Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Governors of Tasmania Note: From 1804 until July 1 1812, the North and South of Van Diemen's Land were separately administered. This list only covers the period after their reunification. From 1813-1855, Tasmania lacked a Governor, was administered by a Lieutenant-Governor or Commandant instead of a Governor; the below list treats these Lieutenant-Governors and Commandants as if they were Governors. Richard Butler, 2003- Guy Green, 1995-2003 Phillip Bennett, 1987-1995 James Plimsoll, 1982-1987 Stanley Burbury, 1973-1982 Edric Bastyan, 1968-1973 Charles Gairdner, 1963-1968 Lord Rowallan, 1959-1963 Ronald Cross, 1951-1958 Hugh Binney, 1945-1951 Ernest Clark, 1933-1945 James O'Grady, 1924-1930 William Allardyce, 1920-1922 Francis Newdegate, 1917-1920 William Ellison-Macartney, 1913-1917 Harry Barron, 1909-1913 Gerald Strickland, 1904-1909 Arthur Havelock, 1901-1904 Viscount Gormanston, 1893-1900 Robert Hamilton, 1887-1892 George Strahan, 1881-1886 Frederick Weld, 1875-1880 Charles Du Cane, 1869-1874 Thomas Gore Browne, 1861-1868 Henry Fox Young, 1855-1861 William Denison, 1847-1855 John Eardley-Wilmot, 1843-1846 John Franklin, 1837-1843 George Arthur, 1824-1836 William Sorell, 1817-1824 Thomas Davey, 1813-1817 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.