List of Premiers of Queensland by time in office
Rank by time in office
Columns: Rank: | Premier: | Assumed Office: | Left Office: | TOTAL Time in Office:
1 | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | 8 August 1968 | 1 December 1987 | 19years, 115days | 2 | Frank Nicklin | 12 August 1957 | 17 January 1968 | 10years, 158days | 3 | William Forgan Smith | 17 June 1932 | 16 September 1942 | 10years, 91days | 4 | Peter Beattie | 20 June 1998 | 13 September 2007 | 9years, 85days | 5 | Samuel Griffith | 13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | 7 years, 75 days | 5 | Samuel Griffith | 12 August 1890 | 27 March 1893 | 7 years, 75 days | 6 | Wayne Goss | 7 December 1989 | 19 February 1996 | 6years, 74days | 7 | Robert Herbert | 10 December 1859 | 1 February 1866 | 6 years, 71 days | 7 | Robert Herbert | 20 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | 6 years, 71 days | 8 | Ned Hanlon | 7 March 1946 | 17 January 1952 | 5years, 316days | 9 | Thomas McIlwraith | 22 January 1879 | 13 November 1883 | 5 years, 314 days | 9 | Thomas McIlwraith | 13 June 1888 | 30 November 1888 | 5 years, 314 days | 9 | Thomas McIlwraith | 27 March 1893 | 27 October 1893 | 5 years, 314 days | 10 | Vince Gair | 17 January 1952 | 12 August 1957 | 5years, 207days | 11 | Ted Theodore | 22 October 1919 | 26 February 1925 | 5years, 127days | 12 | William Kidston | 19 January 1906 | 19 November 1907 | 4 years, 262 days | 12 | William Kidston | 18 February 1908 | 7 February 1911 | 4 years, 262 days | 13 | Anna Bligh | 13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | 4years, 195days | 14 | T. J. Ryan | 1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | 4years, 143days | 15 | Hugh Nelson | 27 October 1893 | 13 April 1898 | 4years, 137days | 16 | Digby Denham | 7 February 1911 | 1 June 1915 | 4years, 114days | 17 | Robert Philp | 7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | 4 years, 10 days | 17 | Robert Philp | 19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | 4 years, 10 days | 18 | Arthur Macalister | 1 February 1866 | 20 July 1866 | 3 years, 296 days | 18 | Arthur Macalister | 7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | 3 years, 296 days | 18 | Arthur Macalister | 8 January 1874 | 5 June 1876 | 3 years, 296 days | 19 | Arthur Hunter Palmer | 3 May 1870 | 8 January 1874 | 3years, 250days | 20 | William McCormack | 22 October 1925 | 21 May 1929 | 3years, 211days | 21 | Frank Cooper | 16 September 1942 | 7 March 1946 | 3years, 172days | 22 | Arthur Edward Moore | 21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 | 3years, 27days | 23 | Arthur Morgan | 17 September 1903 | 19 January 1906 | 2years, 124days | 24 | Rob Borbidge | 19 February 1996 | 20 June 1998 | 2years, 121days | 25 | John Douglas | 8 March 1877 | 22 January 1879 | 1year, 320days | 26 | Michael Ahern | 1 December 1987 | 25 September 1989 | 1year, 298days | 27 | Boyd Dunlop Morehead | 30 November 1888 | 12 August 1890 | 1year, 255days | 28 | Campbell Newman | 26 March 2012 | Incumbent | 1year, 312days | 29 | Charles Lilley | 25 November 1868 | 3 May 1870 | 1year, 159days | 30 | Robert Mackenzie | 15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | 1year, 102days | 31 | James Dickson | 1 October 1898 | 1 December 1899 | 1year, 61days | 32 | George Thorn | 5 June 1876 | 8 March 1877 | 0years, 276days | 33 | William Gillies | 26 February 1925 | 22 October 1925 | 0years, 238days | 34 | Jack Pizzey | 17 January 1968 | 1 August 1968 | 0years, 197days | 35 | Thomas Joseph Byrnes | 13 April 1898 | 1 October 1898 | 0years, 171days | 36 | Russell Cooper | 25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 | 0years, 73days | 37 | Gordon Chalk | 1 August 1968 | 8 August 1968 | 0years, 7days | 38 | Anderson Dawson | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | 0years, 6days