Deputy Premier of Queensland

Summary

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 the 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.

Deputy Premier of Queensland
Incumbent
Cameron Dick
since 15 December 2023
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPremier of Queensland
Seat1 William Street, Brisbane
NominatorPremier of Queensland
AppointerGovernor of Queensland
on the advice of the premier
Term lengthAt the Governor's pleasure
Formation17 September 1903
First holderAndrew Henry Barlow

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 edit

No. Portrait Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Premier
Term start Term end
1   Andrew Henry Barlow
MLC
(1837–1915)
17 September
1903
19 November
1907
Liberal
(until 1907)
Arthur Morgan
Liberal
(1903–1906)
William Kidston
Labor (until 1907)
Kidstonite (from 1907)

(1906–1907)
Kidstonite
(from 1907)
2   Digby Denham
MLA for Oxley
(1859–1944)
19 November
1907
19 February
1908
Conservative Robert Philp
Conservative
(1907–1908)
(1)   Andrew Henry Barlow
MLC
(1837–1915)
19 February
1908
22 June
1909
Kidstonite
(until 1908)
William Kidston
Kidstonite (until 1908)
Liberal (from 1908)

(1908–1911)
Liberal
(from 1908)
(2)   Digby Denham
MLA for Oxley
(1859–1944)
22 June
1909
7 February
1911
Liberal
3   Thomas O'Sullivan
MLC
(1856–1953)
7 February
1911
1 June
1915
Liberal Digby Denham
Liberal
(1911–1915)
4   Ted Theodore
MLA for Woothakata
(1884–1950)
1 June
1915
22 October
1919
Labor T. J. Ryan
Labor
(1915–1919)
5   John Fihelly
MLA for Paddington
(1882–1945)
22 October
1919
8 February
1922
Labor Ted Theodore
Labor
(1919–1925)
6   William Gillies
MLA for Eacham
(1868–1928)
8 February
1922
26 February
1925
Labor
7   William McCormack
MLA for Cairns
(1879–1947)
26 February
1925
22 October
1925
Labor William Gillies
Labor
(1925)
8   William Forgan Smith
MLA for Mackay
(1887–1953)
22 October
1925
21 May
1929
Labor William McCormack
Labor
(1925–1929)
9   Reginald King
MLA for Logan
(1869–1955)
21 May
1929
18 June
1932
CPNP Arthur Edward Moore
CPNP
(1929–1932)
10   Percy Pease
MLA for Herbert
(1876–1940)
18 June
1932
17 September
1940
Labor William Forgan Smith
Labor
(1932–1942)
11   Frank Arthur Cooper
MLA for Bremer
(1872–1949)
24 September
1940
16 September
1942
Labor
12   Ned Hanlon
MLA for Bremer
(1887–1952)
16 September
1942
7 March
1946
Labor Frank Arthur Cooper
Labor
(1942–1946)
13   Ted Walsh
MLA for Mirani
(1894–1976)
7 March
1946
15 May
1947
Labor Ned Hanlon
Labor
(1946–1952)
14   Vince Gair
MLA for South Brisbane
(1901–1980)
15 May
1947
17 January
1952
Labor
15   Tom Foley
MLA for Belyando
(1886–1973)
17 January
1952
16 March
1953
Labor Vince Gair
Labor (until 1957)
Queensland Labor (from 1957)

(1952–1957)
16   Jack Duggan
MLA for Belyando
(1910–1993)
16 March
1953
7 June
1957
Labor
(13)   Ted Walsh
MLA for Bundaberg
(1894–1976)
7 June
1957
12 August
1957
Queensland Labor
17 Kenneth Morris
MLA for Mount
Coot-tha

(1903–1978)
12 August
1957
26 September
1962
Liberal Frank Nicklin
Country
(1957–1968)
18 Alan Munro
MLA for Toowong
(1898–1968)
26 September
1962
28 January
1965
Liberal
19   Thomas Hiley
MLA for Chatsworth
(1905–1990)
28 January
1965
23 December
1965
Liberal
20   Gordon Chalk
MLA for Lockyer
(1913–1991)
23 December
1965
1 August
1968
Liberal
Jack Pizzey
Country
(1968)
21   Joh Bjelke-Petersen
MLA for Barambah
(1911–2005)
1 August
1968
8 August
1968
Country Gordon Chalk
Liberal
(1968)
(20)   Gordon Chalk
MLA for Lockyer
(1913–1991)
8 August
1968
13 August
1976
Liberal Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country (until 1974)
National (from 1974)

(1968–1987)
22 William Knox
MLA for Nundah
(1927–2001)
13 August
1976
9 October
1978
Liberal
23 Llew Edwards
MLA for Ipswich
(1935–2021)
9 October
1978
19 August
1983
Liberal
24 Bill Gunn
MLA for Somerset
(1920–2001)
19 August
1983
7 December
1989
National
Mike Ahern
National

(1987–1989)
Russell Cooper
National

(1989)
25 Tom Burns
MLA for Lytton
(1920–2001)
7 December
1989
19 February
1996
Labor Wayne Goss
Labor

(1989–1996)
26 Joan Sheldon
MLA for Caloundra
(born 1943)
19 February
1996
26 June
1998
Liberal Rob Borbidge
National

(1996–1998)
27 Jim Elder
MP for Capalaba
(born 1950)
26 June
1998
22 November
2000
Labor Peter Beattie
Labor

(1998–2007)
28 Paul Braddy
MP for Kedron
(born 1939)
22 November
2000
30 November
2000
Labor
29 Terry Mackenroth
MP for Chatsworth
(1949–2018)
30 November
2000
28 July
2005
Labor
30   Anna Bligh
MP for South Brisbane
(born 1960)
28 July
2005
13 September
2007
Labor
31   Paul Lucas
MP for Lytton
(born 1962)
13 September
2007
16 September
2011
Labor Anna Bligh
Labor

(2007–2012)
32   Andrew Fraser
MP for Mount Coot-tha
(born 1976)
16 September
2011
26 March
2012
Labor
33 Jeff Seeney
MP for Callide
(born 1957)
26 March
2012
14 February
2015
Liberal National Campbell Newman
Liberal National

(2012–2015)
34   Jackie Trad
MP for South Brisbane
(born 1972)
14 February
2015
10 May
2020
Labor Annastacia Palaszczuk
Labor

(2015–2023)
35   Steven Miles
MP for Murrumba
(born 1977)
10 May
2020
15 December
2023
Labor
36   Cameron Dick
MP for Woodridge
(born 1967)
15 December
2023
Incumbent Labor Steven Miles
Labor

(since 2023)

Notes edit

  1. ^ "(Editorial)". Brisbane Courier. 5 September 1892. Retrieved 17 March 2010.

See also edit