List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office

This is a list of premiers of New South Wales by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days between dates.

Rank by time in office[]

	Rank	No.	Officeholder	Portrait	Party	District	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office (term)	Time in office (total)	Election wins
	1.	7th	Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896) GCMG		Non-Party Liberalism	MLA for East Sydney (1872–1877) Canterbury (1877–1880) Tenterfield (1882–1884)	14 May 1872	8 February 1875	2 years, 270 days	11 years, 278 days	1872 1880 1882 1887 1889
							22 March 1877	16 August 1877	147 days
							21 December 1878	4 January 1883	4 years, 14 days
					Free Trade		25 January 1887	16 January 1889	1 year, 357 days
							8 March 1889	23 October 1891	2 years, 229 days
	2.	39th	Bob Carr (1947– )		Labor	MLA for Maroubra (1983–2005)	4 April 1995	3 August 2005		10 years, 121 days	1995 1999 2003
	3.	35th	Neville Wran (1926–2014) AC CNZM QC		Labor	MLA for Bass Hill (1973–1986)	14 May 1976	4 July 1986		10 years, 81 days	1976 1978 1981 1984
	4.	32nd	Sir Robert Askin (1907–1981) GCMG		Liberal	MLA for Collaroy (1950–1973) Pittwater (1973–1975)	13 May 1965	3 January 1975		9 years, 235 days	1965 1968 1971 1973
	5.	29th	Joseph Cahill (1891–1959)		Labor	MLA for Cook's River (1941–1959)	2 April 1952	22 October 1959		7 years, 203 days	1953 1956 1959
	6.	25th	Sir Bertram Stevens (1889–1973) KCMG		United Australia	MLA for Croydon (1927–1940)	16 May 1932	5 August 1939		7 years, 81 days	1932 1935 1938
	7.	2nd	Sir Charles Cowper (1807–1875) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Sydney City (1856–1859) East Sydney (1859–1867)	26 August 1856	2 October 1856	37 days	6 years, 352 days	1865
							7 September 1857	26 October 1859	2 years, 49 days
							10 January 1861	15 October 1863	2 years, 278 days
							3 February 1865	21 January 1866	352 days
						MLA for Liverpool Plains (1869–1870)	13 January 1870	15 December 1870	336 days
	8.	19th	William Holman (1871–1934)		Labor	MLA for Cootamundra (1904–1920)	30 June 1913	15 November 1916	3 years, 138 days	6 years, 287 days	1913 1917
					Nationalist		15 November 1916	12 April 1920	3 years, 149 days
	9.	27th	Sir William McKell (1891–1985) GCMG		Labor	MLA for Redfern (1927–1947)	16 May 1941	6 February 1947		5 years, 266 days	1941 1944
	10.	6th	Sir James Martin (1820–1886) KCB QC		No Party Alignment	MLA for Tumut (1863–1864) Lachlan (1864–1869) East Sydney (1869–1872)	16 October 1863	2 February 1865	475 days	5 years, 171 days
							22 January 1866	26 October 1868	2 years, 278 days
							16 December 1870	13 May 1872	1 year, 149 days
	11.	28th	James McGirr (1890–1957)		Labor	MLA for Bankstown (1927–1950) Liverpool (1950–1952)	6 February 1947	2 April 1952		5 years, 56 days	1947 1950
	12.	12th	Sir George Reid (1845–1918) GCB KCMG KC		Free Trade	MLA for Sydney-King (1894–1901)	3 August 1894	13 September 1899		5 years, 41 days	1894 1895 1898
	13.	45th	Gladys Berejiklian (1970–)		Liberal	MLA for Willoughby (2003–2021)	23 January 2017	5 October 2021		4 years, 255 days	2019
	14.	5th	Sir John Robertson (1816–1891) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Upper Hunter (1859–1861)	9 March 1860	9 January 1861	306 days	4 years, 242 days	1860 1874 1877
						MLA for Clarence (1866–1869) West Sydney (1869–1877)	27 October 1868	12 January 1870	1 year, 77 days
							9 February 1875	21 March 1877	2 years, 12 days
						MLA for East Macquarie (1877–1878)	17 August 1877	17 December 1877	122 days
						MLA for Mudgee (1882–1886)	22 December 1885	22 February 1886	62 days
	15.	30th	Bob Heffron (1890–1978)		Labor	MLA for Maroubra (1950–1968)	23 October 1959	30 April 1964		4 years, 190 days	1962
	16.	37th	Nick Greiner (1947– ) AC		Liberal	MLA for Ku-ring-gai (1980–1992)	25 March 1988	24 June 1992		4 years, 91 days	1988 1991
	17.	23rd	Jack Lang (1876–1975)		Labor	MLA for Parramatta (1920–1927)	17 June 1925	18 October 1927	2 years, 123 days	3 years, 314 days	1925 1930
						MLA for Auburn (1927–1946)	4 November 1930	15 October 1931	345 days
					Labor (NSW)		15 October 1931	13 May 1932	211 days
	18.	14th	Sir John See (1844–1907) KCMG		Progressive	MLA for Grafton (1880–1904)	28 March 1901	14 June 1904		3 years, 78 days	1901
	19.	22nd	Sir George Fuller (1861–1940) KCMG		Nationalist	MLA for Wollondilly (1920–1927)	20 December 1921	20 December 1921	1 day	3 years, 66 days	1922
							13 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 65 days
	20.	10th	Sir George Dibbs (1834–1904) KCMG		Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Murrumbidgee (1885–1894)	7 October 1885	21 December 1885	75 days	3 years, 42 days	1885
					Protectionist		17 January 1889	7 March 1889	49 days
							23 October 1891	2 August 1894	2 years, 283 days
	21.	40th	Morris Iemma (1961– )		Labor	MLA for Lakemba (1999–2008)	3 August 2005	5 September 2008		3 years, 33 days	2007
	22.	16th	Sir Joseph Carruthers (1857–1922) KCMG		Liberal Reform	MLA for St George (1894–1908)	29 August 1904	1 October 1907		3 years, 33 days	1904 1907
	23.	43rd	Barry O'Farrell (1959– )		Liberal	MLA for Ku-ring-gai (1999–2015)	28 March 2011	23 April 2014		3 years, 26 days	2011
	24.	24th	Sir Thomas Bavin (1874–1941) KCMG		Nationalist	MLA for Gordon (1927–1935)	18 October 1927	4 November 1930		3 years, 17 days	1927
	25.	17th	Sir Charles Wade (1863–1922) KCMG KC JP		Liberal Reform	MLA for Gordon (1904–1917)	2 October 1907	1 October 1910		2 years, 364 days
	26.	38th	John Fahey (1945–2020 ) AC		Liberal	MLA for Macarthur (1996–2001)	24 June 1992	4 April 1995		2 years, 284 days
	27.	44th	Mike Baird (1968– )		Liberal	MLA for Manly (2007–2017)	17 April 2014	23 January 2017		2 years, 275 days	2015
	28.	9th	Sir Alexander Stuart (1824–1886) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Illawarra (1880–1885)	5 January 1883	7 October 1885		2 years, 275 days
	29.	18th	James McGowen (1855–1922)		Labor	MLA for Redfern (1891–1917)	21 October 1910	29 June 1913		2 years, 251 days	1910
	30.	26th	Alexander Mair (1889–1969)		United Australia	MLA for Albury (1932–1946)	5 August 1939	16 May 1941		1 year, 284 days
	31.	36th	Barrie Unsworth (1934– )		Labor	MLA for Rockdale (1986–1991)	4 July 1986	25 March 1988		1 year, 265 days
	32.	13th	Sir William Lyne (1844–1913) KCMG		Protectionist	MLA for Hume (1880–1884)	14 September 1899	27 March 1901		1 year, 194 days	1927
	33.	20th	John Storey (1869–1921)		Labor	MLA for Balmain (1907–1921)	13 April 1920	5 October 1921		1 year, 175 days	1920
	34.	42nd	Kristina Keneally (1968– )		Labor	MLA for Heffron (2003–2012)	4 December 2009	28 March 2011		1 year, 114 days
	35.	41st	Nathan Rees (1968– )		Labor	MLA for Toongabbie (2007–2015)	5 September 2008	4 December 2009		1 year, 90 days
	36.	33rd	Tom Lewis (1922–2016 ) AO		Liberal	MLA for Wollondilly (1957–1978)	3 January 1975	23 January 1976		1 year, 20 days
	37.	31st	Jack Renshaw (1909–1987) AC		Labor	MLA for Castlereagh (1941–1980)	30 April 1964	13 May 1965		1 year, 13 days
	38.	8th	James Farnell (1825–1888)		No Party Alignment	MLA for St Leonards (1874–1882)	18 December 1877	20 December 1878		1 year, 2 days
	39.	3rd	Sir Henry Parker (1808–1881) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Parramatta (1856–1857)	3 October 1856	7 September 1857		339 days
	40.	11th	Sir Patrick Jennings (1831–1897) KCMG		Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Bogan (1880–1887)	26 February 1886	19 January 1887		327 days
	41.	21st	James Dooley (1877–1950)		Labor	MLA for Hartley (1907–1920) Bathurst (1920–1927)	5 October 1921	20 December 1921	76 days	190 days
							20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
	42.	4th	William Forster (1818–1882)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Queanbeyan (1859–1860)	27 October 1859	9 March 1860		134 days	1859
	43.	34th	Sir Eric Willis (1922–1999) KBE CMG		Liberal	MLA for Earlwood (1950–1978)	23 January 1976	14 May 1976		112 days
	44.	44th	Dominic Perrottet (1982–)		Liberal	MLA for Epping (2019–present)	5 October 2021	Incumbent		84 days[1]
	45.	1st	Sir Stuart Donaldson (1812–1867)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1856)	6 June 1856	25 August 1856		80 days
	46.	15th	Thomas Waddell (1854–1940)		Progressive	MLA for Cowra (1998–1904)	15 June 1904	29 August 1904		75 days

Total time in office of Australian political parties[]

New South Wales Parliament – 60470 days as of 28 December 2021

• Before Parties – 10716 days
• Liberalism – 6787 days

Since 7 October 1885

• Labor Party – 23304 days
• Liberal Party – 10519 days as of 28 December 2021
• Protectionist Party – 1987 days
• Progressive Party – 1251 days
• Liberal Reform Party – 1129 days
• Liberal Reform Party – 1096 days
• Liberalism (Non Party) – 63 days

Notes[]

See also[]

• Premier of New South Wales
• List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of Australian heads of government 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 premiers of Victoria 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