Deputy Premier of Queensland

Deputy Premier of Queensland
Incumbent
Jackie Trad
since 14 February 2015
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of Queensland
Term length At the Governor's pleasure
Formation 17 September 1903
First holder Andrew Henry Barlow

The Deputy Premier of Queensland is a role in the Government of Queensland assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Queensland. It has second ranking behind the Premier of Queensland in Cabinet, and its holder serves as Acting Premier during absence or incapacity of the Premier. The Deputy Premier may either be appointed by the Premier during the cabinet formation process, or may be elected by caucus; during periods of Coalition government, the leader of the junior coalition partner is usually automatically selected for the role. Due to the contingent role of the Deputy Premier, they almost without exception always have additional ministerial portfolios.

Until December 1974, although the role carried the same responsibilities (especially during the absence of the Premier) it was never formally recognised or titled as such; the first reference in Hansard to a Deputy Premier was during the Forgan Smith Ministry in 1936, but the term was in common use in newspapers from as early as 1892, when a minister in the First Griffith Ministry was criticised for his performance in the role.[1]

List of Deputy Premiers of Queensland

Name Took Office Affiliation
Andrew Henry Barlow17 September 1903Liberal; Kidston
Digby Denham19 November 1907Conservative
Andrew Henry Barlow19 February 1908Kidston; Ministerial
Digby Denham22 June 1909Ministerial
Thomas O'Sullivan7 February 1911Ministerial; Liberal
Ted Theodore1 June 1915Labor
John Fihelly22 October 1919Labor
William Gillies8 February 1922Labor
William McCormack26 February 1925Labor
William Forgan Smith22 October 1925Labor
Reginald King21 May 1929CPNP
Percy Pease18 June 1932Labor
Frank Cooper24 September 1940Labor
Ned Hanlon16 September 1942Labor
Ted Walsh7 March 1946Labor
Vince Gair15 May 1947Labor
Tom Foley17 January 1952Labor
Jack Duggan16 March 1953Labor
Ted Walsh7 June 1957QLP
Kenneth Morris12 August 1957Liberal
Alan Munro26 September 1963Liberal
Gordon Chalk23 December 1965Liberal
Joh Bjelke-Petersen1 August 1968Country
Gordon Chalk8 August 1968Liberal
William Knox13 August 1976Liberal
Llewellyn Edwards9 October 1978Liberal
Bill Gunn19 August 1983National
Tom Burns7 December 1989Labor
Joan Sheldon19 February 1996Liberal
Jim Elder26 June 1998Labor
Paul Braddy22 November 2000Labor
Terry Mackenroth30 November 2000Labor
Anna Bligh28 July 2005Labor
Paul Lucas13 September 2007Labor
Andrew Fraser16 September 2011Labor
Jeff Seeney26 March 2012LNP
Jackie Trad14 February 2015Labor

Notes

  1. ↑ "(Editorial)". Brisbane Courier. 5 September 1892. Retrieved 17 March 2010.

See also

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