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Longest Serving Premiers

Longest Serving Premiers

LONGEST SERVING PREMIERS IN A SINGLE TERM
NAME Party PERIOD SERVED From ... To ...
Robert John CARR(ALP)10 years 3 months 29 days4 April 1995 - 3 August 2005
Neville WRAN(ALP)10 years 1 month 20 days14 May 1976 - 4 July 1986
Robert ASKIN(Liberal)9 years 7 months 21 days13 May 1965 - 3 January 1975
Joseph CAHILL(ALP)7 years 6 months 20 days2 April 1952 - 22 October 1959
Bertram STEVENS(UAP)7 years 2 months 23 days13 May 1932 - 5 August 1939
William HOLMAN(ALP; Nationalist)6 years 9 months 13 days30 June 1913 - 12 April 1920


LONGEST SERVING PREMIER IN BROKEN TERMS
NAME PERIOD SERVED
Sir Henry PARKES 11 years 9 months 15 days
14 May 1872 - 8 February 1875
22 March 1877 - 16 August 1877
21 December 1878 - 4 January 1883
20 January 1887 - 16 January 1889
8 March 1889 - 22 October 1891



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