Deputy Premier of Queensland

Deputy Premier of Queensland
Coat of Arms of Queensland
Flag of Queensland
Incumbent Steven Miles since 10 May 2020
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Premier of Queensland
Seat	1 William Street, Brisbane
Nominator	Premier of Queensland
Appointer	Governor of Queensland on the advice of the premier
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[]

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of office		Affiliation
	1	Andrew Henry Barlow		17 September 1903	19 November 1907	Liberal/Kidston
	2	Digby Denham		19 November 1907	19 February 1908	Conservative
	(1)	Andrew Henry Barlow		19 February 1908	22 June 1909	Kidston
	(2)	Digby Denham		22 June 1909	7 February 1911	Liberal
	3	Thomas O'Sullivan		7 February 1911	1 June 1915	Liberal
	4	Ted Theodore		1 June 1915	22 October 1919	Labor
	5	John Fihelly		22 October 1919	8 February 1922	Labor
	6	William Gillies		8 February 1922	26 February 1925	Labor
	7	William McCormack		26 February 1925	22 October 1925	Labor
	8	William Forgan Smith		22 October 1925	21 May 1929	Labor
	9	Reginald King		21 May 1929	18 June 1932	CPNP
	10	Percy Pease		18 June 1932	24 September 1940	Labor
	11	Frank Cooper		24 September 1940	16 September 1942	Labor
	12	Ned Hanlon		16 September 1942	7 March 1946	Labor
	13	Ted Walsh		7 March 1946	15 May 1947	Labor
	14	Vince Gair		15 May 1947	17 January 1952	Labor
	15	Tom Foley		17 January 1952	16 March 1953	Labor
	16	Jack Duggan		16 March 1953	7 June 1957	Labor
	(13)	Ted Walsh		7 June 1957	12 August 1957	Queensland Labor
	17	Kenneth Morris		12 August 1957	26 September 1962	Liberal
	18	Alan Munro		26 September 1962	28 January 1965	Liberal
	19	Thomas Hiley		28 January 1965	23 December 1965	Liberal
	20	Gordon Chalk		23 December 1965	1 August 1968	Liberal
	21	Joh Bjelke-Petersen		1 August 1968	8 August 1968	Country
	(20)	Gordon Chalk		8 August 1968	13 August 1976	Liberal
	22	William Knox		13 August 1976	9 October 1978	Liberal
	23	Llewellyn Edwards		9 October 1978	19 August 1983	Liberal
	24	Bill Gunn		19 August 1983	7 December 1989	National
	25	Tom Burns		7 December 1989	19 February 1996	Labor
	26	Joan Sheldon		19 February 1996	26 June 1998	Liberal
	27	Jim Elder		26 June 1998	22 November 2000	Labor
	28	Paul Braddy		22 November 2000	30 November 2000	Labor
	29	Terry Mackenroth		30 November 2000	28 July 2005	Labor
	30	Anna Bligh		28 July 2005	13 September 2007	Labor
	31	Paul Lucas		13 September 2007	16 September 2011	Labor
	32	Andrew Fraser		16 September 2011	26 March 2012	Labor
	33	Jeff Seeney		26 March 2012	14 February 2015	Liberal National
	34	Jackie Trad		14 February 2015	10 May 2020	Labor
	35	Steven Miles		10 May 2020	Incumbent	Labor

Notes[]

See also[]

• Government of Queensland
• Politics of Queensland
• Premier of Queensland

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