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

Rank No. Officeholder Portrait Party District Assumedoffice Leftoffice Time in office(term) Time in office(total) Electionwins  1. 38th Sir Henry Bolte Liberal & Country / Liberal MLA for Hampden 7 June 1955 23 August 1972 1955 19581961 19641967 1970  2. 33rd Sir Albert Dunstan Country MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk 2 April 1935 14 September 1943 10 years, 179 days 1937 19401943 18 September 1943 2 October 1945   3. 5thSir James McCullochNo Party Alignment MLA for MorningtonWarrnambool 27 June 1863 6 May 1868 8 years, 304 days 1864 18661868 11 July 1868 20 September 1869 9 April 1870 19 June 1871 20 October 1875 21 May 1877   4. 48th Daniel Andrews Labor MLA for Mulgrave 4 December 2014 27 September 2023 2014 2018 2022  5. 39th Sir Rupert Hamer Liberal MLA for Kew 23 August 1972 5 June 1981 1973 19761979  6. 41st John Cain Jr. Labor MLA for Bundoora 8 April 1982 10 August 1990 1982 19851988  7. 44th Steve Bracks Labor MLA for Williamstown 19 October 1999 30 July 2007 1999 20022006  8. 43rd Jeff Kennett Liberal MLA for Burwood 6 October 1992 19 October 1999 1992 1996  9. 27th Sir Harry Lawson Nationalist MLA for Castlemaine and Maldon 21 March 1918 28 April 1924 1920 1921  10. 18th Sir George Turner Liberalism MLA for St Kilda 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 5 years, 154 days 1894 18971900 19 November 1900 12 February 1901   11. 20th Sir Alexander Peacock Liberalism MLA for Clunes and Allandale 12 February 1901 10 June 1902 4 years, 363 days 1914  Commonwealth Liberal MLA for Allandale 18 June 1914 29 November 1917   Nationalist 28 April 1924 18 July 1924   12. 22nd Sir Thomas Bent Conservatism MLA for Brighton 16 February 1904 8 January 1909 1904 19071908  13. 14th Duncan Gillies Conservatism MLA for RodneyEastern Suburbs 18 February 1886 5 November 1890 1886 1889  14. 34th John Cain Snr. Labor MLA for Northcote 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 4 years, 175 days 1945 1952 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 17 December 1952 7 June 1955   15. 30th Edmond Hogan Labor MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 3 years, 345 days 1927 1929 12 December 1929 19 May 1932   16. 11th Sir Graham Berry No Party Alignment MLA for Geelong West 7 August 1875 20 October 1875 3 years, 338 days 1877 MLA for Geelong 21 May 1877 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 9 July 1881   17. 2nd Sir John O'Shanassy No Party Alignment MLA for Kilmore 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 3 years, 140 days 1861 10 March 1858 27 October 1859 14 November 1861 27 June 1863   18. 12th James Service No Party Alignment MLA for Maldon 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 3 years, 133 days 1883 MLA for Castlemaine 8 March 1883 18 February 1886   19. 45th John Brumby Labor MLA for Broadmeadows 30 July 2007 2 December 2010   20. 23rd John Murray Commonwealth Liberal MLA for Warrnambool 8 January 1909 18 May 1912 1911  21. 32nd Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia MLA for Toorak 19 May 1932 2 April 1935 1932 1935  22. 49th Jacinta Allan Labor MLA for Bendigo East 27 September 2023 28 July 2026   23. 36th Thomas Hollway Liberal / Liberal & Country MLA for Ballarat 20 November 1947 27 June 1950 2 years, 222 days 1947 1950 Electoral Reform 28 October 1952 31 October 1952   24. 29th John Allan Country MLA for Rodney 18 November 1924 20 May 1927   25. 37th Sir John McDonald Country MLA for Shepparton 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 2 years, 170 days 31 October 1952 17 December 1952   26. 1st Dr William Haines No Party Alignment MLA for South Grant 30 November 1855 11 March 1857 2 years, 149 days 1856 29 April 1857 10 March 1858   27. 46th Ted Baillieu Liberal MLA for Hawthorn 2 December 2010 6 March 2013 2010  28. 42nd Joan Kirner Labor MLA for Williamstown 10 August 1990 6 October 1992   29. 9th James Francis No Party Alignment MLA for Richmond 10 June 1872 31 July 1874   30. 24th William Watt Commonwealth Liberal MLA for Essendon 18 May 1912 9 December 1913 2 years, 18 days 22 December 1913 18 June 1914   31. 47th Denis Napthine Liberal MLA for PortlandMLA for South-West Coast 6 March 2013 4 December 2014   32. 24th Sir William Irvine Conservatism MLA for Lowan 10 June 1902 16 February 1904 1902  33. 17th Sir James Patterson Conservatism MLA for Castlemaine 23 January 1893 27 September 1894   34. 13th Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, 3rd Baronet No Party Alignment MLA for West Bourke 9 July 1881 8 March 1883   35. 15th James Munro Liberalism MLA for Geelong 5 November 1890 16 February 1892   36. 3rd William Nicholson No Party Alignment MLA for Sandridge 27 October 1859 26 November 1860 1859  37. 31st Sir William McPherson Nationalist MLA for Hawthorn 22 November 1928 12 December 1929   38. 10th George Kerferd No Party Alignment MLA for Ovens 31 July 1874 7 August 1875 1874  39. 8th Sir Charles Duffy No Party Alignment MLA for Dalhousie 19 June 1871 10 June 1872 1871  40. 4th Richard Heales No Party Alignment MLA for East Bourke Boroughs 26 November 1860 14 November 1861 1859  41. 19th Allan McLean Liberalism MLA for Gippsland North 5 December 1899 19 November 1900   42. 16th William Shiels Liberalism MLA for Normanby 16 February 1892 23 January 1893 1892  43. 40th Lindsay Thompson Liberal MLA for Malvern 5 June 1981 8 April 1982   44. 7th John MacPherson No Party Alignment MLA for Dundas 20 September 1869 9 April 1870   45. 28th George Prendergast Labor MLA for North Melbourne 18 July 1924 18 November 1924   46. 26th Sir John Bowser Nationalist MLA for Wangaratta 29 November 1917 21 March 1918 1917  47. 50th Ben Carroll Labor MLA for Niddrie 28 July 2026 Incumbent Ben Carroll's time in office as of   48. 6th Sir Charles Sladen No Party Alignment MLC for Western 6 May 1868 11 July 1868   49. 35th Ian Macfarlan Liberal MLA for Brighton 2 October 1945 21 November 1945   50. 25th George Elmslie Labor MLA for Albert Park 9 December 1913 22 December 1913

Notes

See also Premier of Victoria List of premiers 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