Premier of New South Wales

Premier of New South Wales
Premier of New South Wales
	File:Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg Coat of arms of New South Wales
	File:Flag of New South Wales.svg Flag of New South Wales
	File:Fundraising function for Mr Edmond Atalla MP, State Member for Member for Mount Druitt, with then NSW Opposition Leader, Mr Chris Minns MP (cropped).jpg Incumbent; Chris Minns; since 28 March 2023
	Premier's Department ; Cabinet Office
Style	The Honourable (formal); Premier (informal);
Status	Head of government
Member of	New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Parliament
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales; by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the governor's pleasure; contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the lower house of Parliament
Constituting instrument	None (constitutional convention)
Formation	6 June 1856
First holder	Stuart Donaldson
Deputy	Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Salary	$416,440

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 Parliamentary 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 their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly. Before Federation in 1901, the term "prime minister of New South Wales" was also used. "Premier" has been used more or less exclusively from 1901, to avoid confusion with the federal prime minister of Australia.^[2]^[3] The current premier is Chris Minns, the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party, who assumed office on 28 March 2023. Minns defeated Dominic Perrottet at the election held on 25 March 2023, after twelve years of Liberal/National Coalition rule.^[4]

List of premiers of New South Wales

No.	Portrait	Name Electoral district (Birth–death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Monarch
No.	Portrait	Name Electoral district (Birth–death)	Election	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Political party	Ministry	Monarch
1	File:Stuart A. Donaldson.jpg	Stuart Donaldson MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1812–1867)	1856	6 June 1856	25 August 1856	80 days	Independent	Donaldson	Victoria (1837–1901) Governor: Sir William Denison (1855–1861) Sir John Young (1861–1867) The Earl Belmore (1868–1872) Sir Hercules Robinson (1872–1879) Lord Augustus Loftus (1879–1885) The Lord Carrington (1885–1890) The Earl of Jersey (1891–1893) Sir Robert Duff (1893–1895) The Viscount Hampden (1895–1899) The Earl Beauchamp (from 1899)
2	File:Charlescowper.jpg	Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (1807–1875)	—	26 August 1856	2 October 1856	37 days	Independent	Cowper I
3	File:Henry Watson Parker.jpg	Henry Parker MLA for Parramatta (1808–1881)	—	3 October 1856	7 September 1857	339 days	Independent	Parker
(2)	File:Charlescowper.jpg	Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (until 1859) MLA for East Sydney (from 1859) (1807–1875)	—	7 September 1857	26 October 1859	2 years, 49 days	Independent	Cowper II
			1858
			1859
4	File:PremierWilliamForster.jpg	William Forster MLA for Queanbeyan (1818–1882)	—	27 October 1859	9 March 1860	1 year, 165 days	Independent	Forster
5	File:Sir John Robertson.jpg	John Robertson MLA for Upper Hunter (1816–1891)	—	9 March 1860	9 January 1861	306 days	Independent	Robertson I
(2)	File:Charlescowper.jpg	Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807–1875)	1860	10 January 1861	15 October 1863	2 years, 278 days	Independent	Cowper III
6	File:SirJamesMartin.jpg	James Martin MLA for Tumut (until 1864) MLA for Monara (1864) MLA for Lachlan (from 1864) (1820–1886)	—	16 October 1863	2 February 1865	1 year, 109 days	Independent	Martin I
(2)	File:Charlescowper.jpg	Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807–1875)	1864–65	3 February 1865	21 January 1866	352 days	Independent	Cowper IV
(6)	File:SirJamesMartin.jpg	James Martin MLA for Lachlan (1820–1886)	—	22 January 1866	26 October 1868	2 years, 278 days	Independent	Martin II
(5)	File:Sir John Robertson.jpg	John Robertson MLA for Clarence (1816–1891)	—	27 October 1868	12 January 1870	1 year, 77 days	Independent	Robertson II
(2)	File:Charlescowper.jpg	Charles Cowper MLA for Liverpool Plains (1807–1875)	1869–70	13 January 1870	15 December 1870	336 days	Independent	Cowper V
(6)	File:SirJamesMartin.jpg	James Martin MLA for East Sydney (until 1872) MLA for East Macquarie (from 1872) (1820–1886)	—	16 December 1870	13 May 1872	1 year, 149 days	Independent	Martin III
7	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815–1896)	1872	14 May 1872	8 February 1875	2 years, 270 days	Independent	Parkes I
(5)	File:Sir John Robertson.jpg	John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (1816–1891)	1874–75	9 February 1875	21 March 1877	2 years, 40 days	Independent	Robertson III
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815–1896)	—	22 March 1877	16 August 1877	175 days	Independent	Parkes II
(5)	File:Sir John Robertson.jpg	Sir John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (until November 1877) MLA for East Macquarie (from November 1877) MLA for Lachlan (from November 1877) (1816–1891)	—	17 August 1877	17 December 1877	122 days	Independent	Robertson IV
8	File:Farnell James.jpg	James Farnell MLA for St Leonards (1825–1888)	1877	18 December 1877	20 December 1878	1 year, 2 days	Independent	Farnell
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Sir Henry Parkes MLA for Canterbury (until 1880) MLA for East Sydney (1880–1882) MLA for Tenterfield (from 1882) (1815–1896)	—	21 December 1878	4 January 1883	4 years, 14 days	Independent	Parkes III
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg		1880	21 December 1878	4 January 1883	4 years, 14 days	Independent	Parkes III
9	File:Alexander Stuart Federation Conference 1884.jpg	Alexander Stuart MLA for Illawarra (1824–1886)	1882	5 January 1883	6 October 1885	2 years, 274 days	Independent	Stuart
10	File:George Dibbs Federation Conference 1884.jpg	George Dibbs MLA for St Leonards (until October 1885) MLA for Murrumbidgee (from October 1885) (1834–1904)	—	7 October 1885	21 December 1885	75 days	Independent	Dibbs I
10	File:George Dibbs Federation Conference 1884.jpg		1885	7 October 1885	21 December 1885	75 days	Independent	Dibbs I
(5)	File:Sir John Robertson.jpg	Sir John Robertson MLA for Mudgee (1816–1891)	—	22 December 1885	22 February 1886	62 days	Independent	Robertson V
11	File:Patrick Jennings.jpg	Sir Patrick Jennings MLA for The Bogan (1831–1897)	—	26 February 1886	19 January 1887	327 days	Independent	Jennings
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896)	—	25 January 1887	16 January 1889	1 year, 357 days	Free Trade	Parkes IV
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896)	1887	25 January 1887	16 January 1889	1 year, 357 days	Free Trade	Parkes IV
10	File:George Dibbs Federation Conference 1884.jpg	George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834–1904)	—	17 January 1889	7 March 1889	49 days	Protectionist	Dibbs II
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896)	1889	8 March 1889	23 October 1891	2 years, 229 days	Free Trade	Parkes V
(7)	File:Henryparkes.jpg	Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896)	1891	8 March 1889	23 October 1891	2 years, 229 days	Free Trade	Parkes V
(10)	File:George Dibbs Federation Conference 1884.jpg	George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834–1904)	—	23 October 1891	2 August 1894	2 years, 283 days	Protectionist	Dibbs III
12	File:George Reid cph.3c31684.jpg	George Reid MLA for Sydney-King (1845–1918)	1894	3 August 1894	13 September 1899	5 years, 41 days	Free Trade	Reid
			1895
			1898
13	File:Williamlyne.jpg	Sir William Lyne MLA for Hume (1844–1913)	—	14 September 1899	27 March 1901	1 year, 194 days	Protectionist	Lyne
13	File:Williamlyne.jpg	Sir William Lyne MLA for Hume (1844–1913)	—	14 September 1899	27 March 1901	1 year, 194 days	Protectionist	Lyne	Edward VII (1901–1910) Governor: The Earl Beauchamp (until 1901) Sir Harry Rawson (1902–1909) The Viscount Chelmsford (from 1909)
14	File:JohnSee.jpg	Sir John See MLA for Grafton (1844–1907)	1901	28 March 1901	14 June 1904	3 years, 78 days	Progressive	See
15	File:Thomas Waddell.jpg	Thomas Waddell MLA for Cowra (1854–1940)	—	15 June 1904	29 August 1904	75 days	Progressive	Waddell
16	File:Joseph Carruthers.png	Sir Joseph Carruthers MLA for St George (1857–1932)	1904	29 August 1904	1 October 1907	3 years, 33 days	Liberal Reform	Carruthers
16	File:Joseph Carruthers.png	Sir Joseph Carruthers MLA for St George (1857–1932)	1907	29 August 1904	1 October 1907	3 years, 33 days	Liberal Reform	Carruthers
17	File:Wade Charles.gif	Charles Wade MLA for Gordon (1863–1922)	—	2 October 1907	1 October 1910	2 years, 364 days	Liberal Reform	Wade
17	File:Wade Charles.gif	Charles Wade MLA for Gordon (1863–1922)	—	2 October 1907	1 October 1910	2 years, 364 days	Liberal Reform	Wade	George V (1910–1936) Governor: The Viscount Chelmsford (until 1913) Sir Gerald Strickland (1913–1917) Sir Walter Davidson (1918–1923) Sir Dudley de Chair (1924–1930) Sir Philip Game (1930–1935) The Lord Gowrie (from 1935)
18	File:James McGowen Premier.png	James McGowen MLA for Redfern (1855–1922)	1910	21 October 1910	29 June 1913	2 years, 251 days	Labor	McGowen
19	File:William Holman 1919.jpg	William Holman MLA for Cootamundra (1871–1934)	—	30 June 1913	12 April 1920	6 years, 287 days	Labor	Holman I
19			1913				Labor	Holman I
			—				Nationalist	Holman II
			1917				Nationalist	Holman II
20	File:John Storey cropped.jpg	John Storey MLA for Balmain (1869–1921)	1920	13 April 1920	5 October 1921	1 year, 175 days	Labor	Storey
21	File:JamesDooleySpeaker.jpg	James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877–1950)	—	5 October 1921	20 December 1921	76 days	Labor	Dooley I
22	File:George fuller.jpg	Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861–1940)	—	20 December 1921	20 December 1921	7 hours	Nationalist	Fuller I
(21)	File:JamesDooleySpeaker.jpg	James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877–1950)	—	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days	Labor	Dooley II
(22)	File:George fuller.jpg	Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861–1940)	1922	13 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 55 days	Nationalist	Fuller II
23	File:Jack Lang 1928 (cropped).jpg	Jack Lang MLA for Parramatta (1876–1975)	1925	17 June 1925	18 October 1927	2 years, 123 days	Labor	Lang I
23	File:Jack Lang 1928 (cropped).jpg	Jack Lang MLA for Parramatta (1876–1975)	—	17 June 1925	18 October 1927	2 years, 123 days	Labor	Lang II
24	File:Thomas Bavin.jpg	Thomas Bavin MLA for Gordon (1874–1941)	1927	18 October 1927	4 November 1930	3 years, 17 days	Nationalist	Bavin
(23)	File:JackLang.jpg	Jack Lang MLA for Auburn (1876–1975)	1930	4 November 1930	16 May 1932	1 year, 194 days	Labor (until 1931)	Lang III
	File:JackLang.jpg	Jack Lang MLA for Auburn (1876–1975)	—	4 November 1930	16 May 1932	1 year, 194 days	Lang Labor	Lang III
25	File:Bertram Stevens.jpg	Bertram Stevens MLA for Croydon (1889–1973)	—	16 May 1932	5 August 1939	7 years, 81 days	United Australia	Stevens I
			1932					Stevens I
			1935					Stevens II
									Edward VIII (1936) Governor: The Lord Gowrie (until 1936) Sir David Murray Anderson (1936)
									George VI (1936–1952) Governor: The Lord Wakehurst (1937–1946) Sir John Northcott (from 1946)
			1938					Stevens III
26	File:Alexander mair.jpg	Alexander Mair MLA for Albury (1889–1969)	—	5 August 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 284 days	United Australia	Mair
27	File:Williammckell.jpg	William McKell MLA for Redfern (1891–1985)	1941	16 May 1941	6 February 1947	5 years, 266 days	Labor	McKell I
27	File:Williammckell.jpg	William McKell MLA for Redfern (1891–1985)	1944	16 May 1941	6 February 1947	5 years, 266 days	Labor	McKell II
28	File:JamesMcGirr1947.jpg	Jim McGirr MLA for Bankstown (until 1950) MLA for Liverpool (from 1950) (1890–1957)	—	6 February 1947	2 April 1952	5 years, 56 days	Labor	McGirr I
			1947					McGirr II
			1950					McGirr III
			1950					McGirr III	Elizabeth II (1952–2022) Governor: Sir John Northcott (until 1957) Sir Eric Woodward (1957–1965) Sir Roden Cutler (1966–1981) Sir James Rowland (1981–1989) Sir David Martin (1989–1990) Peter Sinclair (1990–1996) Gordon Samuels (1996–2001) Dame Marie Bashir (2001–2014) David Hurley (2014–2019) Margaret Beazley (from 2019)
29	File:JosephCahill1956.jpg	Joseph Cahill MLA for Cook's River (1891–1959)	—	2 April 1952	22 October 1959	7 years, 203 days	Labor	Cahill I
			1953					Cahill II
			1956					Cahill III
			1959					Cahill IV
30	File:BobHeffron1963.jpg	Bob Heffron MLA for Maroubra (1890–1978)	—	23 October 1959	30 April 1964	4 years, 190 days	Labor	Heffron I
30	File:BobHeffron1963.jpg	Bob Heffron MLA for Maroubra (1890–1978)	1962	23 October 1959	30 April 1964	4 years, 190 days	Labor	Heffron II
31	File:JackRenshaw1963.jpg	Jack Renshaw MLA for Castlereagh (1909–1987)	—	30 April 1964	13 May 1965	1 year, 13 days	Labor	Renshaw
32	File:Robert Askin 1973.jpg	Sir Robert Askin MLA for Collaroy (until 1973) MLA for Pittwater (from 1973) (1907–1981)	1965	13 May 1965	3 January 1975	9 years, 235 days	Liberal	Askin I
			1968					Askin II
			—					Askin III
			1971					Askin IV
			—					Askin V
			1973					Askin VI
33	File:Thomas Lewis.gif	Tom Lewis MLA for Wollondilly (1922–2016)	—	3 January 1975	23 January 1976	1 year, 20 days	Liberal	Lewis I
33	File:Thomas Lewis.gif	Tom Lewis MLA for Wollondilly (1922–2016)	—	3 January 1975	23 January 1976	1 year, 20 days	Liberal	Lewis II
34	File:Sir Eric.jpg	Sir Eric Willis MLA for Earlwood (1922–1999)	—	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days	Liberal	Willis
35	File:Neville Wran Premier.jpg	Neville Wran MLA for Bass Hill (1926–2014)	1976	14 May 1976	4 July 1986	10 years, 21 days	Labor	Wran I
			1978					Wran II
			—					Wran III
			1981					Wran IV
			—					Wran V
			—					Wran VI
			1984					Wran VII
			—					Wran VIII
36	File:Barrie Unsworth.png	Barrie Unsworth MLA for Rockdale (born 1934)	—	4 July 1986	25 March 1988	1 year, 295 days	Labor	Unsworth
37	File:Nick Greiner.jpg	Nick Greiner MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1947)	1988	25 March 1988	24 June 1992	4 years, 91 days	Liberal	Greiner I
37	File:Nick Greiner.jpg	Nick Greiner MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1947)	1991	25 March 1988	24 June 1992	4 years, 91 days	Liberal	Greiner II
38		John Fahey MP for Southern Highlands (1945–2020)	—	24 June 1992	4 April 1995	2 years, 284 days	Liberal	Fahey I
								Fahey II
								Fahey III
39	File:Bob Carr.jpg	Bob Carr MP for Maroubra (born 1947)	1995	4 April 1995	3 August 2005	10 years, 121 days	Labor	Carr I
			—					Carr II
			1999					Carr III
			2003					Carr IV
40	File:MorrisIemma.jpg	Morris Iemma MP for Lakemba (born 1961)	—	3 August 2005	5 September 2008	3 years, 36 days	Labor	Iemma I
40	File:MorrisIemma.jpg	Morris Iemma MP for Lakemba (born 1961)	2007	3 August 2005	5 September 2008	3 years, 36 days	Labor	Iemma II
41	File:Nathan Rees.jpg	Nathan Rees MP for Toongabbie (born 1968)	—	5 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 90 days	Labor	Rees
42	File:Kristina Keneally at Vietnamese Culture Centre, Bonnyrigg 2021 Closeup (cropped).jpg	Kristina Keneally MP for Heffron (born 1968)	—	4 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 114 days	Labor	Keneally
43	File:Premier Barry O'Farrell - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer.jpg	Barry O'Farrell MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1959)	2011	28 March 2011	17 April 2014	3 years, 20 days	Liberal	O'Farrell
44	File:Mike Baird Day-1-Opening-Plenary-4091 (cropped).jpg	Mike Baird MP for Manly (born 1968)	—	17 April 2014	23 January 2017	2 years, 281 days	Liberal	Baird I
44	File:Mike Baird Day-1-Opening-Plenary-4091 (cropped).jpg	Mike Baird MP for Manly (born 1968)	2015	17 April 2014	23 January 2017	2 years, 281 days	Liberal	Baird II
45	File:Premier Gladys Berejiklian - VIP Lunch 2019.jpg	Gladys Berejiklian MP for Willoughby (born 1970)	—	23 January 2017	5 October 2021	4 years, 255 days	Liberal	Berejiklian I
45	File:Premier Gladys Berejiklian - VIP Lunch 2019.jpg	Gladys Berejiklian MP for Willoughby (born 1970)	2019	23 January 2017	5 October 2021	4 years, 255 days	Liberal	Berejiklian II
46	File:CEBIT Australia - Day 2, The Hon Dominic Perrottet MP (2) (cropped) b.jpg	Dominic Perrottet MP for Epping (born 1982)	—	5 October 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 174 days	Liberal	Perrottet I
								Perrottet II
								Perrottet II	Charles III (2022–present) Governor: Margaret Beazley
47	File:Fundraising function for Mr Edmond Atalla MP, State Member for Member for Mount Druitt, with then NSW Opposition Leader, Mr Chris Minns MP (cropped).jpg	Chris Minns MP for Kogarah (born 1979)	2023	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 303 days	Labor	Minns	Charles III (2022–present) Governor: Margaret Beazley

References

↑ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances | As From 1 July 2022 | Following Application Of Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal" (PDF). parliament.nsw.gov.au. 8 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Parkes, Hon. Sir Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
↑ "Speeches of Sir Henry Parkes, G.G.M.G., M.P., Prime Minister of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
↑ "Labor wins NSW election after big swing against Coalition government". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

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[1] "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances | As From 1 July 2022 | Following Application Of Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal" (PDF). parliament.nsw.gov.au. 8 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

[2] Mennell, Philip (1892). "Parkes, Hon. Sir Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

[3] "Speeches of Sir Henry Parkes, G.G.M.G., M.P., Prime Minister of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

[4] "Labor wins NSW election after big swing against Coalition government". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

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File:Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg Coat of arms of New South Wales
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Premier's Department Cabinet Office
Style	The Honourable (formal) Premier (informal)
Status	Head of government
Member of	New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Parliament
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the governor's pleasure contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the lower house of Parliament
Constituting instrument	None (constitutional convention)
Formation	6 June 1856
First holder	Stuart Donaldson
Deputy	Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Salary	$416,440^[1]