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{{Short description|Representative of the monarch in the state of Queensland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| body = Queensland
| flag = Flag of the Governor of Queensland.svg
| flagcaption = Flag of the governor of Queensland
| insignia = Coat of Arms of Queensland.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Queensland]]
| image = File:Jeannette_Young,_Chief_Health_Officer,_Queensland_Government,_2020_(cropped)_2.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbent = [[Jeannette Young]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|PSM|FRACMA}}
| incumbentsince = 1 November 2021
| department = [[Viceroy#Commonwealth realms|Viceregal]]
| style = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]] [[the Honourable]]
| residence = [[Government House, Brisbane]]
| appointer = [[Monarchy of Australia|Monarch]] on the [[Advice (constitutional law)|advice]] of the [[Premier of Queensland|premier]]
| appointer_qualified = (by commission under the [[royal sign-manual]])<ref>''[[Constitution of Queensland 2001]]'' (Qld) [https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2001-080#sec.29 s 29].</ref>
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]]
| termlength_qualified = (typically 5 years)
| constituting_instrument = 
| formation = 10 December 1859
| first = [[George Bowen|Sir George Bowen]]
| deputy = 
| salary = {{plainlist| 
* [[British pound|£]]5,000 (1900){{efn|{{Inflation|UK|5000|1900|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/QueenslandBlueBookForTheYear1900/mode/2up |title=Queensland Blue Book – 1900 |last= |first= |date=1900 |website=[[Internet Archive]] |publisher= }}</ref>}}
* [[Australian dollar|A$]]488,686 (2019){{efn|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|Chief Justice]] of [[Supreme Court of Queensland|Queensland]] under the ''Judicial Remuneration Act 2007''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/pdf/asmade/sl-2021-0161 |title=Governors (Salary and Pensions) Amendment Regulation 2021 |date=2021 |website=legislation.qld.gov.au |publisher=[[Parliament of Queensland]] |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074940/https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/pdf/asmade/sl-2021-0161 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/pdf/inforce/current/act-2007-055 |title=Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 |date= |website=legislation.qld.gov.au |publisher=Parliament of Queensland |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074942/https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/pdf/inforce/current/act-2007-055 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of July 2019 the salary was A$488,686, not including allowance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/93943/judicial-remuneration.pdf |title=Judicial Salaries – Gazette Notice |date= |website=courts.qld.gov.au |publisher= |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074940/https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/93943/judicial-remuneration.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
}}
| website = {{URL|govhouse.qld.gov.au}}
}}
The '''governor of Queensland''' is the representative of the monarch, currently {{Current Australian monarch |King |Charles III}}, in the state of [[Queensland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Role of the Governor |url=https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/role-of-the-governor |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Government House Queensland |language=en-AU |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304012915/https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/role-of-the-governor |url-status=live }}</ref> In an analogous way to the [[governor-general of Australia|governor-general]] at the national level, the governor [[Governors of the Australian states|performs constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level]]. In particular, the governor has the power to appoint and dismiss the [[premier of Queensland]] and all other ministers in the [[Cabinet government|Cabinet]], and issue writs for elections of the [[Parliament of Queensland|state parliament]].

The current governor of Queensland, former [[Chief Health Officer]] of Queensland [[Jeannette Young]], was sworn in on 1 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Jeannette Young Queensland's New Governor |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/92450 |website=Ministerial Media Statements |access-date=21 June 2021 |language=en |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201548/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/92450 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 June 2014 |title=Notice |url=https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/gazette-june-2014/resource/52e99e2f-c9a7-4ad1-acad-b2c85ab16927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319231421/https://publications.qld.gov.au/storage/f/2014-06-19T22%3A51%3A00.549Z/20-06-14-combined-a.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2018 |access-date=20 March 2018 |website=[[Queensland Government Gazette]] |page=307 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Official residence==
The governor has resided at [[Government House, Brisbane]] since 1910. The mansion, set in {{convert|14|ha|acre}} of gardens and bushland in the [[Brisbane]] suburb of Paddington, is also known as ''Fernberg''.<ref name="qhr">{{cite QHR|15050|Government House|600275|access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> Unlike Fernberg, the [[Old Government House, Queensland|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]]'s [[Central business district|CBD]] campus.<ref>{{Cite QHR|2=Old Government House|3=600118|access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>

==Constitutional provisions==

The office of the governor was initially established by [[Letters patent (United Kingdom)|letters patent]] issued by Queen Victoria on the founding of Queensland in 1867. However, up until 1977 the office was not formally recognised in Queensland legislation, with the powers of the governor set down in the letters patent and in an imperial [[Order in Council|order in council]] which preserved the effect of the ''Australian Constitutions Act 1842'' (Imp) (the document that granted NSW a semi-elected assembly) as regard to the governor and restricted the power of the Queensland assembly to remove the position. However, following the [[1975 Dismissal crisis]] then premier [[Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen|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 [[Entrenched clause|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 effectiveness of the double entrenchment provisions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Twomey |first=Anne |date=2009 |title=Keeping the Queen in Queensland : How Effective is the Entrenchment of the Queen and Governor in the Queensland Constitution? |url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UQLJ/2009/4.pdf |journal=University of Queensland Law Journal |volume=28 |issue=1 |url-access= |via=[[Austlii]] |access-date=7 December 2023 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180808/https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UQLJ/2009/4.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''[[Constitution of Queensland|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.<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Qld|act|coq2001288|Constitution of Queensland 2001|ch4}}</ref> However, the doubly entrenched provisions of the 1867 constitution remains in place as a referendum was not sought to amend them.<ref name=":0" />

In accordance with the conventions of the [[Westminster system]] of parliamentary government, the governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the [[Premier of Queensland]]. The governor may exercise [[reserve power]]s (powers able to be used in the absence of or contrary to advice) only in limited circumstances.

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 [[Walter Campbell (judge)|Walter Campbell]] to remove several ministers to shore up his own support within Parliament. When the parliamentary wing of the [[National Party of Australia – Queensland|National Party]] deposed Bjelke-Petersen and elected one of the dissident ministers, [[Mike Ahern (Australian politician)|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|date=December 2023}}

The governor is head of the [[Executive Council of Queensland|Executive Council]], a Queensland equivalent to the [[Federal Executive Council (Australia)|Federal Executive Council]]. The Council is composed of ministers from the government of the day. The [[chief justice of Queensland|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|date=December 2023}}

Although not a responsibility of the office of Governor of Queensland, governors of Queensland are - like all [[Governors of the Australian states]] - normally given a [[dormant commission]] to [[Administrator (Australia)|administer the government of the Commonwealth of Australia]] in the absence from Australia, or the death, incapacity or removal from office of the [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] by the Sovereign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commission to Administer the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Her Excellency the Honourable Jeannette Young PSM |url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024G00516/asmade |website=Federal Register of Legislation |publisher=[[Office of Parliamentary Counsel (Australia)|Office of Parliamentary Counsel]] |access-date=5 October 2025 |date=22 August 2024}}</ref> Some Queensland governors are also appointed as a [[Governor-General of Australia#Deputies of the Governor-General|Deputy of the Governor-General]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Wright |editor1-first=B C |title=House of Representatives Practice |date=2012 |publisher=Department of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Australia |isbn=978-1-74366-656-2 |page=3 |edition=7th |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/05_About_Parliament/53_HoR/532_PPP/Practice7/combined.pdf |access-date=4 October 2025 |chapter=The Parliament and the role of the House}}</ref> to perform certain responsibilities of the Governor-General while the Governor-General is present in Australia, but unable to perform them personally.<ref>{{cite web |title=Appointment of Her Excellency the Honourable Jeannette Young AC PSM as Deputy of the Governor-General |url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024G00554/asmade |website=Federal Register of Legislation |publisher=[[Office of Parliamentary Counsel (Australia)|Office of Parliamentary Counsel]] |access-date=5 October 2025 |date=2 September 2024}}</ref>

==Governor's standard==
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Queensland
| Image = Flag of the Governor of Queensland.svg
| Imagetext = Standard of the governor of Queensland
| Use = 000000
| Symbol = {{FIAV|000000}}{{FIAV|Mirror}}
| Proportion = 1:2
| Adoption = {{start date and age|1876}}
| Design = A Union Flag defaced with the state badge of Queensland surrounded by wreath of laurels
}}
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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Governor's Standard |url=https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/the-governor-s-standard |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Government House Queensland |language=en-AU}}</ref>

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. The flag's design was updated in 1963 to change the depiction of the crown from the [[Tudor Crown]] to [[St Edward's Crown]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 1876 |title=Queensland Government Gazette |url=https://www.textqueensland.com.au/gazette |series=No. 64 |page=1141}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

If the standard is flying at Government House, on a vehicle or at an event, this indicates that the governor is present.<ref name=":1" />
 
;Past and present standards of the governor
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of the Governor of Queensland (1901-1952).svg|1876–1963
File:Flag of the Governor of Queensland.svg|1963–present
</gallery>

==List of governors of Queensland==
The first Australian born Governor of Queensland was Lieutenant-General [[Sir]] [[John Lavarack]] (appointed 1946). His successor, Sir [[Henry Abel Smith]], the husband of the niece of Queen [[Mary of Teck|Mary]], Lady May Abel-Smith, 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 [[Governor of New South Wales|governors of New South Wales]].

There have been 26 past governors of Queensland, prior to the current governor:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Governors of Queensland |url=https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/former-governors-of-queensland |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Government House Queensland |language=en-AU |archive-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025003552/https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/about-the-governor/former-governors-of-queensland |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Portrait
! scope="col" | {{small|Title}}<br>Governor<br>{{small|Office}}<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Term of office 
! scope="col" | [[Monarchy of Australia|Monarch]]
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 1
| rowspan="2"| [[File:George Bowen b.jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"|  {{anchor|1=19th century}}[[Sir]] '''[[George Bowen]]'''<br>{{small|(1821–1899)}}
| {{small|10 December}}<br>1859
| {{small|4 January}}<br>1868
| rowspan="15" | '''[[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]'''
[[File:Victoria in her Coronation (cropped).jpg|120px]] 
 
{{small|(1837–1901)}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|10 December 1859|4 January 1868|sep=and|duration=on}}
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 2
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Samuel Blackall Portrait (cropped) 2.jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Samuel Blackall]]'''<br>{{small|(1809–1871)}}
| {{small|14 August}}<br>1868
| {{small|2 January}}<br>1871
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|14 August 1868|2 January 1871|sep=and|duration=on}} 
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 3
| rowspan="2"| [[File:StateLibQld 2 254219 Marquis of Normanby, third governor of Queensland, Brisbane, 1874 (cropped) 2.jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| [[George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby|'''George Phipps''']]<br>{{small|Earl of Mulgrave}}<br>{{small|(1819–1890)}}
| {{small|12 August}}<br>1871
| {{small|12 November}}<br>1874
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|12 August 1871|12 November 1874|sep=and|duration=on}}
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 4
| rowspan="2"| [[File:William Cairns.jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| Sir '''[[William Cairns]]'''<br>{{small|(1828–1888)}}
| {{small|23 January}}<br>1875
| {{small|14 March}}<br>1877
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|23 January 1875|14 March 1877|sep=and|duration=on}}
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 5
| rowspan="2"| [[File:StateLibQld 2 180859 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor of Queensland, 1877 (cropped).jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| Sir [[Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator)|'''Arthur Kennedy''']]<br>{{small|(1809–1883)}}
| {{small|20 July}}<br>1877 
| {{small|2 May}}<br>1883
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|20 July 1877|2 May 1883|sep=and|duration=on}}
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 6
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Anthony Musgrave (cropped).jpeg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| Sir '''[[Anthony Musgrave]]'''<br>{{small|(1828–1888)}}
| {{small|6 November}}<br>1883 
| {{small|9 October}}<br>1888
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|6 November 1883|9 October 1888|sep=and|duration=on}}
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 7
| rowspan="2"| [[File:StateLibQld 1 113832 Sir Henry Wylie Norman.jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|{{small|[[Field marshal|Field Marshal]]}}<br>Sir [[Henry Wylie Norman|'''Henry Norman''']]}}<br>{{small|(1826–1904)}}
| {{small|1 May}}<br>1889
| {{small|31 December}}<br>1895
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|1 May 1889|31 December 1895|sep=and|duration=on}}
|- 
! rowspan="2"| 8
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Charles Cochrane-Baillie, Governor of Queensland (cropped).jpg|100px|Portrait]]
| rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|[[Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington|'''Charles Cochrane-Baillie''']]}}<br>{{small|2nd Baron Lamington}}<br>{{small|(1860–1940)}}
| {{small|9 April}}<br>1896 
| {{small|19 December}}<br>1901 
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|9 April 1896|19 December 1901|sep=and|duration=on}}
| rowspan="6"| '''[[Edward VII]]'''
[[File:Edward VII in coronation robes (cropped).jpg|120px]] 
 
{{small|(1901–1910)}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 9
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Sir Herbert Chermside.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Lieutenant General}}<br>Sir '''[[Herbert Chermside]]'''<br>{{small|(1850–1929)}}
| {{small|24 March}}<br>1902 
| {{small|10 October}}<br>1904 
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|24 March 1902|10 October 1904|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 10
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Lord Chelmsford circa 1915 (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford|'''Frederic Thesiger''']]<br>{{small|3rd Baron Chelmsford}}<br>{{small|(1868–1933)}}
| {{small|30 November}}<br>1905 
| {{small|26 May}}<br>1909
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|30 November 1905|26 May 1909|sep=and|duration=on}} 
|-
! rowspan="2"| 11
| rowspan="2"| [[File:StateLibQld 1 210859 Sir William MacGregor (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| Sir '''[[William MacGregor]]'''<br>{{small|(1846–1919)}}
| {{small|2 December}}<br>1909 
| {{small|16 July}}<br>1914
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|2 December 1909|16 July 1914|sep=and|duration=on}} 
| rowspan="7"| '''[[George V]]'''
[[File:George V of the united Kingdom (cropped).jpg|120px]]
 
{{small|(1910–1936)}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 12
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Hamilton Goold-Adams.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Major}}<br>Sir '''[[Hamilton Goold-Adams]]'''<br>{{small|(1858–1920)}}
| {{small|15 March}}<br>1915
| {{small|3 February}}<br>1920
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|15 March 1915|3 February 1920|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 13
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Sir Matthew Nathan.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|[[Lieutenant Colonel]]}}<br>Sir '''[[Matthew Nathan]]'''<br>{{small|(1862–1939)}}
| {{small|3 December}}<br>1920
| {{small|17 September}}<br>1925
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|3 December 1920|17 September 1925|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 14
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Sir John Goodwin (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|[[Lieutenant General]]}}<br>Sir [[John Goodwin (British Army officer)|'''John Goodwin''']]<br>{{small|(1871–1960)}}
| {{small|13 July}}<br>1927
| {{small|7 April}}<br>1932
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|13 July 1927|7 April 1932|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 15
| rowspan="2"| [[File:StateLibQld 2 149003 Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, 1942 (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Lieutenant Colonel}}<br>Sir [[Leslie Wilson (politician)|'''Leslie Wilson''']]<br>{{small|(1876–1955)}}
| {{small|13 June}}<br>1932
| {{small|23 April}}<br>1946
| '''[[Edward VIII]]'''

{{small|(1936)}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|13 June 1932|23 April 1946|sep=and|duration=on}} 
| rowspan="2"| '''[[George VI]]'''
[[File:King George VI crop (cropped).jpg|120px]]
 
{{small|(1936–1952)}} 
|-
! rowspan="2"| 16
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Sir John Lavarack.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Lieutenant General}}<br>Sir '''[[John Lavarack]]'''<br>{{small|(1885–1957)}}
| {{small|1 October}}<br>1946
| {{small|4 December}}<br>1957 
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|1 October 1946|4 December 1957|sep=and|duration=on}}
| rowspan="21" style="border-style: solid solid none solid ;"| '''[[Elizabeth II]]'''
 
{{small|(1952–2022)}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 17
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Henry Abel Smith (cropped) 2.png|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Colonel}}<br>Sir '''[[Henry Abel Smith]]'''<br>{{small|(1900–1993)}}
| {{small|18 March}}<br>1958
| {{small|18 March}}<br>1966
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|18 March 1958|18 March 1966|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 18
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Justice Alan Mansfield Brisbane 1945.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| Sir '''[[Alan Mansfield]]'''<br>{{small|(1902–1980)}}
| {{small|21 March}}<br>1966
| {{small|21 March}}<br>1972
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|21 March 1966|21 March 1972|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 19
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Caf hannah.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Air Marshal}}<br>Sir '''[[Colin Hannah]]'''<br>{{small|(1914–1978)}}
| {{small|21 March}}<br>1972
| {{small|20 March}}<br>1977
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|21 March 1972|20 March 1977|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 20
| rowspan="2"| [[File:James Ramsay in 1978.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|Commodore}}<br>Sir [[James Ramsay (governor)|'''James Ramsay''']]<br>{{small|(1916–1986)}}
| {{small|22 April}}<br>1977
| {{small|21 July}}<br>1985
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|22 April 1977|21 July 1985|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 21
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Sir Walter Campbell (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|[[Flight lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]]}}<br>Sir [[Walter Campbell (judge)|'''Walter Campbell''']]<br>{{small|(1921–2004)}}
| {{small|22 July}}<br>1985
| {{small|29 July}}<br>1992
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|22 July 1985|29 July 1992|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 22
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Leneen Forde, Governor of Queensland, with Premier Wayne Goss and cabinet ministers of the 3rd Goss Ministry, 52nd Parliament, Governor's Residence Fernberg, Brisbane, 31 July 1995 (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Leneen Forde]]'''<br>{{small|(b. 1935)}}
| {{small|29 July}}<br>1992
| {{small|29 July}}<br>1997
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|29 July 1992|29 July 1997|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 23
| rowspan="2"| [[File:First Beattie Ministry Peter Arnison (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| {{small|[[Major general (Australia)|Major General]]}}<br>'''[[Peter Arnison]]'''<br>{{small|(b. 1940)}}
| {{small|29 July}}<br>1997
| {{small|29 July}}<br>2003
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|29 July 1997|29 July 2003|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 24
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Quentin and Michael Bryce (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Quentin Bryce]]'''<br>{{small|(b. 1942)}}
| {{small|29 July}}<br>2003
| {{small|29 July}}<br>2008
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|29 July 2003|29 July 2008|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 25
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Scott Buchholz Penelope Wensley 2013 (cropped) 2.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Penelope Wensley]]'''<br>{{small|(b. 1946)}}
| {{small|29 July}}<br>2008
| {{small|29 July}}<br>2014
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|29 July 2008|29 July 2014|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| 26
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Paul de Jersey 2016.jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Paul de Jersey]]'''<br>{{small|(b. 1948)}}
| {{small|29 July}}<br>2014
| {{small|1 November}}<br>2021
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|29 July 2014|1 November 2021|sep=and|duration=on}}
|-
! rowspan="3"| 27
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Jeannette Young, Chief Health Officer, Queensland Government, 2020 (cropped).jpg|100px|Photograph]]
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Jeannette Young]]'''<br>{{small|(b. 1963)}}
| rowspan="2"| {{small|1 November}}<br>2021
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Incumbent]]''
| style="border-style: none solid solid solid ;" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Charles III]]'''
[[File:King Charles III (July 2023).jpg|120px]]
 
{{small|([[Death of Elizabeth II|2022]]–present)}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal"| {{age in years and days|1 November 2021|sep=and|duration=on}}
|}

==List of administrators and lieutenant-governors of Queensland==
[[Administrator (Australia)#Administrator of a State|Administrators]] and [[Lieutenant-governor (Australia)|lieutenant-governors]] are deputy roles generally appointed to carry out the duties of the governor when the governor is unavailable, due to travel or illness. If one is not appointed, then the duties are carried out by the [[chief justice of Queensland|Chief Justice of Queensland]] (or the most senior judge available).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/explore/about-us/parliament-overview/executive-government|title=The Executive Government of Queensland|publisher=[[Queensland Parliament]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125050914/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/explore/about-us/parliament-overview/executive-government|archive-date=25 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref> The following are the administrators and lieutenant-governors of Queensland:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.1.pdf|title=Governors and Deputy Governors of Queensland|date=2014|publisher=[[Queensland Parliament]]|access-date=15 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330075354/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.1.pdf|archive-date=30 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Name!!Term !!Notes
|-
|[[Maurice Charles O'Connell (Australian politician)|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 (Queensland politician)|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 – 18 November 1944<ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-11-20 |title=Sir James Blair Dead |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/191286225 |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=Warwick Daily News}}</ref>
|Administrator/Lieutenant Governor
|-
|[[Frank Cooper (Australian politician)|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 (Australian judge)|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 ==
{{notelist|30em}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book |last=Fagan |first=David |title=The Governors Of Modern Queensland |last2=King |first2=Madonna |publisher=University Of Queensland |year=2021 |isbn=9780702263019}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Governors of Queensland}}
* [http://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/ Official Website of the Governor of Queensland]

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