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Premier of Queensland
	Ministry
	Provincial/State
Incumbent:; Anna Bligh
Style:	The Honourable
Appointed by:	Quentin Bryce; as Governor of Queensland
First :	Robert Herbert
Formation:	10 December 1859

See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.

Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and disorganised by modern standards.

[edit] List of Premiers of Queensland

	Name	Took Office	Affiliation
1st	Robert Herbert	10 December 1859	_
2nd	Arthur Macalister	1 February 1866	_
_	Robert Herbert (second time)	20 July 1866	_
-	Arthur Macalister (second time)	7 August 1866	-
3rd	Robert Mackenzie	15 August 1867	_
4th	Charles Lilley	25 November 1868	_
5th	Arthur Palmer	3 May 1870	_
_	Arthur Macalister (third time)	8 January 1874	_
6th	George Thorn	5 June 1876	_
7th	John Douglas	8 March 1877	_
8th	Thomas McIlwraith	22 January 1879	Conservative
9th	Samuel Griffith	13 November 1883	Liberal
_	Sir Thomas McIlwraith (second time)	13 June 1888	Conservative
10th	Boyd Morehead	30 November 1888	Conservative
_	Samuel Griffith (second time)	12 August 1890	Continuous Ministry
_	Sir Thomas McIlwraith (third time)	27 March 1893	Continuous Ministry
11th	Hugh Nelson	27 October 1893	Continuous Ministry
12th	Thomas Joseph Byrnes	13 April 1898	Continuous Ministry
13th	James Dickson	1 October 1898	Continuous Ministry
14th	Anderson Dawson	1 December 1899	Labor
15th	Robert Philp	7 December 1899	Continuous Ministry
16th	Sir Arthur Morgan	17 September 1903	Morgan-Browne Coalition
17th	William Kidston	19 January 1906	Liberal Coalition
_	Robert Philp (second time)	19 November 1907	Conservative
_	William Kidston (second time)	18 February 1908	Liberal
18th	Digby Denham	7 February 1911	Liberal
19th	Thomas Joseph Ryan	1 June 1915	Labor
20th	Ted Theodore	22 October 1919	Labor
21st	William Gillies	26 February 1925	Labor
22nd	William McCormack	22 October 1925	Labor
23rd	Arthur Edward Moore	21 May 1929	Country National Progressive Party
24th	William Forgan Smith	17 June 1932	Labor
25th	Frank Cooper	16 September 1942	Labor
26th	Ned Hanlon	7 March 1946	Labor
27th	Vince Gair	17 January 1952	Labor; Queensland Labor Party
28th	Sir Francis Nicklin	12 August 1957	Country Party
29th	Jack Pizzey	17 January 1968	Country Party
30th	Sir Gordon Chalk	1 August 1968	Liberal
31st	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen	8 August 1968	Country Party/National Party
32nd	Mike Ahern	1 December 1987	National
33rd	Russell Cooper	25 September 1989	National
34th	Wayne Goss	7 December 1989	Labor
35th	Rob Borbidge	19 February 1996	National
36th	Peter Beattie	20 June 1998	Labor
37th	Anna Bligh	13 September 2007	Labor

[edit] Living former premiers

As of November 2007^[update], five former premiers are alive, the oldest being Russell Cooper (1989, born 1941). The most recent premier to die was Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1968–87), on 23 April 2005.

Name	Term as premier	Date of birth
Mike Ahern	1987–1989	2 June 1942
Russell Cooper	1989	4 February 1941
Wayne Goss	1989–1996	26 February 1951
Rob Borbidge	1996–1998	12 August 1954
Peter Beattie	1998–2007	18 November 1952

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[edit] See also

Contents

[edit] List of Premiers of Queensland

[edit] Living former premiers

[edit] Graphical timeline

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