List of governors of Tasmania
The Governor of Tasmania is the representative of the British monarch , currently Queen Elizabeth II , in the Australian state of Tasmania . The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the governor-general of Australia does at the national level.
In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system , the governor now acts almost entirely on the advice of the head of the elected government, in this case the Prime Minister of Tasmania . However, the governor has the right to dismiss the prime minister.
The governor lives in Hobart's Government House during his tenure .
Vice Governors of Van Diemens Land (1804–1855)
1804-1813
From 1804 to 1813 Van Diemens Land was divided into a north and a south half along the 42nd parallel.
| Lieutenant Governor (Northern Half) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Taking office | Resignation |
| William Paterson | 1804 | 1808 |
| John Brabyn | 1808 | 1810 |
| GA Gordon | 1810 | 1812 |
| J. Ritchie | 1812 | 1812 |
| Lieutenant Governor (southern half) | ||
| Surname | Taking office | Resignation |
| David Collins | February 16, 1804 | March 24, 1810 |
| Edward Lord (interim) | March 1810 | July 1810 |
| John Murray | 1810 | 1812 |
1813-1855
| Deputy Governor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Taking office | Resignation |
| Thomas Davey | February 4, 1813 | March 9, 1817 |
| William Sorell | March 9, 1817 | May 14, 1824 |
| George Arthur | May 14, 1824 | October 29, 1836 |
| John Franklin | January 5, 1837 | August 21, 1843 |
| John Eardley-Wilmot | August 21, 1843 | October 13, 1846 |
| William Denison | January 25, 1847 | January 8, 1855 |
Tasmania Governors
From 1855 the representatives of the English crown were raised to the rank of governors, Van Diemens Land was renamed Tasmania.
| governor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Taking office | Resignation |
| Henry Young | January 8, 1855 | December 10, 1861 |
| Thomas Browne | December 10, 1861 | December 30, 1868 |
| Charles Du Cane | January 15, 1869 | November 28, 1874 |
| Frederick Weld | January 13, 1875 | April 5, 1880 |
| George Strahan | December 7, 1881 | October 20, 1886 |
| Robert Hamilton | March 11, 1887 | November 30, 1892 |
| Jenico Preston | August 8, 1893 | August 14, 1900 |
| Arthur Havelock | November 8, 1901 | April 16, 1904 |
| Gerald Strickland | October 28, 1904 | May 20, 1909 |
| Harry Barron | September 29, 1909 | March 8, 1913 |
| William Ellison-Macartney | June 4, 1913 | March 31, 1917 |
| Francis Newdegate | June 6, 1917 | February 9, 1920 |
| William Allardyce | April 16, 1920 | January 26, 1922 |
| James O'Grady | December 29, 1924 | December 23, 1930 |
| Ernest Clark | 4th August 1933 | August 4, 1945 |
| Hugh Binney | December 24, 1945 | May 8, 1951 |
| Ronald Cross | August 22, 1951 | June 4th 1958 |
| Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan | October 21, 1959 | March 25, 1963 |
| Charles Gairdner | September 24, 1963 | July 11, 1968 |
| Edric Bastyan | 2nd December 1968 | November 30, 1973 |
| Stanley Burbury | 5th December 1973 | March 16, 1982 |
| James Plimsoll | October 1, 1982 | May 8, 1987 |
| Phillip Bennett | October 19, 1987 | October 2, 1995 |
| Guy Green | October 2, 1995 | October 3, 2003 |
| Richard Butler | October 3, 2003 | August 9, 2004 |
| William Cox | December 15, 2004 | April 2, 2008 |
| Peter Underwood | April 2, 2008 | 7th July 2014 |
| Kate Warner | December 10, 2014 | officiating |
