Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Australia, a Premier is the head of government of a state. The Premier is appointed by the Governor of the state, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of whatever party, or coalition of parties, holds the majority of seats in the lower house of the state parliament (in New South Wales, the Legislative Assembly). However, in times of constitutional crisis the Governor can appoint someone else as Premier. This is exactly what happened in 1932, when Premier Jack Lang refused to co-operate with the Commonwealth. The Governor sacked him, on the grounds that he was acting unconstitutionally, and appointed the opposition leader Bertram Stevens as Premier. Shortly afterwards, Stevens won a landslide election. Premiers of New South Wales (Note: prior to the 1890s, formal political parties did not exist in NSW) Bob Carr, 1995-present, ALP John Fahey, 1992-1995, Liberals Nick Greiner, 1988-1992, Liberals Barry Unsworth, 1986-1988, ALP Neville Wran, 1976-1986, ALP Eric Willis, 1976-1976, Liberals Tom Lewis, 1975-1976, Liberals Robert Askin, 1965-1975, Liberals John Renshaw, 1964-1965, ALP Robert Heffron, 1959-64, ALP John Joseph Cahill, 1952-1959 (died in office), ALP James McGirr, 1947-52, ALP William McKell, 1941-1947, ALP Alexander Mair, 1939-1941, UAP Bertram Stevens, 1932-1939, UAP Jack Lang, 1930-1932 (again), ALP Thomas Bavin, 1927-1930, Nationalist Party Jack Lang, 1925-1927, ALP George Fuller, 1922-1925 (again), UAP? James Dooley, 1921-1922, ALP George Fuller, 1921-1921 (7 hours), UAP? James Dooley, 1921-1921, ALP John Storey, 1920-1921, ALP William Holman, 1913-1920, originally ALP, defected to Nationalists in 1916 Chales Wade, 1907-1910, Liberal Reform Joseph Carruthers, 1904-1907, Liberal Reform Thomas Waddell, 1904-1904, Protectionist John See, 1901-1904, Protectionist William Lyne, 1899-1901, Protectionist George Houstoun Reid, 1894-1899, Free Trade George Dibbs, 1891-1894, Protectionist Henry Parkes, 1889-1891, Free Trade George Dibbs, 1889-1889 Henry Parkes, 1887-1889 Patrick Jennings, 1886-1887 John Robertson, 1885-1886 George Dibbs, 1885-1885 Alexander Stuart, 1883-1885 Henry Parkes, 1878-1883 James Squire Farnell, 1877-1878 John Robertson, 1877-1877 Henry Parkes, 1877-1877 John Robertson, 1875-1877 Henry Parkes, 1872-1875 James Martin, 1870-1872 Charles Cowper, 1870-1870 John Robertson, 1868-1870 James Martin, 1866-1868 Charles Cowper, 1865-1866 James Martin, 1863-1865 Charles Cowper, 1861-1863 John Robertson, 1860-1861 William Forster, 1859-1860 Charles Cowper, 1857-1859 Henry W. Parker, 1856-1857 Charles Cowper, 1856-1856 Stuart A. Donaldson, 1856-1856 (first premier of NSW) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.