Deputy Premier of Tasmania

Deputy Premier of Tasmania
Tasmanian Coat of arms
Flag of Tasmania
Incumbent Jeremy Rockliff since 31 March 2014
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Premier of Tasmania
Seat	Executive Building 15 Murray Street, Hobart
Nominator	Premier of Tasmania
Appointer	Governor of Tasmania on the advice of the premier
Term length	At the Governor's pleasure
Formation	26 August 1958
First holder	John James Dwyer

The Deputy Premier of Tasmania is a role in the Government of Tasmania assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Tasmania. It has second ranking behind the Premier of Tasmania in Cabinet, and its holder serves as Acting Premier during 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. Due to the contingent role of the Deputy Premier, they almost without exception have additional ministerial portfolios. The current Deputy Premier is Jeremy Rockliff.

List of Deputy Premiers in Tasmania

Political parties

  Labor Party   Centre Party   Liberal Party

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	1	John James Dwyer		26 August 1958	12 May 1959
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	2	Roy Fagan		12 May 1959	26 May 1969
style="background:Template:Centre Party (Tasmania)/meta/color;"|	3	Kevin Lyons		26 May 1969	14 March 1972
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	4	Merv Everett		3 May 1972	12 April 1974
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	5	Bill Neilson		17 April 1974	31 March 1975
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	6	Doug Lowe		31 March 1975	1 December 1977
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	7	Neil Batt		1 December 1977	29 August 1980
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	8	Michael Barnard		29 August 1980	27 May 1982
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"|	9	Max Bingham		27 May 1982	13 June 1984
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"|	10	Geoff Pearsall		15 June 1984	1 November 1988
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"|	11	Ray Groom		1 November 1988	29 June 1989
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	12	Peter Patmore		3 July 1989	17 February 1992
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"|	13	John Beswick		18 February 1992	18 March 1996
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"|	12	Sue Napier		18 March 1996	14 September 1998
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	13	Paul Lennon		14 September 1998	21 March 2004
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	14	David Llewellyn		22 March 2004	5 April 2006
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	15	Bryan Green		5 April 2006	15 July 2006
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	16	Steve Kons		30 October 2006	9 April 2008
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	17	David Bartlett		10 April 2008	26 May 2008
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	18	Lara Giddings		26 May 2008	24 January 2011
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"|	19	Bryan Green		24 January 2011	31 March 2014
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"|	20	Jeremy Rockliff		31 March 2014	present

References

• The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856 Parliament of Tasmania