Premiers of Victoria

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See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.

Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Victoria. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. From the 1880s, until after Federation in 1901, Victorian politics were dominated by Protectionist Liberals, who were opposed by Free Trade Conservatives. The Labor Party did not emerge as a major party until after 1910, which meant that Victoria was slow to develop a two-party system. Labor did not win a majority in the Legislative Assembly until 1952, and until that time weak minority governments were common. Since 1952, Victoria has had a stable two-party system.

Premier	Party	Took office
Dr William Haines		30 November 1855
John O'Shanassy		11 March 1857
William Haines		29 April 1857
John O'Shanassy		10 March 1858
William Nicholson		27 October 1859
Richard Heales		26 November 1860
John O'Shanassy		14 November 1861
James McCulloch		27 June 1863
Charles Sladen		6 May 1868
James McCulloch		11 July 1868
John MacPherson		20 September 1869
Sir James McCulloch		9 April 1870
Charles Gavan Duffy		19 June 1871
James Francis		10 June 1872
George Kerferd		31 July 1874
Graham Berry	Liberal	7 August 1875
Sir James McCulloch	-	20 October 1875
Graham Berry	Liberal	21 May 1877
James Service	-	5 March 1880
Graham Berry	Liberal	3 August 1880
Sir Bryan O'Loghlen	-	9 July 1881
James Service	-	8 March 1883
Duncan Gillies	Conservative	18 February 1886
James Munro	Conservative	5 November 1890
William Shiels	Liberal	16 February 1892
Sir James Patterson	Conservative	23 January 1893
Sir George Turner	Liberal	27 September 1894
Allan McLean	Liberal	5 December 1899
Sir George Turner	Liberal	19 November 1900
Alexander Peacock	Liberal	12 February 1901
William Irvine	Reform	10 June 1902
Sir Thomas Bent	Reform	16 February 1904
John Murray	Comwlth Liberal	8 January 1909
William Watt	Comwlth Liberal	18 May 1912
George Elmslie	Labor	9 December 1913
William Watt	Comwlth Liberal	22 December 1913
Sir Alexander Peacock	Comwlth Liberal	18 June 1914
John Bowser	Nationalist	29 November 1917
Harry Lawson	Nationalist	21 March 1918
Sir Alexander Peacock	Nationalist	28 April 1924
George Prendergast	Labor	18 July 1924
John Allan	Country Party	18 November 1924
Edmond Hogan	Labor	20 May 1927
Sir William McPherson	Nationalist	22 November 1928
Edmond Hogan	Labor	12 December 1929
Sir Stanley Argyle	United Australia	19 May 1932
Albert Dunstan	Country Party	2 April 1935
John Cain I	Labor	14 September 1943
Albert Dunstan	Country Party	18 September 1943
Ian MacFarlan	Liberal	2 October 1945
John Cain I	Labor	21 November 1945
Thomas Hollway	Liberal	20 November 1947
John McDonald	Country Party	27 June 1950
Thomas Hollway	Electoral Reform	28 October 1952
John McDonald	Country Party	31 October 1952
John Cain I	Labor	17 December 1952
Sir Henry Bolte	Liberal	7 June 1955
Rupert Hamer	Liberal	23 August 1972
Lindsay Thompson	Liberal	5 June 1981
John Cain II	Labor	8 April 1982
Joan Kirner	Labor	9 August 1990
Jeff Kennett	Liberal	6 October 1992
Steve Bracks	Labor	19 October 1999
John Brumby	Labor	30 July 2007

Dr William Haines Nov 1855 - Mar 1857 Apr 1857 - Mar 1858	Sir John O'Shanassy Mar 1857 - Apr 1857 Mar 1858 - Oct 1859 Nov 1861 - Jun 1863	William Nicholson Oct 1859 - Nov 1860	Richard Heales Nov 1860 - Nov 1861
Sir James McCulloch Jun 1863 - May 1868 Jul 1868 - Sep 1869 Apr 1870 - Jun 1871 Oct 1875 - May 1877	Charles Sladen May 1868 - Jul 1868	John MacPherson Sep 1869 - Apr 1870	Charles Gavan Duffy Jun 1871 - Jun 1872
James Francis Jun 1872 - Jul 1874	George Kerferd Jul 1874 - Aug 1875	Sir Graham Berry Aug 1875 - Oct 1875 May 1877 - Mar 1880 Aug 1880 - Jul 1881	James Service Mar 1880 - Aug 1880 Mar 1883 - Feb 1886
Sir Bryan O'Loghlen Jul 1881 - Mar 1883	Duncan Gillies Feb 1886 - Nov 1890	James Munro Nov 1890 - Feb 1892	William Shiels Feb 1892 - Jan 1893
Sir James Patterson Jan 1893 - Sep 1894	Sir George Turner Sep 1894 - Dec 1899 Nov 1900 - Feb 1901	Allan McLean Dec 1899 - Nov 1900	Sir Alexander Peacock Feb 1901 - Jun 1902 Jun 1914 - Nov 1917 Apr 1924 - Jul 1924
Sir William Irvine Jun 1902 - Feb 1904	Sir Thomas Bent Feb 1904 - Jan 1909	John Murray Jan 1909 - May 1912	Sir William Watt May 1912 - Dec 1913 Dec 1913 - Jun 1914
George Elmslie Dec 1913	Sir John Bowser Nov 1917 - Mar 1918	Sir Harry Lawson Mar 1918 - Apr 1924	George Prendergast Jul 1924 - Nov 1924
John Allan Nov 1924 - May 1927	Ned Hogan May 1927 - Nov 1928 Dec 1929 - May 1932	Sir William McPherson Nov 1928 - Dec 1929	Sir Stanley Argyle May 1932 - Apr 1935
Albert Dunstan Apr 1935 - Sep 1943 Sep 1943 - Oct 1945	John Cain Sr. Sep 1943 Nov 1945 - Nov 1947 Dec 1952 - Jun 1955	Ian MacFarlan Oct 1945 - Nov 1945	Tom Hollway Nov 1947 - Jun 1950 Oct 1952
John McDonald Jun 1950 - Oct 1952 Oct 1952 - Dec 1952	Sir Henry Bolte Jun 1955 - Aug 1972	Sir Rupert Hamer Aug 1972 - Jun 1981	Lindsay Thompson Jun 1981 - Apr 1982
John Cain Jr. Apr 1982 - Aug 1990	Joan Kirner Aug 1990 - Oct 1992	Jeff Kennett Oct 1992 - Oct 1999	Steve Bracks Oct 1999 - Jul 2007
John Brumby Jul 2007 - Present