Premier of New South Wales

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Premier of New South Wales
Incumbent
Gladys Berejiklian
since 23 January 2017
Department of Premier and Cabinet
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Term lengthAt the Governor's pleasure
Inaugural holderStuart Donaldson
Formation6 June 1856

The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislature. The Premier is appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, and by modern convention holds office by virtue of his or her ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly.

Prior to Federation in 1901 the term "Prime Minister of New South Wales" was used, "Premier" was used from 1901.[1][2]

The current Premier is Gladys Berejiklian, the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, who assumed office on 23 January 2017. Berejiklian replaced Mike Baird on 23 January 2017, after Baird resigned as Premier.

List of Premiers of New South Wales

No. Name
(lifespan) 		Portrait Term of Office Party Constituency Ministry Election(s)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 1 Stuart Donaldson
(1812–1867) 		6 June 1856 25 August 1856 No party Sydney Hamlets Donaldson 1856
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 2 Charles Cowper
(1807–1875) 		26 August 1856 2 October 1856 No party Sydney Cowper I –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 3 Henry Parker
(1808–1881) 		3 October 1856 7 September 1857 No party Parramatta Parker –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (2) II Charles Cowper
(1807–1875) 		7 September 1857 26 October 1859 No party Sydney
East Sydney 		Cowper II 1858
1859
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 4 William Forster
(1818–1882) 		27 October 1859 9 March 1860 No party Queanbeyan Forster –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 5 John Robertson
(1816–1891) 		9 March 1860 9 January 1861 No party Upper Hunter Robertson I 1860
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (2) III Charles Cowper
(1807–1875) 		10 January 1861 15 October 1863 No party East Sydney Cowper III 1860
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 6 James Martin
(1820–1886) 		16 October 1863 2 February 1865 No party Tumut
Monaro 		Martin I 1864–65
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (2) IV Charles Cowper
(1807–1875) 		3 February 1865 21 January 1866 No party East Sydney Cowper IV 1864–65
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (6) II James Martin
(1820–1886) 		22 January 1866 26 October 1868 No party Lachlan Martin II –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (5) II John Robertson
(1816–1891) 		27 October 1868 12 January 1870 No party Clarence
West Sydney 		Robertson II 1869–70
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (2) V Charles Cowper
(1807–1875) 		13 January 1870 15 December 1870 No party Liverpool Plains Cowper V –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (6) III Sir James Martin
(1820–1886) 		16 December 1870 13 May 1872 No party East Sydney
East Macquarie 		Martin III 1872
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 7 Henry Parkes
(1815–1896) 		14 May 1872 8 February 1875 No party East Sydney Parkes I 1872
1874–75
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (5) III John Robertson
(1816–1891) 		9 February 1875 21 March 1877 No party West Sydney Robertson III 1874–75
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (7) II Henry Parkes
(1815–1896) 		22 March 1877 16 August 1877 No party East Sydney
Canterbury 		Parkes II –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (5) IV Sir John Robertson
(1816–1891) 		17 August 1877 17 December 1877 No party West Sydney
East Macquarie
Mudgee 		Robertson IV 1877
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 8 James Farnell
(1825–1888) 		File:JamesFarnell.jpg 18 December 1877 20 December 1878 No party St Leonards Farnell –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (7) III Sir Henry Parkes
(1815–1896) 		21 December 1878 4 January 1883 No party Canterbury
East Sydney
Tenterfield 		Parkes III 1880
1882
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 9 Alexander Stuart
(1824–1886) 		5 January 1883 6 October 1885 No party Illawarra Stuart –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 10 George Dibbs
(1834–1904) 		7 October 1885 21 December 1885 No party St Leonards
Murrumbidgee 		Dibbs I 1885
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| (5) V Sir John Robertson
(1816–1891) 		22 December 1885 22 February 1886 No party Mudgee Robertson V –
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| 11 Sir Patrick Jennings
(1831–1897) 		26 February 1886 19 January 1887 No party Bogan Jennings 1887
style="background:Template:Free Trade Party/meta/color;"| (7) IV Sir Henry Parkes
(1815–1896) 		25 January 1887 16 January 1889 Free Trade Party St Leonards Parkes IV 1887
style="background:Template:Protectionist Party/meta/color;"| (10) II George Dibbs
(1834–1904) 		17 January 1889 7 March 1889 Protectionist Party Murrumbidgee Dibbs II 1889
style="background:Template:Free Trade Party/meta/color;"| (7) V Sir Henry Parkes
(1815–1896) 		8 March 1889 23 October 1891 Free Trade Party St Leonards Parkes V 1889
style="background:Template:Protectionist Party/meta/color;"| (10) III George Dibbs
(1834–1904) 		23 October 1891 2 August 1894 Protectionist Party Murrumbidgee Dibbs III 1891
1894
style="background:Template:Free Trade Party/meta/color;"| 12 George Reid
(1845–1918) 		3 August 1894 13 September 1899 Free Trade Party East Sydney
Sydney-King 		Reid 1894
1895
1898
style="background:Template:Protectionist Party/meta/color;"| 13 Sir William Lyne
(1844–1913) 		14 September 1899 27 March 1901 Protectionist Party Hume Lyne –
14 Sir John See
(1844–1907) 		28 March 1901 14 June 1904 Progressive Party Grafton See 1901
15 Thomas Waddell
(1854–1940) 		15 June 1904 29 August 1904 Progressive Party Cowra Waddell 1904
16 Sir Joseph Carruthers
(1857–1932) 		29 August 1904 1 October 1907 Liberal Reform Party St George Carruthers 1904
17 Charles Wade
(1863–1922) 		File:SirCharlesWade.gif 2 October 1907 1 October 1910 Liberal Reform Party Gordon Wade 1907
1910
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 18 James McGowen
(1855–1922) 		21 October 1910 29 June 1913 Australian Labor Party Redfern McGowen 1910
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 19 William Holman
(1871–1934) 		30 June 1913 15 November 1916 Australian Labor Party Cootamundra Holman I 1913
1917
1920
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 15 November 1916 12 April 1920 Nationalist Party Holman II
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 20 John Storey
(1869–1921) 		13 April 1920 5 October 1921 Australian Labor Party Balmain Storey 1920
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 21 James Dooley
(1877–1950) 		5 October 1921 20 December 1921 Australian Labor Party Bathurst Dooley I –
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 22 Sir George Fuller
(1861–1940) 		20 December 1921 20 December 1921 Nationalist Party Wollondilly Fuller I –
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| (21) II James Dooley
(1877–1950) 		20 December 1921 13 April 1922 Australian Labor Party Bathurst Dooley II 1922
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color;"| (22) II Sir George Fuller
(1861–1940) 		13 April 1922 17 June 1925 Nationalist Party Wollondilly Fuller II 1922
1925
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 23 Jack Lang
(1876–1975) 		17 June 1925 18 October 1927 Australian Labor Party Parramatta Lang I
Lang II 		1925
1927
style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 24 Thomas Bavin
(1874–1941) 		18 October 1927 4 November 1930 Nationalist Party Gordon Bavin 1927
1930
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| (23) II Jack Lang
(1876–1975) 		4 November 1930 15 October 1931 Australian Labor Party Auburn Lang III 1930
15 October 1931 13 May 1932 Labor Party (NSW) 1932
25 Bertram Stevens
(1889–1973) 		16 May 1932 5 August 1939 United Australia Party Croydon Stevens I
Stevens II
Stevens III 		1932
1935
1938
26 Alexander Mair
(1889–1969) 		5 August 1939 16 May 1941 United Australia Party Albury Mair 1941
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 27 William McKell
(1891–1985) 		16 May 1941 6 February 1947 Australian Labor Party Redfern McKell I
McKell II 		1941
1944
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 28 James McGirr
(1890–1957) 		6 February 1947 2 April 1952 Australian Labor Party Bankstown
Liverpool 		McGirr I
McGirr II
McGirr III 		1947
1950
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 29 Joseph Cahill
(1891–1959) 		2 April 1952 22 October 1959 Australian Labor Party Cook's River Cahill I
Cahill II
Cahill III
Cahill IV 		1953
1956
1959
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 30 Bob Heffron
(1890–1978) 		23 October 1959 30 April 1964 Australian Labor Party Maroubra Heffron I
Heffron II 		1962
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 31 Jack Renshaw
(1909–1987) 		30 April 1964 13 May 1965 Australian Labor Party Castlereagh Renshaw 1965
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 32 Sir Robert Askin
(1907–1981) 		13 May 1965 3 January 1975 Liberal Party of Australia Collaroy
Pittwater 		Askin I
Askin II
Askin III
Askin IV
Askin V
Askin VI 		1965
1968
1971
1973
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 33 Tom Lewis
(1922–2016) 		3 January 1975 23 January 1976 Liberal Party of Australia Wollondilly Lewis I
Lewis II 		–
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 34 Sir Eric Willis
(1922–1999) 		23 January 1976 14 May 1976 Liberal Party of Australia Earlwood Willis 1976
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 35 Neville Wran
(1926–2014) 		14 May 1976 4 July 1986 Australian Labor Party Bass Hill Wran I
Wran II
Wran III
Wran IV
Wran V
Wran VI
Wran VII
Wran VIII 		1976
1981
1984
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 36 Barrie Unsworth
(1934–) 		4 July 1986 25 March 1988 Australian Labor Party Rockdale Unsworth 1988
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 37 Nick Greiner
(1947–) 		25 March 1988 24 June 1992 Liberal Party of Australia Ku-ring-gai Greiner I
Greiner II 		1988
1991
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 38 John Fahey
(1945–) 		24 June 1992 4 April 1995 Liberal Party of Australia Southern Highlands Fahey I
Fahey II
Fahey III 		1995
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 39 Bob Carr
(1947–) 		4 April 1995 3 August 2005 Australian Labor Party Maroubra Carr I
Carr II
Carr III
Carr IV 		1995
1999
2003
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 40 Morris Iemma
(1961–) 		3 August 2005 5 September 2008 Australian Labor Party Lakemba Iemma I
Iemma II 		2007
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 41 Nathan Rees
(1968–) 		5 September 2008 4 December 2009 Australian Labor Party Toongabbie Rees –
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color;"| 42 Kristina Keneally
(1968–) 		4 December 2009 28 March 2011 Australian Labor Party Heffron Keneally 2011
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 43 Barry O'Farrell
(1959– ) 		28 March 2011 17 April 2014 Liberal Party of Australia Ku-ring-gai O'Farrell 2011
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 44 Mike Baird
(1968–) 		17 April 2014 23 January 2017 Liberal Party of Australia Manly Baird I
Baird II 		2015
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color;"| 45 Gladys Berejiklian
(1970–) 		23 January 2017 Incumbent Liberal Party of Australia Willoughby Berejiklian –

Living former Premiers

As of January 2017, nine former Premiers are alive, the oldest being Barrie Unsworth (1986-1988, born 1934). The most recent premier to die was Tom Lewis on 25 April 2016.[3]

Name Term as premier Date of birth
Barrie Unsworth 1986–1988 (1934-04-16) 16 April 1934 (age 90)
Nick Greiner 1988–1992 (1947-04-27) 27 April 1947 (age 77)
John Fahey 1992–1995 (1945-01-10) 10 January 1945 (age 79)
Bob Carr 1995–2005 (1947-09-28) 28 September 1947 (age 76)
Morris Iemma 2005–2008 (1961-07-21) 21 July 1961 (age 62)
Nathan Rees 2008–2009 (1968-02-12) 12 February 1968 (age 56)
Kristina Keneally 2009–2011 (1968-12-19) 19 December 1968 (age 55)
Barry O'Farrell 2011–2014 (1959-05-24) 24 May 1959 (age 64)
Mike Baird 2014–2017 (1968-04-01) 1 April 1968 (age 56)

References

  1. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Parkes, Hon. Sir Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Speeches of Sir Henry Parkes, G.G.M.G., M.P., Prime Minister of New South Wales". Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ^ https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/31450445/former-nsw-premier-tom-lewis-dies/

See also

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