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Factsheet 4.3

The of The Role of the Premier • being the Chief , chair of and having the authority to form cabinet Following a general election, the Premier, committees who is the elected leader of the party or of parties holding a majority in • authorising the absences of ministers from the the Legislative Assembly, is commissioned state for up to 14 days by the Governor to form a government. • authorising a minister to perform the duties The position of the Premier is not and functions of another minister recognised constitutionally but is • having the authority to determine when an mentioned in statutes and parliamentary election is to be called standing orders. The Premier’s power and authority largely depend on • ensuring that there is adherence to the their relationship with parliamentary caretaker conventions and practices after a colleagues; with their political party; and general election has been announced; and the electorate in general. • representing their electorate. The role of the Premier includes: • leading the government and being the most dominant political figure in the state • being the main channel of communication between: - the Governor and cabinet - the and other Australian state and territory governments; and - the Queensland Government and the Commonwealth Government and overseas governments. • providing advice to Her Majesty The Queen on the exercise of Her Majesty’s powers and functions in respect of the State of Queensland eg. the appointment and termination of appointment of the Governor; • choosing ministers • determining the administrative arrangements setting out the principal ministerial responsibilities of ministers and the acts which they Portraits of some of the former of Queensland as displayed in the Premiers’ Hall, Parliamentary Annexe, administer;

Updated July 2015 p | +61 7 3406 7111 www.parliament.qld.gov.au f | +61 7 3406 7731 [email protected] 70.92 EdwardMichael HANLON O7.03.1946 - 17.01.1952 Frank 16.09.1942 - 07.03.1946 William ForganSMITH 17.06.1932 -16.09.1942 ArthurEdward MOORE 21.05.1929 -1706.1932 William McCORMACK 22.10.1925 -21.05.1929 William NealGILLIES 26.02.1925 -22.10.1925 60.95 EdgarGranville 22.10.1919 -26.02.1925 ThomasJosephRYAN 01.06.1915 -22.10.1919 DigbyFrankDENHAM 07.02.1911 -01.06.1915 18.02.1908 -07.02.1911 SirRobert PHILP 19.11.1907 -18.02.1908 William KIDSTON 19.01.1906 -19.11.1907 110 Sir 17.09.1903 -1901.1906 SirRobert PHILP 07.12.1899 -17.09.1903 Andrew(Anderson) DAWSON 01.12.1899 -07.12.1899 SirJamesRobert DICKSON 01.10.1898 -01.12.1899 ThomasJoseph BYRNES 13.04.1898 -01.10.1898 SirHughMuirNELSON 27.10.1893 -13.04.1898 Sir 27.03.1893 -27.10.1893 SirSamuelWalker GRIFFITH 12.08.1890 -27.03.1893 BoydDunlopMOREHEAD 30.11.1888 -12.08.1890 Sir 13.06 1888-30.11.1888 SirSamuelWalker GRIFFITH 13.11.1883 -13.06.1888 Sir 21.01.1879 -13.11.1883 JohnDOUGLAS 08.03.1877 -21.01.1879 George(Jnr) 05.06.1876 -08.03.1877 ArthurMACALISTER 08.01.1874 -05.06.1876 Sir 03.05.1870 -08.01.1874 SirCharlesLILLEY 25.11.1868 -03.05.1870 SirRobert RamsayMACKENZIE 15.08.1867 -25.11.1868 ArthurMACALISTER 07.08.1866 -15.08.1867 SirRobert GeorgeWyndam HERBERT 20.07.1866 -07.08.1866 ArthurMACALISTER 01.02.1866 -20.07.1866 SirRobert GeorgeWyndam HERBERT 10.12.1859 -01.02.1866 Premiers ofQueensland,1859-present Arthur MORGAN Arthur HunterPALMER Thomas McILWRAITH Thomas McILWRAITH Thomas McILWRAITH Arthur COOPER The PremierofQueensland THORN THEODORE Australian Labor Party Australian LaborParty Nationalist Australian LaborParty Australian LaborParty Australian LaborParty Australian LaborParty Ministerialist Australian LaborParty Ministerialist Australian LaborParty Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Australian LaborParty Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Ministerialist Updated July 2015

Factsheet 4.3 P +61 7 3553 6000 www.parliament.qld.gov.au F +61 7 3553 6419 [email protected] rsn AnnastaciaPALASZCZUK 16.02.2015 -present CampbellNEWMAN 24.03.2012 -16.02.2015 AnnaMariaBLIGH 13.09.2007 -24.03.2012 Peter DouglasBEATTIE 26.06.1998 -13.09.2007 Robert EdwardBORBIDGE 19.02.1996 -26.06.1998 Wayne Keith GOSS 07.12.1989 -19.02.1996 TheoRussell COOPER Liberal Party 25.09.1989 -07.12.1989 MichaelJohn 01.12.1987 -25.09.1989 SirJohannesBJELKE-PETERSEN O8.08.1968 -01.12.1987 SirGordonWilliam Wesley CHALK 01.08.1968 -O8.08.1968 Party Country JackCharles 17.01.1968 -01.08.1968 SirGeorgeFrancisReuben NICKLIN 12.08.1957 -17.01.1968 Vincent ClairGAIR 17.01.1952 -12.08.1957 The PremierofQueensland Allan PIZZEY AHERN National Party Australian LaborParty Liberal NationalParty Australian LaborParty Australian LaborParty National Party Australian LaborParty National Party National Party Country Party Australian LaborParty Updated July 2015

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