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Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Tasmania. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.

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List of Premiers in Tasmania

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List of Premiers in Tasmania

'No.'	'Name'	'Party'	'Date elected'
1	William Champ		1 November 1856
2	Thomas Gregson		26 February 1857
3	William Weston		25 April 1857
4	Francis Smith		12 May 1857
5	William Weston		1 November 1860
6	Thomas Chapman		2 August 1861
7	James Whyte		20 January 1863
8	Sir Richard Dry		24 November 1866
9	James Wilson		4 August 1869
10	Frederick Innes		4 November 1872
11	Alfred Kennerley		4 August 1873
12	Thomas Reibey		20 July 1876
13	Philip Fysh		9 August 1877
14	William Giblin		5 March 1878
15	William Crowther		20 December 1878
16	William Giblin		30 October 1879
17	Adye Douglas		15 August 1884
18	James Agnew		8 March 1886
19	Philip Fysh	Liberal	29 March 1887
20	Henry Dobson	Conservative	17 August 1892
21	Sir Edward Braddon	Liberal / Free Trade	14 April 1894
22	Elliott Lewis	Conservative	12 October 1899
23	William Propsting	Liberal	9 April 1903
24	John Evans	Conservative	12 July 1904
25	Sir Elliott Lewis	Liberal	19 June 1909
26	John Earle	Labor	20 October 1909
27	Sir Elliott Lewis	Commonwealth Liberal	27 October 1909
28	Albert Solomon	Commonwealth Liberal	14 June 1912
29	John Earle	Labor	6 April 1914
30	Walter Lee	Commonwealth Liberal, Nationalist	15 April 1916
31	John Hayes	Nationalist	12 August 1922
32	Sir Walter Lee	Nationalist	14 August 1923
33	Joseph Lyons	Labor	25 October 1923
34	John McPhee	Nationalist	15 June 1928
35	Sir Walter Lee	Nationalist	15 March 1934
36	Albert Ogilvie	Labor	22 June 1934
37	Edmund Dwyer-Gray	Labor	11 June 1939
38	Robert Cosgrove	Labor	18 December 1939
39	Edward Brooker	Labor	18 December 1947
40	Robert Cosgrove	Labor	25 December 1948
41	Eric Reece	Labor	26 August 1958
42	Angus Bethune	Liberal	26 May 1969
43	Eric Reece	Labor	3 May 1972
44	Bill Neilson	Labor	31 March 1975
45	Doug Lowe	Labor	1 December 1977
46	Harry Holgate	Labor	11 November 1981
47	Robin Gray	Liberal	26 May 1982
48	Michael Field	Labor	29 June 1989
49	Ray Groom	Liberal	17 February 1992
50	Tony Rundle	Liberal	18 March 1996
51	Jim Bacon	Labor	14 September 1998
52	Paul Lennon	Labor	21 March 2004

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★ PREMIERS OF TASMANIA Parliament of Tasmania