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This is a list of premiers of Victoria by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of years and days between dates. Rank by time in office
The longest-serving premier was Henry Bolte, who served from 7 June 1955 to 23 August 1972 for a total of 17 years and 77 days. He was a member of the Liberal Party . The shortest-serving premier was George Elmslie , who served from 9 December 1913 to 22 December 1913, for a total of 13 days in office.
Thompson was the longest-serving member in Victorian parliamentary history, serving a total of 27 years in the Legislative Council from 195 to 1970 and the Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1982. [1] He had held the housing, education, police and treasury portfolios throughout his parliamentary career, and was notable for his actions in the ...
Rank State Premier Portrait Party District Assumed office Left office Term Time in office Total Time in office Election wins 1. SA: Sir Thomas Playford
Daniel Michael Andrews AC (born 6 July 1972) is an Australian former politician who served as the 48th premier of Victoria from 2014 to 2023. He held office as the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2010 and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Mulgrave from 2002 until his resignation in 2023.
List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria; No. Portrait Name Party House Electorate Term began Term ended Time in office Notes 1 John Lemmon (1875–1955) Labor: Legislative Assembly: Williamstown: 1 June 1904: 22 April 1955 50 years, 325 days [1] [citation needed] 2 Alexander Peacock (1861–1933) Independent Legislative ...
Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. [1] She has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Bendigo East since 1999. [1]
Victorian Premier James Munro, for example, fled the colony to escape his creditors in 1890, and Queensland Premier Sir Thomas McIlwraith was notoriously corrupt. The rise of Labor forced the colonies to move towards a two-party system of Labor versus non-Labor, although state politics remained more personalised and less ideological than ...