Labor | | Ted Theodore Labor (1919–1925) |
| 7 | | William McCormack MLA for Cairns (1879–1947) | 26 February 1925 | 22 October 1925 | | Labor | | William Gillies Labor (1925) |
| 8 | | William Forgan Smith MLA for Mackay (1887–1953) | 22 October 1925 | 21 May 1929 | | Labor | | William McCormack Labor (1925–1929) |
| 9 | | Reginald King MLA for Logan (1869–1955) | 21 May 1929 | 18 June 1932 | | CPNP | | Arthur Edward Moore CPNP (1929–1932) |
| 10 | | Percy Pease MLA for Herbert (1876–1940) | 18 June 1932 | 17 September 1940 | | Labor | | William Forgan Smith Labor (1932–1942) |
| 11 | | Frank Arthur Cooper MLA for Bremer (1872–1949) | 24 September 1940 | 16 September 1942 | | Labor | | William Forgan Smith Labor (1932–1942) |
| 12 | | Ned Hanlon MLA for Bremer (1887–1952) | 16 September 1942 | 7 March 1946 | | Labor | | Frank Arthur Cooper Labor (1942–1946) |
| 13 | | Ted Walsh MLA for Mirani (1894–1976) | 7 March 1946 | 15 May 1947 | | Labor | | Ned Hanlon Labor (1946–1952) |
| 14 | | Vince Gair MLA for South Brisbane (1901–1980) | 15 May 1947 | 17 January 1952 | | Labor | | Ned Hanlon Labor (1946–1952) |
| 15 | | Tom Foley MLA for Belyando (1886–1973) | 17 January 1952 | 16 March 1953 | | Labor | | Vince Gair Labor (until 1957) Queensland Labor (from 1957) (1952–1957) |
| 16 | | Jack Duggan MLA for Belyando (1910–1993) | 16 March 1953 | 7 June 1957 | | Labor | | Vince Gair Labor (until 1957) Queensland Labor (from 1957) (1952–1957) |
| (13) | | Ted Walsh MLA for Bundaberg (1894–1976) | 7 June 1957 | 12 August 1957 | | Queensland Labor | | Vince Gair Labor (until 1957) Queensland Labor (from 1957) (1952–1957) |
| 17 | | Kenneth Morris MLA for Mount Coot-tha (1903–1978) | 12 August 1957 | 26 September 1962 | | Liberal | | Frank Nicklin Country (1957–1968) |
| 18 | | Alan Munro MLA for Toowong (1898–1968) | 26 September 1962 | 28 January 1965 | | Liberal | | Frank Nicklin Country (1957–1968) |
| 19 | | Thomas Hiley MLA for Chatsworth (1905–1990) | 28 January 1965 | 23 December 1965 | | Liberal | | Frank Nicklin Country (1957–1968) |
| 20 | | Gordon Chalk MLA for Lockyer (1913–1991) | 23 December 1965 | 1 August 1968 | | Liberal | | Frank Nicklin Country (1957–1968) |
| 20 | | Gordon Chalk MLA for Lockyer (1913–1991) | 23 December 1965 | 1 August 1968 | | Liberal | | Jack Pizzey Country (1968) |
| 21 | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen MLA for Barambah (1911–2005) | 1 August 1968 | 8 August 1968 | | Country | | Gordon Chalk Liberal (1968) |
| (20) | | Gordon Chalk MLA for Lockyer (1913–1991) | 8 August 1968 | 13 August 1976 | | Liberal | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country (until 1974) National (from 1974) (1968–1987) |
| 22 | | William Knox MLA for Nundah (1927–2001) | 13 August 1976 | 9 October 1978 | | Liberal | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country (until 1974) National (from 1974) (1968–1987) |
| 23 | | Llew Edwards MLA for Ipswich (1935–2021) | 9 October 1978 | 19 August 1983 | | Liberal | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country (until 1974) National (from 1974) (1968–1987) |
| 24 | | Bill Gunn MLA for Somerset (1920–2001) | 19 August 1983 | 7 December 1989 | | National | | Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country (until 1974) National (from 1974) (1968–1987) |
| 24 | | Bill Gunn MLA for Somerset (1920–2001) | 19 August 1983 | 7 December 1989 | | National | | Mike Ahern National (1987–1989) |
| 24 | | Bill Gunn MLA for Somerset (1920–2001) | 19 August 1983 | 7 December 1989 | | National | | Russell Cooper National (1989) |
| 25 | | Tom Burns MLA for Lytton (1920–2001) | 7 December 1989 | 19 February 1996 | | Labor | | Wayne Goss Labor (1989–1996) |
| 26 | | Joan Sheldon MLA for Caloundra (born 1943) | 19 February 1996 | 26 June 1998 | | Liberal | | Rob Borbidge National (1996–1998) |
| 27 | | Jim Elder MP for Capalaba (born 1950) | 26 June 1998 | 22 November 2000 | | Labor | | Peter Beattie Labor (1998–2007) |
| 28 | | Paul Braddy MP for Kedron (born 1939) | 22 November 2000 | 30 November 2000 | | Labor | | Peter Beattie Labor (1998–2007) |
| 29 | | Terry Mackenroth MP for Chatsworth (1949–2018) | 30 November 2000 | 28 July 2005 | | Labor | | Peter Beattie Labor (1998–2007) |
| 30 | | Anna Bligh MP for South Brisbane (born 1960) | 28 July 2005 | 13 September 2007 | | Labor | | Peter Beattie Labor (1998–2007) |
| 31 | | Paul Lucas MP for Lytton (born 1962) | 13 September 2007 | 16 September 2011 | | Labor | | Anna Bligh Labor (2007–2012) |
| 32 | | Andrew Fraser MP for Mount Coot-tha (born 1976) | 16 September 2011 | 26 March 2012 | | Labor | | Anna Bligh Labor (2007–2012) |
| 33 | | Jeff Seeney MP for Callide (born 1957) | 26 March 2012 | 14 February 2015 | | Liberal National | | Campbell Newman Liberal National (2012–2015) |
| 34 | | Jackie Trad MP for South Brisbane (born 1972) | 14 February 2015 | 10 May 2020 | | Labor | | Annastacia Palaszczuk Labor (2015–2023) |
| 35 | | Steven Miles MP for Murrumba (born 1977) | 10 May 2020 | 15 December 2023 | | Labor | | Annastacia Palaszczuk Labor (2015–2023) |
| 36 | | Cameron Dick MP for Woodridge (born 1967) | 15 December 2023 | 28 October 2024 | | Labor | | Steven Miles Labor (2023-2024) |
| 37 | | Jarrod Bleijie MP for Kawana (born 1982) | 28 October 2024 | Incumbent | | Liberal National | | David Crisafulli Liberal National (since 2024) |