List of Premiers of Victoria by time in office

This is a list of Premiers of Victoria (Australia) by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of years and days between dates.

Rank by time in office

Parties

  Australian Labor Party   Liberal Party of Australia / Liberal & Country   Country   Nationalists / Commonwealth Liberal / United Australia / Non-Party Conservatism   Non-Party Liberalism

Rank: No: Office Holder: Portrait: Party: District: Assumed
Office:		 Left
Office:		 TERM
Time in Office:		 TOTAL
Time in Office:		 Election
Wins:
  1. 38th Sir Henry Bolte
(1908–1990)
GCMG		 Liberal & Country MLA for Hampden
(1947–1972)		 7 June 1955 6 March 1965 9 years, 272 days 17 years, 77 days 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
Liberal 6 March 1965 23 August 1972 7 years, 170 days
  2. 33rd Sir Albert Dunstan
(1882–1950)
KCMG		 Country MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk
(1927–1945)		 2 April 1935 14 September 1943 8 years, 165 days 10 years, 179 days 1937 1940 1943
18 September 1943 2 October 1945 2 years, 14 days
  3. 5th Sir James McCulloch
(1819–1893)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MLA for Mornington
(1862–1872)
Warrnambool
(1874–1878)		 27 June 1863 6 May 1868 4 years, 314 days 9 years, 118 days 1864 1866 1868
11 July 1868 20 September 1869 1 year, 71 days
9 April 1870 19 June 1871 1 year, 71 days
20 October 1875 21 May 1877 1 year, 213 days
  4. 39th Sir Rupert Hamer
(1916–2004)
AC KCMG ED		 Liberal MLA for Kew
(1971–1981)		 23 August 1972 5 June 1981 8 years, 286 days 1973 1976 1979
  5. 41st John Cain (Jnr)
(1931– )		 Labor MLA for Bundoora
(1976–1992)		 8 April 1982 10 August 1990 8 years, 124 days 1982 1985 1988
  6. 44th Steve Bracks
(1954– )
AC		 Labor MLA for Williamstown
(1994–2007)		 19 October 1999 30 July 2007 7 years, 284 days 1999 2002 2006
  7. 43rd Jeff Kennett
(1948– )
AC		 Liberal MLA for Burwood
(1976–1999)		 6 October 1992 19 October 1999 7 years, 13 days 1992 1996
  8. 27th Sir Harry Lawson
(1875–1952)
KCMG		 Nationalist MLA for Castlemaine and Maldon
(1904–1927)		 21 March 1918 28 April 1924 6 years, 39 days 1920 | 1921
  9. 18th Sir George Turner
(1851–1916)
KCMG		 Non-Party
Liberalism		 MLA for St Kilda
(1889–1901)		 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 5 years, 69 days 5 years, 154 days 1894 1897 1900
19 November 1900 12 February 1901 85 days
  10. 20th Sir Alexander Peacock
(1861–1933)
KCMG		 Non-Party
Liberalism		 MLA for Clunes and Allandale
(1889–1904)		 12 February 1901 10 June 1902 1 year, 118 days 4 years, 363 days 1914
  Commonwealth Liberal MLA for Allandale
(1904–1933)		 18 June 1914 17 February 1917 2 years, 244 days
  Nationalist 17 February 1917 29 November 1917 285 days
28 April 1924 18 July 1924 81 days
  11. 22nd Sir Thomas Bent
(1838–1909)
KCMG		 Non-Party
Conservatism
(Electoral Reform)		 MLA for Brighton
(1900–1909)		 16 February 1904 8 January 1909 4 years, 327 days 1904 1907 1908
  12. 14th Duncan Gillies
(1838–1909)
 Non-Party
Conservatism		 MLA for Rodney
(1877–1889)
Eastern Suburbs
(1889–1894)		 18 February 1886 5 November 1890 4 years, 260 days 1886 1889
  13. 34th John Cain (Snr)
(1882–1957)		 Labor MLA for Northcote
(1927–1957)		 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 4 days 4 years, 175 days 1945 1952
21 November 1945 20 November 1947 1 year, 364 days
17 December 1952 7 June 1955 2 years, 172 days
  14. 30th Edmond Hogan
(1883–1964)		 Labor MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville
(1927–1945)		 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 1 year, 192 days 3 years, 345 days 1927 1929
12 December 1929 19 May 1932 2 years, 159 days
  15. 11th Sir Graham Berry
(1822–1904)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MLA for Geelong West
(1869–1877)		 7 August 1875 20 October 1875 74 days 3 years, 338 days 1877
MLA for Geelong
(1877–1886)		 21 May 1877 5 March 1880 2 years, 289 days
3 August 1880 9 July 1881 340 days
  16. 2nd Sir John O'Shanassy
(1818–1883)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MLA for Kilmore
(1856–1865)		 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 49 days 3 years, 140 days 1861
10 March 1858 27 October 1859 1 year, 231 days
14 November 1861 27 June 1863 1 year, 225 days
  17. 12th James Service
(1823–1899)		 No Party Alignment MLA for Maldon
(1874–1881)		 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 151 days 3 years, 133 days 1883
MLA for Castlemaine
(1883–1886)		 8 March 1883 18 February 1886 2 years, 347 days
  18. 23rd John Murray
(1851–1916)		 Commonwealth Liberal MLA for Warrnambool
(1884–1916)		 8 January 1909 18 May 1912 3 years, 125 days 1911
  19. 45th John Brumby
(1953– )		 Labor MLA for Broadmeadows
(1993–2011)		 30 July 2007 2 December 2010 3 years, 125 days
  20. 32nd Sir Stanley Argyle
(1867–1940)
KBE		 United Australia MLA for Toorak
(1920–1940)		 19 May 1932 2 April 1935 2 years, 318 days 1932 1935
  21. 36th Thomas Hollway
(1906–1971)		 Liberal MLA for Ballarat
(1932–1952)		 20 November 1947 22 March 1949 1 year, 122 days 2 years, 222 days 1947 1950
Liberal & Country 22 March 1949 27 June 1950 1 year, 97 days
Electoral Reform 28 October 1952 31 October 1952 3 days
  22. 29th John Allan
(1866–1936)		 Country MLA for Rodney
(1917–1936)		 18 November 1924 20 May 1927 2 years, 183 days
  23. 37th Sir John McDonald
(1898–1977)		 Country MLA for Shepparton
(1945–1955)		 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 2 years, 123 days 2 years, 170 days
31 October 1952 17 December 1952 47 days
  24. 1st Dr William Haines
(1810–1866)		 No Party Alignment MLA for South Grant
(1856–1858)		 30 November 1855 11 March 1857 1 year, 101 days 2 years, 149 days 1856
29 April 1857 10 March 1858 315 days
  25. 46th Ted Baillieu
(1953– )		 Liberal MLA for Hawthorn
(1999–2014)		 2 December 2010 6 March 2013 2 years, 94 days 2010
  26. 42nd Joan Kirner
(1938–2015)
AC		 Labor MLA for Williamstown
(1988–1994)		 10 August 1990 6 October 1992 2 years, 57 days
  27. 9th James Francis
(1819–1884)		 No Party Alignment MLA for Richmond
(1859–1874)		 10 June 1872 31 July 1874 2 years, 51 days
  28. 24th William Watt
(1871–1946)
PC		 Commonwealth Liberal MLA for Essendon
(1904–1914)		 18 May 1912 9 December 1913 1 year, 205 days 2 years, 18 days
22 December 1913 18 June 1914 178 days
  29. 48th Daniel Andrews
(1972– )		 Labor MLA for Mulgrave
(2002– )		 4 December 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 3 days 2014
  30. 47th Denis Napthine
(1952– )		 Liberal MLA for South-West Coast
(2002–2015)		 6 March 2013 4 December 2014 1 year, 273 days
  31. 24th Sir William Irvine
(1858–1943)
GCMG		 Non-Party
Conservatism
(Electoral Reform)		 MLA for Lowan
(1894–1906)		 10 June 1902 16 February 1904 1 year, 251 days 1902
  32. 17th Sir James Patterson
(1833–1895)
KCMG		 Non-Party
Conservatism		 MLA for Castlemaine
(1870–1895)		 23 January 1893 27 September 1894 1 year, 247 days
  33. 13th Sir Bryan O'Loghlen
(1828–1905)
Bt		 No Party Alignment MLA for West Bourke
(1880–1883)		 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 1 year, 242 days
  33. 15th James Munro
(1832–1908)
 Non-Party
Liberalism
(National Liberal)		 MLA for Geelong
(1886–1892)		 5 November 1890 16 February 1892 1 year, 103 days
  34. 3rd William Nicholson
(1816–1865)		 No Party Alignment MLA for Sandridge
(1859–1864)		 27 October 1859 26 November 1860 1 year, 30 days 1859
  36. 31st Sir William McPherson
(1865–1932)
KBE		 Nationalist MLA for Hawthorn
(1913–1930)		 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 1 year, 20 days
  37. 10th George Kerferd
(1831–1889)		 No Party Alignment MLA for Ovens
(1864–1886)		 31 July 1874 7 August 1875 1 year, 7 days 1874
  38. 8th Sir Charles Duffy
(1816–1903)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MLA for Dalhousie
(1867–1874)		 19 June 1871 10 June 1872 357 days 1871
  39. 4th Richard Heales
(1821–1864)		 No Party Alignment MLA for East Bourke Boroughs
(1859–1864)		 26 November 1860 14 November 1861 353 days 1859
  40. 19th Allan McLean
(1840–1911)
 Non-Party
Liberalism		 MLA for Gippsland North
(1880–1901)		 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 349 days 1892
  41. 16th William Shiels
(1848–1904)
 Non-Party
Liberalism		 MLA for Normanby
(1880–1904)		 16 February 1892 23 January 1893 342 days 1892
  42. 40th Lindsay Thompson
(1923–2008)
AO CMG		 Liberal MLA for Malvern
(1970–1982)		 5 June 1981 8 April 1982 307 days
  43. 7th John MacPherson
(1833–1894)		 No Party Alignment MLA for Dundas
(1866–1878)		 20 September 1869 9 April 1870 201 days
  44. 28th George Prendergast
(1854–1937)		 Labor MLA for North Melbourne
(1900–1926)		 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 123 days
  45. 26th Sir John Bowser
(1856–1936)		 Nationalist MLA for Wangaratta
(1904–1927)		 29 November 1917 21 March 1918 112 days 1917
  46. 6th Sir Charles Sladen
(1816–1884)
KCMG		 No Party Alignment MLC for Western
(1864–1868)		 6 May 1868 11 July 1868 66 days
  47. 35th Ian Macfarlan
(1881–1964)		 Liberal MLA for Brighton
(1928–1945)		 2 October 1945 21 November 1945 50 days
  48. 25th George Elmslie
(1861–1918)		 Labor MLA for Albert Park
(1902–1918)		 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 13 days

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