- Deputy Premier of Queensland
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Deputy Premier of Queensland Ministry State 
Incumbent
Andrew Fraser
Style The Honourable Appointed by Penelope Wensley
as Governor of QueenslandFirst Andrew Henry Barlow Formation 17 September 1903 Term length At the Governor's pleasure 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
Name Took Office Affiliation Andrew Henry Barlow 17 September 1903 Liberal; Kidston Digby Denham 19 November 1907 Conservative Andrew Henry Barlow 19 February 1908 Kidston; Ministerial Digby Denham 22 June 1909 Ministerial Thomas O'Sullivan 7 February 1911 Ministerial; Liberal Ted Theodore 1 June 1915 Labor John Fihelly 22 October 1919 Labor William Gillies 8 February 1922 Labor William McCormack 26 February 1925 Labor William Forgan Smith 22 October 1925 Labor Reginald King 21 May 1929 CPNP Percy Pease 18 June 1932 Labor Frank Cooper 24 September 1940 Labor Ned Hanlon 16 September 1942 Labor Ted Walsh 7 March 1946 Labor Vince Gair 15 May 1947 Labor Tom Foley 17 January 1952 Labor John Duggan 16 March 1953 Labor Ted Walsh 7 June 1957 QLP Kenneth Morris 12 August 1957 Liberal Alan Munro 26 September 1963 Liberal Gordon Chalk 23 December 1965 Liberal Joh Bjelke-Petersen 1 August 1968 Country Gordon Chalk 8 August 1968 Liberal William Knox 13 August 1976 Liberal Llewellyn Edwards 9 October 1978 Liberal Bill Gunn 19 August 1983 National Tom Burns 7 December 1989 Labor Joan Sheldon 19 February 1996 Liberal Jim Elder 26 June 1998 Labor Paul Braddy 22 November 2000 Labor Terry Mackenroth 30 November 2000 Labor Anna Bligh 28 July 2005 Labor Paul Lucas 13 September 2007 Labor Andrew Fraser 16 September 2011 Labor Notes
- ^ "(Editorial)". Brisbane Courier. 5 September 1892. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3547512. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
See also
Government of Queensland Executive 
Legislative Parliament • Legislative Assembly • Electoral districts • MLAs • Speaker of the Legislative Assembly • Opposition LeaderJudicial Categories:- Lists of deputy heads of government of Australian states and territories
- Deputy Premiers of Queensland
- Queensland-related lists
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