| No. | Name (lifespan) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Constituency | Election(s) Won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Herbert | 
|
10 December 1859 | 1 February 1866 | Squatter Conservative | Leichardt | - |
| 2 | Arthur Macalister | 
|
1 February 1866 | 20 July 1866 | None | Town of Ipswich | - |
| (1) | Robert Herbert |
|
20 July 1866 | 7 August 1866 | Squatter Conservative | West Moreton | - |
| (2) | Arthur Macalister |
|
7 August 1866 | 15 August 1867 | None | Town of Ipswich | - |
| 3 | Robert Mackenzie | 
|
15 August 1867 | 25 November 1868 | Squatter Conservative | Burnett | - |
| 4 | Charles Lilley | 
|
25 November 1868 | 2 May 1870 | Liberal | Hamlet of Fortitude Valley | - |
| 5 | Arthur Palmer | 
|
3 May 1870 | 7 January 1874 | Squatter Conservative | Port Curtis | - |
| (2) | Arthur Macalister, CMG |
|
8 January 1874 | 5 June 1876 | Liberal | Ipswich | - |
| 6 | George Thorn | 
|
5 June 1876 | 8 March 1877 | Liberal | Ipswich | - |
| 7 | John Douglas, CMG | 
|
8 March 1877 | 21 January 1879 | Liberal | Maryborough | - |
| 8 | Sir Thomas McIlwraith, KCMG | 
|
21 January 1879 | 13 November 1883 | Conservative | Mulgrave | - |
| 9 | Sir Samuel Griffith, KCMG, QC | 
|
13 November 1883 | 13 June 1888 | Liberal | North Brisbane | - |
| (8) | Sir Thomas McIlwraith, KCMG |
|
13 June 1888 | 10 November 1888 | Conservative | Brisbane North | - |
| 10 | Boyd Dunlop Morehead | 
|
30 November 1888 | 12 August 1890 | Conservative | Balonne | - |
| (9) | Sir Samuel Griffith, KCMG, QC (second time) |
|
12 August 1890 | 27 March 1893 | Liberal | Brisbane North | - |
| (8) | Sir Thomas McIlwraith, KCMG (third time) |
|
27 March 1893 | 27 October 1893 | Conservative | Brisbane North | - |
| 11 | Sir Hugh Nelson, KCMG | 
|
27 October 1893 | 13 April 1898 | Ministerial | Murilla | 1896 |
| 12 | Thomas Joseph Byrnes | 
|
13 April 1898 | 1 October 1898 | Ministerial | Warwick | - |
| 13 | James Dickson | 
|
1 October 1898 | 1 December 1899 | Ministerial | Bulimba | 1899 |
| 14 | Anderson Dawson | 
|
1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | Labour | Charters Towers | - |
| 15 | Robert Philp | 
|
7 December 1899 | 17 September 1903 | Ministerial | Townsville | 1902 |
| 16 | Arthur Morgan | 
|
17 September 1903 | 19 January 1906 | Liberal | Warwick | 1904 |
| 17 | William Kidston | 
|
19 January 1906 | 19 November 1907 | Labour; Kidston | Rockhampton | 1907 |
| (15) | Robert Philp |
|
19 November 1907 | 18 February 1908 | Conservative | Townsville | - |
| (17) | William Kidston |
|
18 February 1908 | 7 February 1911 | Kidston; Ministerial | Rockhampton | 1908 1909 |
| 18 | Digby Denham | 
|
7 February 1911 | 1 June 1915 | Ministerial | Oxley | 1912 |
| 19 | Thomas Joseph Ryan, KC | 
|
1 June 1915 | 22 October 1919 | Labor | Barcoo | 1915 1918 |
| 20th | Ted Theodore | 
|
22 October 1919 | 26 February 1925 | Labor | Chillagoe | 1920 1923 |
| 21 | William Gillies | 
|
26 February 1925 | 22 October 1925 | Labor | Eacham | - |
| 22 | William McCormack | 
|
22 October 1925 | 21 May 1929 | Labor | Carins | 1926 |
| 23rd | Arthur Edward Moore | 
|
21 May 1929 | 17 June 1932 | CPNP | Aubigny | 1929 |
| 24 | William Forgan Smith | 
|
17 June 1932 | 16 September 1942 | Labor | Mackay | 1932 1935 1938 1941 |
| 25 | Frank Cooper | 
|
16 September 1942 | 7 March 1946 | Labor | Bremer | 1944 |
| 26 | Ned Hanlon | 
|
7 March 1946 | 17 January 1952 | Labor | Ithaca | 1947 1950 |
| 27 | Vince Gair | 
|
17 January 1952 | 12 August 1957 | Labor; QLP | South Brisbane | 1953 1956 |
| 28 | Frank Nicklin, MM | 
|
12 August 1957 | 17 January 1968 | Country | Murrumba | 1957 1960 1963 1966 |
| 29 | Jack Pizzey | 
|
17 January 1968 | 1 August 1968 | Country | Isis | - |
| 30 | Gordon Chalk | 
|
1 August 1968 | 8 August 1968 | Liberal | Lockyer | - |
| 31 | Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, KCMG (knighted in 1984) | 8 August 1968 | 1 December 1987 | Country/National | Barambah | 1969 1972 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 | |
| 32 | Mike Ahern | 
|
1 December 1987 | 25 September 1989 | National | Landsborough | - |
| 33 | Russell Cooper |
|
25 September 1989 | 7 December 1989 | National | Roma | - |
| 34 | Wayne Goss | 7 December 1989 | 19 February 1996 | Labor | Logan | 1989 1992 1995 | |
| 35 | Rob Borbidge | File:Rob.Borbidge.jpg | 19 February 1996 | 20 June 1998 | National | Surfers Paradise | - |
| 36 | Peter Beattie | .jpg)
|
20 June 1998 | 13 September 2007 | Labor | Brisbane Central | 1998 2001 2004 2006 |
| 37th | Anna Bligh | 
|
13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | Labor | South Brisbane | 2009 |
| 38 | Campbell Newman | .jpg)
|
26 March 2012 | 14 February 2015 | Liberal National | Ashgrove | 2012 |
| 39 | Annastacia Palaszczuk | 
|
14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Labor | Inala | 2015 2017 |
