
The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly will nominate its leader to be Premier. The nominated politician is then invited by the Governor of Tasmania to act as their principal adviser.
Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Tasmania. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. The current convention of appointing the Premier from the House of Assembly was not generally applied prior to 1920, with Premiers often appointed from the Legislative Council.
Premiers of Tasmania
- William Champ
- Thomas Gregson
- William Weston
- Francis Smith
- Thomas Chapman
- James Whyte
- Sir Richard Dry
- James Wilson - connected
- Frederick Innes
- Alfred Kennerley
- Thomas Reibey
- Philip Fysh
- William Giblin
- William Crowther
- Adye Douglas - connected
- James Agnew
- Henry Dobson
- Sir Edward Braddon
- Elliott Lewis
- William Propsting
- John Evans
- John Earle - connected
- Albert Solomon - connected
- Walter Lee - connected
- John Hayes - connected
- Joseph Lyons - connected
- John McPhee - connected
- Albert Ogilvie - connected
- Edmund Dwyer-Gray
- Robert Cosgrove - connected
- Edward Brooker - connected
- Eric Reece - connected
- Angus Bethune - connected
- Bill Neilson
- Doug Lowe - connected
- Harry Holgate
- Robin Gray
- Michael Field
- Ray Groom
- Tony Rundle - connected
- Jim Bacon
- Paul Lennon - connected
- David Bartlett - connected
- Lara Giddings
- Will Hodgman - connected
- Peter Gutwein