List of premiers of Victoria by time in office explained

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

Parties

	Rank	No.	Officeholder	Portrait	Party	District	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office (term)	Time in office (total)	Election wins
		1.	38th	Sir Henry Bolte		Liberal & Country / Liberal	MLA for Hampden	7 June 1955	23 August 1972			1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
	2.	33rd	Sir Albert Dunstan		Country	MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk	2 April 1935	14 September 1943		10 years, 179 days	1937 1940 1943
18 September 1943							2 October 1945
	3.	5th	Sir James McCulloch		No Party Alignment	MLA for Mornington Warrnambool	27 June 1863	6 May 1868		8 years, 304 days	1864 1866 1868
11 July 1868							20 September 1869
9 April 1870							19 June 1871
20 October 1875							21 May 1877
		4.	48th	Daniel Andrews		Labor	MLA for Mulgrave	4 December 2014	27 September 2023			2014 2018 2022
		5.	39th	Sir Rupert Hamer		Liberal	MLA for Kew	23 August 1972	5 June 1981			1973 1976 1979
		6.	41st	John Cain Jr.		Labor	MLA for Bundoora	8 April 1982	10 August 1990			1982 1985 1988
		7.	44th	Steve Bracks		Labor	MLA for Williamstown	19 October 1999	30 July 2007			1999 2002 2006
		8.	43rd	Jeff Kennett		Liberal	MLA for Burwood	6 October 1992	19 October 1999			1992 1996
		9.	27th	Sir Harry Lawson		Nationalist	MLA for Castlemaine and Maldon	21 March 1918	28 April 1924			1920 1921
	10.	18th	Sir George Turner		Liberalism	MLA for St Kilda	27 September 1894	5 December 1899		5 years, 154 days	1894 1897 1900
19 November 1900							12 February 1901
	11.	20th	Sir Alexander Peacock		bgcolor=#FFFFDD	Liberalism	bgcolor=#FFFFDD	MLA for Clunes and Allandale	bgcolor=#FFFFDD	12 February 1901	bgcolor=#FFFFDD	10 June 1902	bgcolor=#FFFFDD		4 years, 363 days	1914
		Commonwealth Liberal	MLA for Allandale	18 June 1914	29 November 1917
	Nationalist
28 April 1924		18 July 1924
		12.	22nd	Sir Thomas Bent		Conservatism	MLA for Brighton	16 February 1904	8 January 1909			1904 1907 1908
		13.	14th	Duncan Gillies		Conservatism	MLA for Rodney Eastern Suburbs	18 February 1886	5 November 1890			1886 1889
	14.	34th	John Cain Snr.		Labor	MLA for Northcote	14 September 1943	18 September 1943		4 years, 175 days	1945 1952
21 November 1945							20 November 1947
17 December 1952							7 June 1955
	15.	30th	Edmond Hogan		Labor	MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville	20 May 1927	22 November 1928		3 years, 345 days	1927 1929
12 December 1929							19 May 1932
	16.	11th	Sir Graham Berry		No Party Alignment	MLA for Geelong West	7 August 1875	20 October 1875		3 years, 338 days	1877
MLA for Geelong						21 May 1877	5 March 1880
						3 August 1880	9 July 1881
	17.	2nd	Sir John O'Shanassy		No Party Alignment	MLA for Kilmore	11 March 1857	29 April 1857		3 years, 140 days	1861
10 March 1858							27 October 1859
14 November 1861							27 June 1863
	18.	12th	James Service		No Party Alignment	MLA for Maldon	5 March 1880	3 August 1880		3 years, 133 days	1883
MLA for Castlemaine						8 March 1883	18 February 1886
		19.	45th	John Brumby		Labor	MLA for Broadmeadows	30 July 2007	2 December 2010
		20.	23rd	John Murray		Commonwealth Liberal	MLA for Warrnambool	8 January 1909	18 May 1912			1911
		21.	32nd	Sir Stanley Argyle		United Australia	MLA for Toorak	19 May 1932	2 April 1935			1932 1935
	22.	36th	Thomas Hollway		Liberal / Liberal & Country	MLA for Ballarat	20 November 1947	27 June 1950		2 years, 222 days	1947 1950
Electoral Reform					28 October 1952		31 October 1952
		23.	29th	John Allan		Country	MLA for Rodney	18 November 1924	20 May 1927
	24.	37th	Sir John McDonald		Country	MLA for Shepparton	27 June 1950	28 October 1952		2 years, 170 days
31 October 1952							17 December 1952
	25.	1st	Dr William Haines		No Party Alignment	MLA for South Grant	30 November 1855	11 March 1857		2 years, 149 days	1856
29 April 1857							10 March 1858
		26.	46th	Ted Baillieu		Liberal	MLA for Hawthorn	2 December 2010	6 March 2013			2010
		27.	42nd	Joan Kirner		Labor	MLA for Williamstown	10 August 1990	6 October 1992
		28.	9th	James Francis		No Party Alignment	MLA for Richmond	10 June 1872	31 July 1874
	28.	24th	William Watt		Commonwealth Liberal	MLA for Essendon	18 May 1912	9 December 1913		2 years, 18 days
22 December 1913							18 June 1914
		30.	47th	Denis Napthine		Liberal	MLA for Portland MLA for South-West Coast	6 March 2013	4 December 2014
		31.	24th	Sir William Irvine		Conservatism	MLA for Lowan	10 June 1902	16 February 1904			1902
		32.	17th	Sir James Patterson		Conservatism	MLA for Castlemaine	23 January 1893	27 September 1894
		33.	13th	Sir Bryan O'Loghlen		No Party Alignment	MLA for West Bourke	9 July 1881	8 March 1883
	33.	15th	James Munro		Liberalism	MLA for Geelong	5 November 1890	16 February 1892
		34.	3rd	William Nicholson		No Party Alignment	MLA for Sandridge	27 October 1859	26 November 1860			1859
		36.	31st	Sir William McPherson		Nationalist	MLA for Hawthorn	22 November 1928	12 December 1929
		37.	10th	George Kerferd		No Party Alignment	MLA for Ovens	31 July 1874	7 August 1875			1874
		38.	8th	Sir Charles Duffy		No Party Alignment	MLA for Dalhousie	19 June 1871	10 June 1872			1871
		39.	4th	Richard Heales		No Party Alignment	MLA for East Bourke Boroughs	26 November 1860	14 November 1861			1859
	40.	19th	Allan McLean		Liberalism	MLA for Gippsland North	5 December 1899	19 November 1900
	41.	16th	William Shiels		Liberalism	MLA for Normanby	16 February 1892	23 January 1893			1892
		42.	49th	Jacinta Allan		Labor	MLA for Bendigo East	27 September 2023	Incumbent
		43.	40th	Lindsay Thompson		Liberal	MLA for Malvern	5 June 1981	8 April 1982
		44.	7th	John MacPherson		No Party Alignment	MLA for Dundas	20 September 1869	9 April 1870
		45.	28th	George Prendergast		Labor	MLA for North Melbourne	18 July 1924	18 November 1924
		46.	26th	Sir John Bowser		Nationalist	MLA for Wangaratta	29 November 1917	21 March 1918			1917
		47.	6th	Sir Charles Sladen		No Party Alignment	MLC for Western	6 May 1868	11 July 1868
		48.	35th	Ian Macfarlan		Liberal	MLA for Brighton	2 October 1945	21 November 1945
		49.	25th	George Elmslie		Labor	MLA for Albert Park	9 December 1913	22 December 1913

See also

• Premier of Victoria
• List of premiers of Victoria
• List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of Australian heads of government by time in office
• List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
• List of premiers of Queensland by time in office
• List of premiers of South Australia by time in office
• List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office
• List of premiers of Western Australia by time in office
• List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office
• List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office