Governor of Queensland

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Governor of Queensland
AC PSM
since 1 November 2021
Viceregal
StyleHer Excellency The Honourable
ResidenceGovernment House, Brisbane (Fernburg)
NominatorPremier of Queensland
AppointerMonarch of Australia
on the advice of the Premier
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
(usually 5 years by convention)
Formation10 December 1859
First holderSir George Bowen
Salary
Websitegovhouse.qld.gov.au

The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of

Cabinet, and issue writs for the election of the state parliament
.

The current governor of Queensland, former

Chief Health Officer of Queensland Jeannette Young, was sworn in on 1 November 2021.[6]

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, currently Helen Bowskill, acts in the position of governor in the governor's absence. In June 2014, Queen Elizabeth II, upon the recommendation of then-premier Campbell Newman, accorded all current, future and living former governors the title The Honourable in perpetuity.[7]

Official residence

The governor has resided at

original government house was purpose-built and was used from 1862 to 1910; the building still exists today on the grounds of Queensland University of Technology.[9]

Constitutional provisions

The office of the governor was initially established by

Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson amended the Constitution Act 1867 (Qld) to replicate the provisions of the order in council. This was done as the order in council only applied due to the continuing authority of the British Parliament in regard to the states. It was feared that a future Commonwealth government would either assert or acquire by consent the exiting powers of the imperial Parliament over the states, giving them the power to either abolish the office or make it subordinate to the governor-general, allowing the Commonwealth to order the state governor to refuse royal assent to state bills. This amendment provision was doubly entrenched, requiring a referendum for the provisions about the governor to be amended or removed. Following the passage of the Australia Act 1986, the power of the British Parliament to legislate for the states has been removed. However, there remains academic doubts of the legal effectivness of the double entrenchment provisions.[10]

The Constitution Act 2001 consolidated the previous constitutional documents, including the most recent letters-patent, leaving the role of the governor fully defined by Australian law.[11] However, the doubly entrenched provisions of the 1867 constitution remains in place as a referendum was not sought to amend them.[10]

In accordance with the conventions of the

reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to appoint and dismiss ministers, issue pardons, and dissolve Parliament.[citation needed
]

The Queensland constitution expressly provides that the governor "is not subject to direction by any person and is not limited as to the Governor's sources of advice" on the appointment or dismissal of ministers (s 35), another provision inserted by the Bjelke-Petersen government in the wake of the 1975 federal dismissal. This provision worked against Bjelke-Petersen when, in the dying days of his government in November 1987, he tried and failed to convince governor Sir

National Party deposed Bjelke-Petersen and elected one of the dissident ministers, Mike Ahern, as the new leader of the National Party, Bjelke-Petersen initially refused to resign as premier and Sir Walter resisted calls to dismiss him. Bjelke-Petersen elected to resign on 1 December 1987.[citation needed
]

The governor is head of the

Chief Justice of Queensland and other judges in the Queensland judicial system are appointed by the governor acting on the advice of the Executive Council.[citation needed
]

Governor's standard

The governor's standard comprises a union jack with a white roundel in the centre with the state badge of Queensland: a light blue maltese cross, surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by garland of laurel leaves.[citation needed]

The general design of standards for British governors was approved by Queen Victoria in 1869. The design for governors of Queensland was created and flown as a personal standard since 1876, when the maltese cross was adopted as the colonial badge.[citation needed]

If the standard is flying at Government House, on a vehicle or at an event, this indicates that the governor is present.[citation needed]

Past and present standards of the governor
  • 1870–1876
    1870–1876
  • 1876–1901, bearing an Imperial crown
    1876–1901, bearing an Imperial crown
  • 1901–1963, bearing a Tudor crown
    1901–1963, bearing a
    Tudor crown
  • 1963–present, bearing a St. Edward's crown
    1963–present, bearing a
    St. Edward's crown

List of governors of Queensland

The first Australian- (and Queensland-) born governor of Queensland was Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack (appointed 1946). His successor, Sir Henry Abel Smith (a relative of the royal family), was British. All subsequent governors have been Australian-born, except for Leneen Forde, who was born in Canada but who emigrated to Australia at an early age.

Prior to the separation of Queensland in 1859, it was part of New South Wales under the governors of New South Wales.

No. Portrait Title
Governor
Office
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Monarch
1 Portrait
GCMG

(1821–1899) 		10 December
1859 		4 January
1868 		Victoria

(1837–1901)

8 years and 26 days
2 Portrait Colonel the Honourable
Samuel Blackall
(1809–1871) 		14 August
1868 		2 January
1871
2 years and 142 days
3 Portrait
GCMG

(1819–1890) 		12 August
1871 		12 November
1874
3 years and 93 days
4 Portrait The Honourable
KCMG

(1828–1888) 		23 January
1875 		14 March
1877
2 years and 51 days
5 Portrait The Honourable
CB

(1809–1883) 		20 July
1877 		2 May
1883
5 years and 287 days
6 Portrait The Honourable
GCMG

(1828–1888) 		6 November
1883 		9 October
1888
4 years and 339 days
7 Portrait
GCMG, CIE

(1826–1904) 		1 May
1889 		31 December
1895
6 years and 245 days
8 Portrait The Right Honourable
Charles Cochrane-Baillie
2nd Baron Lamington
(1860–1940) 		9 April
1896 		19 December
1901
5 years and 255 days Edward VII

(1901–1910)

9 Photograph Lieutenant General the Honourable
CB

(1850–1929) 		24 March
1902 		10 October
1904
2 years and 201 days
10 Photograph The Honourable
KCMG

(1868–1933) 		30 November
1905 		26 May
1909
3 years and 178 days
11 Photograph The Right Honourable
CB, AM

(1846–1919) 		2 December
1909 		16 July
1914
4 years and 227 days George V

(1910–1936)

12 Photograph Major The Honourable
CB

(1858–1920) 		15 March
1915 		3 February
1920
4 years and 326 days
13 Photograph
GCMG

(1862–1939) 		3 December
1920 		17 September
1925
4 years and 289 days
14 Photograph
DSO

(1871–1960) 		13 July
1927 		7 April
1932
4 years and 270 days
15 Photograph Lieutenant Colonel the Right Honourable
DSO

(1876–1955) 		13 June
1932 		23 April
1946 		Edward VIII

(1936)

13 years and 315 days George VI

(1936–1952)

16 Photograph Lieutenant General the Honourable
DSO

(1885–1957) 		1 October
1946 		4 December
1957
11 years and 65 days Elizabeth II

(1952–

2022
)

17 Photograph Colonel the Honourable
DSO

(1900–1993) 		18 March
1958 		18 March
1966
8 years and 1 day
18 Photograph The Honourable
KCVO

(1902–1980) 		21 March
1966 		21 March
1972
6 years and 1 day
19 Photograph Air Marshal the Honourable
CB

(1914–1978) 		21 March
1972 		20 March
1977
5 years and 0 days
20 Photograph Commodore the Honourable
CBE, DSC, RAN

(1916–1986) 		22 April
1977 		21 July
1985
8 years and 91 days
21 Photograph
QC

(1921–2004) 		22 July
1985 		29 July
1992
7 years and 8 days
22 Photograph The Honourable
AC

(b. 1935) 		29 July
1992 		29 July
1997
5 years and 1 day
23 Photograph
CVO

(b. 1940) 		29 July
1997 		29 July
2003
6 years and 1 day
24 Photograph The Honourable
AC

(b. 1942) 		29 July
2003 		29 July
2008
5 years and 1 day
25 Photograph The Honourable
AC

(b. 1946) 		29 July
2008 		29 July
2014
6 years and 1 day
26 Photograph
QC

(b. 1948) 		29 July
2014 		1 November
2021
7 years and 96 days
27 Photograph
AC, PSM

(b. 1963) 		1 November
2021 		Incumbent
Charles III

(

2022
- present)

2 years and 169 days

List of administrators and lieutenant-governors of Queensland

Chief Justice of Queensland (or the most senior judge available).[12] The following are the administrators and lieutenant-governors of Queensland:[13]

Name Term Notes
Maurice Charles O'Connell 4 January 1868 – 14 August 1868 Administrator
Maurice Charles O'Connell 2 January 1871 – 12 August 1871 Administrator
Maurice Charles O'Connell 12 November 1874 – 23 January 1875 Administrator
Maurice Charles O'Connell 14 March 1877 – 10 April 1877 Administrator
Arthur Edward Kennedy
 10 April 1877 – 20 July 1877 Administrator
Joshua Peter Bell 19 March 1880 – 22 November 1880 Administrator
Arthur Hunter Palmer 2 May 1883 – 6 November 1883 Administrator
Arthur Hunter Palmer 20 April 1886 – 13 December 1886 Administrator
Arthur Hunter Palmer 9 October 1888 – 1 May 1889 Administrator
Arthur Hunter Palmer 15 November 1895 – 9 April 1896 Lieutenant Governor Administrator
Samuel Griffith 21 June 1901 – 24 March 1902 Lieutenant Governor
Hugh Muir Nelson
 10 October 1904 – 30 November 1905 Lieutenant Governor
Arthur Morgan
 27 May 1909 – 2 December 1909 Lieutenant Governor
Arthur Morgan 16 July 1914 – 15 March 1915 Lieutenant Governor
William Lennon 3 February 1920 – 3 December 1920 Lieutenant Governor
William Lennon 17 September 1925 – 13 June 1927 Lieutenant Governor
William Lennon 8 May 1929 – 2 June 1929 Lieutenant Governor
James William Blair
 7 April 1932 – 1 June 1932 Administrator
James William Blair 17 May 1937 – 21 November 1937 Administrator
Frank Cooper
 24 April 1946 – 30 September 1946 Lieutenant Governor
Alan Mansfield 25 January 1957 – 18 March 1958 Administrator
Alan Mansfield 31 March 1960 – 24 May 1960 Administrator
Alan Mansfield 18 April 1963 – 18 October 1963 Administrator
William Mack
 10 March 1966 – 21 March 1966 Administrator
William Mack 20 March 1969 – 30 June 1969 Administrator
Joseph Aloysius Sheehy 30 June 1969 – 18 September 1969 Administrator
Mostyn Hanger 9 March 1972 – 21 March 1972 Administrator
Mostyn Hanger 21 March 1977 – 22 April 1977 Administrator

Notes

  1. ^ equivalent to £575,544 in 2021.[1]
  2. ^ The salary of the Governor is set out in the Governors (Salary and Pensions) Amendment Regulation 2021, which states that the salary of the governor is to be equal to the amount of the Chief Justice of Queensland under the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007.[2] In section 27 of the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007, the salary for the Chief Justice is to be "published by gazette notice, the adjusted salary or allowance."[3] As of July 2019 the salary was A$488,686, not including allowance.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Queensland Blue Book – 1900". Internet Archive. 1900.
  2. ^ "Governors (Salary and Pensions) Amendment Regulation 2021". legislation.qld.gov.au. Parliament of Queensland. 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Judicial Remuneration Act 2007". legislation.qld.gov.au. Parliament of Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Judicial Salaries – Gazette Notice" (PDF). courts.qld.gov.au. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Role of the Governor". Government House Queensland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Dr Jeannette Young Queensland's New Governor". Ministerial Media Statements. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "20 June 2014" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Government House (entry 600275)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Old Government House (entry 600118)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  10. ^
    Austlii
    .
  11. ^ Constitution of Queensland 2001 (Qld) s ch4
  12. Queensland Parliament. Archived
    from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  13. Queensland Parliament. 2014. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

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