Deputy Premier of Queensland
| Deputy Premier of Queensland | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of Queensland |
| Term length | At the Governor's pleasure |
| Formation | 17 September 1903 |
| First holder | Andrew Henry Barlow |
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 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.[1]
List of Deputy Premiers of Queensland
| Name | Took Office | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Henry Barlow | 17 September 1903 | Liberal; Kidston |
| Digby Denham | 19 November 1907 | Conservative |
| Andrew Henry Barlow | 19 February 1908 | Kidston; Ministerial |
| Digby Denham | 22 June 1909 | Ministerial |
| Thomas O'Sullivan | 7 February 1911 | Ministerial; Liberal |
| Ted Theodore | 1 June 1915 | Labor |
| John Fihelly | 22 October 1919 | Labor |
| William Gillies | 8 February 1922 | Labor |
| William McCormack | 26 February 1925 | Labor |
| William Forgan Smith | 22 October 1925 | Labor |
| Reginald King | 21 May 1929 | CPNP |
| Percy Pease | 18 June 1932 | Labor |
| Frank Cooper | 24 September 1940 | Labor |
| Ned Hanlon | 16 September 1942 | Labor |
| Ted Walsh | 7 March 1946 | Labor |
| Vince Gair | 15 May 1947 | Labor |
| Tom Foley | 17 January 1952 | Labor |
| Jack Duggan | 16 March 1953 | Labor |
| Ted Walsh | 7 June 1957 | QLP |
| Kenneth Morris | 12 August 1957 | Liberal |
| Alan Munro | 26 September 1963 | Liberal |
| Gordon Chalk | 23 December 1965 | Liberal |
| Joh Bjelke-Petersen | 1 August 1968 | Country |
| Gordon Chalk | 8 August 1968 | Liberal |
| William Knox | 13 August 1976 | Liberal |
| Llewellyn Edwards | 9 October 1978 | Liberal |
| Bill Gunn | 19 August 1983 | National |
| Tom Burns | 7 December 1989 | Labor |
| Joan Sheldon | 19 February 1996 | Liberal |
| Jim Elder | 26 June 1998 | Labor |
| Paul Braddy | 22 November 2000 | Labor |
| Terry Mackenroth | 30 November 2000 | Labor |
| Anna Bligh | 28 July 2005 | Labor |
| Paul Lucas | 13 September 2007 | Labor |
| Andrew Fraser | 16 September 2011 | Labor |
| Jeff Seeney | 26 March 2012 | LNP |
| Jackie Trad | 14 February 2015 | Labor |
Notes
- ^ "(Editorial)". Brisbane Courier. 5 September 1892. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
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