Deputy Premier of Tasmania

Deputy Premier of Tasmania
Coat of arms of Tasmania
Incumbent Jeremy Rockliff
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of Tasmania
Term length	At the Governor's pleasure
Formation	26 August 1958
First holder	John James Dwyer

The Deputy Premier of Tasmania is a role in the Government of Tasmania assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Tasmania. It has second ranking behind the Premier of Tasmania in Cabinet, and its holder serves as Acting Premier during absence or incapacity of the Premier. The Deputy Premier may either be appointed by the Premier during the cabinet formation process, or may be elected by caucus. Due to the contingent role of the Deputy Premier, they almost without exception have additional ministerial portfolios. The current Deputy Premier is Jeremy Rockliff.

List of Deputy Premiers in Tasmania

Name	Party	Term Start	Term End
John James Dwyer	Labor	26 August 1958	12 May 1959
Roy Fagan	Labor	12 May 1959	26 May 1969
Kevin Lyons	Centre	26 May 1969	14 March 1972
Merv Everett	Labor	3 May 1972	1 August 1972
Merv Everett	Labor	21 August 1972	12 April 1974
Bill Neilson	Labor	17 April 1974	31 March 1975
Doug Lowe	Labor	31 March 1975	1 December 1977
Neil Batt	Labor	1 December 1977	18 December 1979
Neil Batt	Labor	25 February 1980	29 August 1980
Michael Barnard	Labor	29 August 1980	27 May 1982
Max Bingham	Liberal	27 May 1982	13 June 1984
Geoff Pearsall	Liberal	15 June 1984	1 November 1988
Ray Groom	Liberal	1 November 1988	29 June 1989
Peter Patmore	Labor	3 July 1989	17 February 1992
John Beswick	Liberal	18 February 1992	18 March 1996
Sue Napier	Liberal	18 March 1996	14 September 1998
Paul Lennon	Labor	14 September 1998	21 March 2004
David Llewellyn	Labor	22 March 2004	5 April 2006
Bryan Green	Labor	5 April 2006	15 July 2006
Steve Kons	Labor	30 October 2006	9 March 2008
David Bartlett	Labor	10 April 2008	26 May 2008
Lara Giddings	Labor	26 May 2008	24 January 2011
Bryan Green	Labor	24 January 2011	31 March 2014
Jeremy Rockliff	Liberal	31 March 2014	present

References

The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856 Parliament of Tasmania

Government of Tasmania

Executive	Monarchy Governor Premier Deputy Premier Cabinet Police

Legislative	Parliament House of Assembly Legislative Council Electoral divisions MHAs MLCs President of the Legislative Council Speaker of the House of Assembly Opposition Leader

Judicial	Supreme Court Magistrates' Court Coroners Court

Current Deputy Premiers and Deputy Chief Ministers of the States and internal territories of Australia

NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT

Troy Grant (Nat)	James Merlino (ALP)	Jackie Trad (ALP)	Liza Harvey (Lib)	John Rau (ALP)	Jeremy Rockliff (Lib)	Simon Corbell (ALP)	Nicole Manison (ALP)

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