List of premiers of Victoria by time in office

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

  Labor Party   Liberal Party / Liberal & Country   Country   Nationalists / Commonwealth Liberal / United Australia / Non-Party Conservatism   Non-Party Liberalism

	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 (1908–1990) GCMG		Liberal & Country / Liberal	MLA for Hampden (1947–1972)	7 June 1955	23 August 1972		17 years, 77 days	1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
	2.	33rd	Sir Albert Dunstan (1882–1950) KCMG		Country	MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk (1927–1945)	2 April 1935	14 September 1943	8 years, 165 days	10 years, 179 days	1937 1940 1943
							18 September 1943	2 October 1945	2 years, 14 days
	3.	5th	Sir James McCulloch (1819–1893) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Mornington (1862–1872) Warrnambool (1874–1878)	27 June 1863	6 May 1868	4 years, 314 days	8 years, 304 days
							11 July 1868	20 September 1869	1 year, 71 days
							9 April 1870	19 June 1871	1 year, 71 days
							20 October 1875	21 May 1877	1 year, 213 days
	4.	39th	Sir Rupert Hamer (1916–2004) AC KCMG ED		Liberal	MLA for Kew (1971–1981)	23 August 1972	5 June 1981		8 years, 286 days	1973 1976 1979
	5.	41st	John Cain Jr. (1931–2019)		Labor	MLA for Bundoora (1976–1992)	8 April 1982	10 August 1990		8 years, 124 days	1982 1985 1988
	6.	44th	Steve Bracks (1954– ) AC		Labor	MLA for Williamstown (1994–2007)	19 October 1999	30 July 2007		7 years, 284 days	1999 2002 2006
	7.	48th	Daniel Andrews (1972– )		Labor	MLA for Mulgrave (2002– )	4 December 2014	Incumbent		7 years, 24 days[1]	2014 2018
	8.	43rd	Jeff Kennett (1948– ) AC		Liberal	MLA for Burwood (1976–1999)	6 October 1992	19 October 1999		7 years, 13 days	1992 1996
	9.	27th	Sir Harry Lawson (1875–1952) KCMG		Nationalist	MLA for Castlemaine and Maldon (1904–1927)	21 March 1918	28 April 1924		6 years, 39 days	1920 1921
	10.	18th	Sir George Turner (1851–1916) KCMG		Non-Party Liberalism	MLA for St Kilda (1889–1901)	27 September 1894	5 December 1899	5 years, 69 days	5 years, 154 days
							19 November 1900	12 February 1901	85 days
	11.	20th	Sir Alexander Peacock (1861–1933) KCMG		Non-Party Liberalism	MLA for Clunes and Allandale (1889–1904)	12 February 1901	10 June 1902	1 year, 118 days	4 years, 363 days	1914
					Commonwealth Liberal	MLA for Allandale (1904–1933)	18 June 1914	29 November 1917	3 years, 164 days
					Nationalist
							28 April 1924	18 July 1924	81 days
	12.	22nd	Sir Thomas Bent (1838–1909) KCMG		Non-Party Conservatism (Electoral Reform)	MLA for Brighton (1900–1909)	16 February 1904	8 January 1909		4 years, 327 days	1904 1907 1908
	13.	14th	Duncan Gillies (1834–1903)		Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Rodney (1877–1889) Eastern Suburbs (1889–1894)	18 February 1886	5 November 1890		4 years, 260 days
	14.	34th	John Cain Snr. (1882–1957)		Labor	MLA for Northcote (1927–1957)	14 September 1943	18 September 1943	4 days	4 years, 175 days	1945 1952
							21 November 1945	20 November 1947	1 year, 364 days
							17 December 1952	7 June 1955	2 years, 172 days
	15.	30th	Edmond Hogan (1883–1964)		Labor	MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville (1927–1945)	20 May 1927	22 November 1928	1 year, 192 days	3 years, 345 days	1927 1929
							12 December 1929	19 May 1932	2 years, 159 days
	16.	11th	Sir Graham Berry (1822–1904) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Geelong West (1869–1877)	7 August 1875	20 October 1875	74 days	3 years, 338 days
						MLA for Geelong (1877–1886)	21 May 1877	5 March 1880	2 years, 289 days
							3 August 1880	9 July 1881	340 days
	17.	2nd	Sir John O'Shanassy (1818–1883) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Kilmore (1856–1865)	11 March 1857	29 April 1857	49 days	3 years, 140 days
							10 March 1858	27 October 1859	1 year, 231 days
							14 November 1861	27 June 1863	1 year, 225 days
	18.	12th	James Service (1823–1899)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Maldon (1874–1881)	5 March 1880	3 August 1880	151 days	3 years, 133 days
						MLA for Castlemaine (1883–1886)	8 March 1883	18 February 1886	2 years, 347 days
	19.	45th	John Brumby (1953– )		Labor	MLA for Broadmeadows (1993–2011)	30 July 2007	2 December 2010		3 years, 125 days
	20.	23rd	John Murray (1851–1916)		Commonwealth Liberal	MLA for Warrnambool (1884–1916)	8 January 1909	18 May 1912		3 years, 125 days	1911
	21.	32nd	Sir Stanley Argyle (1867–1940) KBE		United Australia	MLA for Toorak (1920–1940)	19 May 1932	2 April 1935		2 years, 318 days	1932 1935
	22.	36th	Thomas Hollway (1906–1971)		Liberal / Liberal & Country	MLA for Ballarat (1932–1952)	20 November 1947	27 June 1950	2 years, 219 days	2 years, 222 days	1947 1950
					Electoral Reform		28 October 1952	31 October 1952	3 days
	23.	29th	John Allan (1866–1936)		Country	MLA for Rodney (1917–1936)	18 November 1924	20 May 1927		2 years, 183 days
	24.	37th	Sir John McDonald (1898–1977)		Country	MLA for Shepparton (1945–1955)	27 June 1950	28 October 1952	2 years, 123 days	2 years, 170 days
							31 October 1952	17 December 1952	47 days
	25.	1st	Dr William Haines (1810–1866)		No Party Alignment	MLA for South Grant (1856–1858)	30 November 1855	11 March 1857	1 year, 101 days	2 years, 149 days
							29 April 1857	10 March 1858	315 days
	26.	46th	Ted Baillieu (1953– )		Liberal	MLA for Hawthorn (1999–2014)	2 December 2010	6 March 2013		2 years, 94 days	2010
	27.	42nd	Joan Kirner (1938–2015) AC		Labor	MLA for Williamstown (1988–1994)	10 August 1990	6 October 1992		2 years, 57 days
	28.	9th	James Francis (1819–1884)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Richmond (1859–1874)	10 June 1872	31 July 1874		2 years, 51 days
	28.	24th	William Watt (1871–1946) PC		Commonwealth Liberal	MLA for Essendon (1904–1914)	18 May 1912	9 December 1913	1 year, 205 days	2 years, 18 days
							22 December 1913	18 June 1914	178 days
	30.	47th	Denis Napthine (1952– )		Liberal	MLA for Portland (1988–2002) MLA for South-West Coast (2002–2015)	6 March 2013	4 December 2014		1 year, 273 days
	31.	24th	Sir William Irvine (1858–1943) GCMG		Non-Party Conservatism (Electoral Reform)	MLA for Lowan (1894–1906)	10 June 1902	16 February 1904		1 year, 251 days	1902
	32.	17th	Sir James Patterson (1833–1895) KCMG		Non-Party Conservatism	MLA for Castlemaine (1870–1895)	23 January 1893	27 September 1894		1 year, 247 days
	33.	13th	Sir Bryan O'Loghlen (1828–1905) Bt		No Party Alignment	MLA for West Bourke (1880–1883)	9 July 1881	8 March 1883		1 year, 242 days
	33.	15th	James Munro (1832–1908)		Non-Party Liberalism (National Liberal)	MLA for Geelong (1886–1892)	5 November 1890	16 February 1892		1 year, 103 days
	34.	3rd	William Nicholson (1816–1865)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Sandridge (1859–1864)	27 October 1859	26 November 1860		1 year, 30 days
	36.	31st	Sir William McPherson (1865–1932) KBE		Nationalist	MLA for Hawthorn (1913–1930)	22 November 1928	12 December 1929		1 year, 20 days
	37.	10th	George Kerferd (1831–1889)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Ovens (1864–1886)	31 July 1874	7 August 1875		1 year, 7 days
	38.	8th	Sir Charles Duffy (1816–1903) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLA for Dalhousie (1867–1874)	19 June 1871	10 June 1872		357 days
	39.	4th	Richard Heales (1821–1864)		No Party Alignment	MLA for East Bourke Boroughs (1859–1864)	26 November 1860	14 November 1861		353 days
	40.	19th	Allan McLean (1840–1911)		Non-Party Liberalism	MLA for Gippsland North (1880–1901)	5 December 1899	19 November 1900		349 days
	41.	16th	William Shiels (1848–1904)		Non-Party Liberalism	MLA for Normanby (1880–1904)	16 February 1892	23 January 1893		342 days
	42.	40th	Lindsay Thompson (1923–2008) AO CMG		Liberal	MLA for Malvern (1970–1982)	5 June 1981	8 April 1982		307 days
	43.	7th	John MacPherson (1833–1894)		No Party Alignment	MLA for Dundas (1866–1878)	20 September 1869	9 April 1870		201 days
	44.	28th	George Prendergast (1854–1937)		Labor	MLA for North Melbourne (1900–1926)	18 July 1924	18 November 1924		123 days
	45.	26th	Sir John Bowser (1856–1936)		Nationalist	MLA for Wangaratta (1904–1927)	29 November 1917	21 March 1918		112 days	1917
	46.	6th	Sir Charles Sladen (1816–1884) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MLC for Western (1864–1868)	6 May 1868	11 July 1868		66 days
	47.	35th	Ian Macfarlan (1881–1964)		Liberal	MLA for Brighton (1928–1945)	2 October 1945	21 November 1945		50 days
	48.	25th	George Elmslie (1861–1918)		Labor	MLA for Albert Park (1902–1918)	9 December 1913	22 December 1913		13 days

Notes[]

See also[]

• Premier 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