List of Premiers of Victoria by time in office
This is a list of Premiers of Victoria by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of years and days between dates.
Rank by time in office
;Parties| Rank: | No: | Office Holder: | Portrait: | Party: | District: | Assumed Office: | Left Office: | TERM Time in Office: | TOTAL Time in Office: | Election Wins: | |
| 1. | 38th | Sir Henry Bolte GCMG | Liberal & Country / Liberal | MLA for Hampden | 7 June 1955 | 23 August 1972 | 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 | ||||
| 2. | 33rd | Sir Albert Dunstan KCMG | Country | MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk | 2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | ' | 10 years, 179 days | 1937 1940 1943 | ||
| 2. | 33rd | Sir Albert Dunstan KCMG | Country | MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | ' | 10 years, 179 days | 1937 1940 1943 | ||
| 3. | 5th | Sir James McCulloch KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Mornington Warrnambool | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | ' | 9 years, 118 days | 1864 1866 1868 | ||
| 3. | 5th | Sir James McCulloch KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Mornington Warrnambool | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | ' | 9 years, 118 days | 1864 1866 1868 | ||
| 3. | 5th | Sir James McCulloch KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Mornington Warrnambool | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | ' | 9 years, 118 days | 1864 1866 1868 | ||
| 3. | 5th | Sir James McCulloch KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Mornington Warrnambool | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | ' | 9 years, 118 days | 1864 1866 1868 | ||
| 4. | 39th | Sir Rupert Hamer AC KCMG ED | Liberal | MLA for Kew | 23 August 1972 | 5 June 1981 | 1973 1976 1979 | ||||
| 5. | 41st | John Cain Jr. | Labor | MLA for Bundoora | 8 April 1982 | 10 August 1990 | 1982 1985 1988 | ||||
| 6. | 44th | Steve Bracks AC | Labor | MLA for Williamstown | 19 October 1999 | 30 July 2007 | 1999 2002 2006 | ||||
| 7. | 43rd | Jeff Kennett AC | Liberal | MLA for Burwood | 6 October 1992 | 19 October 1999 | 1992 1996 | ||||
| 8. | 27th | Sir Harry Lawson KCMG | Nationalist | MLA for Castlemaine and Maldon | 21 March 1918 | 28 April 1924 | 1920 1921 | ||||
| 9. | 48th | Daniel Andrews | Labor | MLA for Mulgrave | 4 December 2014 | Incumbent | 2014 2018 | ||||
| 10. | 18th | Sir George Turner KCMG | Non-Party Liberalism | MLA for St Kilda | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | ' | 5 years, 154 days | 1894 1897 1900 | ||
| 10. | 18th | Sir George Turner KCMG | Non-Party Liberalism | MLA for St Kilda | 19 November 1900 | 12 February 1901 | ' | 5 years, 154 days | 1894 1897 1900 | ||
| 11. | 20th | Sir Alexander Peacock KCMG | Non-Party Liberalism | MLA for Clunes and Allandale | 12 February 1901 | 10 June 1902 | ' | 4 years, 363 days | 1914 | ||
| 11. | 20th | Sir Alexander Peacock KCMG | Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Allandale | 18 June 1914 | 29 November 1917 | ' | 4 years, 363 days | 1914 | ||
| 11. | 20th | Sir Alexander Peacock KCMG | Nationalist | MLA for Allandale | 18 June 1914 | 29 November 1917 | ' | 4 years, 363 days | 1914 | ||
| 11. | 20th | Sir Alexander Peacock KCMG | Nationalist | MLA for Allandale | 28 April 1924 | 18 July 1924 | ' | 4 years, 363 days | 1914 | ||
| 12. | 22nd | Sir Thomas Bent KCMG | Non-Party Conservatism | MLA for Brighton | 16 February 1904 | 8 January 1909 | 1904 1907 1908 | ||||
| 13. | 14th | Duncan Gillies | Non-Party Conservatism | MLA for Rodney Eastern Suburbs | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 1886 1889 | ||||
| 14. | 34th | John Cain Snr. | Labor | MLA for Northcote | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | ' | 4 years, 175 days | 1945 1952 | ||
| 14. | 34th | John Cain Snr. | Labor | MLA for Northcote | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | ' | 4 years, 175 days | 1945 1952 | ||
| 14. | 34th | John Cain Snr. | Labor | MLA for Northcote | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | ' | 4 years, 175 days | 1945 1952 | ||
| 15. | 30th | Edmond Hogan | Labor | MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | ' | 3 years, 345 days | 1927 1929 | ||
| 15. | 30th | Edmond Hogan | Labor | MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | ' | 3 years, 345 days | 1927 1929 | ||
| 16. | 11th | Sir Graham Berry KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Geelong West | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | ' | 3 years, 338 days | 1877 | ||
| 16. | 11th | Sir Graham Berry KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Geelong | 21 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | ' | 3 years, 338 days | 1877 | ||
| 16. | 11th | Sir Graham Berry KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Geelong | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | ' | 3 years, 338 days | 1877 | ||
| 17. | 2nd | Sir John O'Shanassy KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Kilmore | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | ' | 3 years, 140 days | 1861 | ||
| 17. | 2nd | Sir John O'Shanassy KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Kilmore | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | ' | 3 years, 140 days | 1861 | ||
| 17. | 2nd | Sir John O'Shanassy KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Kilmore | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | ' | 3 years, 140 days | 1861 | ||
| 18. | 12th | James Service | No Party Alignment | MLA for Maldon | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | ' | 3 years, 133 days | 1883 | ||
| 18. | 12th | James Service | No Party Alignment | MLA for Castlemaine | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | ' | 3 years, 133 days | 1883 | ||
| 19. | 45th | John Brumby | Labor | MLA for Broadmeadows | 30 July 2007 | 2 December 2010 | |||||
| 20. | 23rd | John Murray | Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Warrnambool | 8 January 1909 | 18 May 1912 | 1911 | ||||
| 21. | 32nd | Sir Stanley Argyle KBE | United Australia | MLA for Toorak | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 1932 1935 | ||||
| 22. | 36th | Thomas Hollway | Liberal / Liberal & Country | MLA for Ballarat | 20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | ' | 2 years, 222 days | 1947 1950 | ||
| 22. | 36th | Thomas Hollway | Electoral Reform | MLA for Ballarat | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | ' | 2 years, 222 days | 1947 1950 | ||
| 23. | 29th | John Allan | Country | MLA for Rodney | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | |||||
| 24. | 37th | Sir John McDonald | Country | MLA for Shepparton | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | ' | 2 years, 170 days | |||
| 24. | 37th | Sir John McDonald | Country | MLA for Shepparton | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | ' | 2 years, 170 days | |||
| 25. | 1st | Dr William Haines | No Party Alignment | MLA for South Grant | 30 November 1855 | 11 March 1857 | ' | 2 years, 149 days | 1856 | ||
| 25. | 1st | Dr William Haines | No Party Alignment | MLA for South Grant | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | ' | 2 years, 149 days | 1856 | ||
| 26. | 46th | Ted Baillieu | Liberal | MLA for Hawthorn | 2 December 2010 | 6 March 2013 | 2010 | ||||
| 27. | 42nd | Joan Kirner AC | Labor | MLA for Williamstown | 10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | |||||
| 28. | 9th | James Francis | No Party Alignment | MLA for Richmond | 10 June 1872 | 31 July 1874 | |||||
| 28. | 24th | William Watt PC | Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Essendon | 18 May 1912 | 9 December 1913 | ' | 2 years, 18 days | |||
| 28. | 24th | William Watt PC | Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Essendon | 22 December 1913 | 18 June 1914 | 2 years, 18 days | ||||
| 30. | 47th | Denis Napthine | Liberal | MLA for Portland MLA for South-West Coast | 6 March 2013 | 4 December 2014 | |||||
| 31. | 24th | Sir William Irvine GCMG | Non-Party Conservatism | MLA for Lowan | 10 June 1902 | 16 February 1904 | 1902 | ||||
| 32. | 17th | Sir James Patterson KCMG | Non-Party Conservatism | MLA for Castlemaine | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | |||||
| 33. | 13th | Sir Bryan O'Loghlen Bt | No Party Alignment | MLA for West Bourke | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | |||||
| 33. | 15th | James Munro | Non-Party Liberalism | MLA for Geelong | 5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | |||||
| 34. | 3rd | William Nicholson | No Party Alignment | MLA for Sandridge | 27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | 1859 | ||||
| 36. | 31st | Sir William McPherson KBE | Nationalist | MLA for Hawthorn | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | |||||
| 37. | 10th | George Kerferd | No Party Alignment | MLA for Ovens | 31 July 1874 | 7 August 1875 | 1874 | ||||
| 38. | 8th | Sir Charles Duffy KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLA for Dalhousie | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 1871 | ||||
| 39. | 4th | Richard Heales | No Party Alignment | MLA for East Bourke Boroughs | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 | 1859 | ||||
| 40. | 19th | Allan McLean | Non-Party Liberalism | MLA for Gippsland North | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 1892 | ||||
| 41. | 16th | William Shiels | Non-Party Liberalism | MLA for Normanby | 16 February 1892 | 23 January 1893 | 1892 | ||||
| 42. | 40th | Lindsay Thompson AO CMG | Liberal | MLA for Malvern | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | |||||
| 43. | 7th | John MacPherson | No Party Alignment | MLA for Dundas | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | |||||
| 44. | 28th | George Prendergast | Labor | MLA for North Melbourne | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | |||||
| 45. | 26th | Sir John Bowser | Nationalist | MLA for Wangaratta | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 1917 | ||||
| 46. | 6th | Sir Charles Sladen KCMG | No Party Alignment | MLC for Western | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | |||||
| 47. | 35th | Ian Macfarlan | Liberal | MLA for Brighton | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | |||||
| 48. | 25th | George Elmslie | Labor | MLA for Albert Park | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 |