Governor of Queensland

Governor of Queensland Viceroy Provincial/State Badge of the governor Incumbent: Penelope Wensley Style: Her Excellency Appointed by: Elizabeth II as Queen of Australia First viceroy: Sir George Bowen Formation: 10 December 1859 Term: At Her Majesty's pleasure Standard of the Governor of Queensland. The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level. 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. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier. The Governor of Queensland has resided at Government House, Brisbane since 1910. Government House consists of a mansion known as Fernberg set in 14 hectares of gardens and bushland in the Brisbane suburb of Bardon. Unlike Fernberg, the 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. The current Governor, Penelope Wensley was sworn in on 29 July 2008. The first Australian- (and Queensland-) born Governor of Queensland was Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack (appointed 1946). His successor, Sir Henry 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. Contents 1 List of Governors of Queensland[1] [2] 2 Living former governors 3 See also 4 References 5 External links List of Governors of Queensland1 2 No. Governor From To 1 The Rt Hon Sir George Bowen GCMG 10 December 1859 4 January 1868 2 Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall 14 August 1868 2 January 1871 3 The Most Hon Marquess of Normanby GCB GCMG PC 12 August 1871 12 November 1874 4 Sir William Cairns KCMG 23 January 1875 14 March 1877 5 Sir Arthur Kennedy GCMG CB 20 July 1877 2 May 1883 6 Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG 6 November 1883 9 November 1888 7 Sir Henry Norman GCB GCMG GCIE 1 May 1889 31 December 1895 8 The Rt Hon Lord Lamington GCMG GCIE 9 April 1896 19 December 1901 9 Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Chermside GCMG CB 24 March 1902 10 October 1904 10 The Rt Hon Viscount Chelmsford GCSI GCMG GCIE GBE PC 30 November 1905 26 May 1909 11 Sir William MacGregor GCMG CB 2 December 1909 16 July 1914 12 Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams GCMG CB 15 March 1915 3 February 1920 13 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG 3 December 1920 17 September 1925 14 Lieutenant General Sir John Goodwin KCB KCMG DSO 13 June 1927 7 April 1932 15 The Rt Hon Sir Leslie Wilson GCMG GCSI GCIE DSO PC 13 June 1932 23 April 1946 16 Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO 1 October 1946 4 December 1957 17 Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG KCVO DSO 18 March 1958 18 March 1966 18 Sir Alan Mansfield KCMG KCVO 21 March 1966 21 March 1972 19 Air Marshal Sir Colin Hannah KCMG KCVO KBE CB 21 March 1972 20 March 1977 20 Commodore Sir James Ramsay KCMG KCVO CBE DSC 22 April 1977 21 July 1985 21 Sir Walter Campbell AC QC 22 July 1985 29 July 1992 22 Leneen Forde AC DStJ 29 July 1992 29 July 1997 23 Major General Peter Arnison AC CVO 29 July 1997 29 July 2003 24 Quentin Bryce AC 29 July 2003 29 July 2008 25 Penelope Wensley AO 29 July 2008 Present Living former governors Three former governors of Queensland are alive, the oldest being Leneen Forde (1992–97, born 1935). Name Term as governor Date of birth Leneen Forde 1992–1997 12 May 1935 Peter Arnison 1997–2003 1940 Quentin Bryce 2003–2008 23 December 1942 The most recent death of a former governor was that of Sir Walter Campbell (1985–92), on 4 September 2004. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Governors of Queensland References ^ Governors of Queensland — Official Website of the Governor of Queensland ^ History of Queensland Governors — Government of Queensland Website External links Official Website of the Governor of Queensland v · d · eGovernors of Queensland Bowen · Blackall · Phipps · Cairns · Kennedy · Musgrave · Norman · Lord Lamington · Chermside · Thesiger · MacGregor · Goold-Adams · Nathan · Goodwin · Wilson · Lavarack · Abel Smith · Mansfield · Hannah · Ramsay · Campbell · Forde · Arnison · Bryce · Wensley v · d · eCurrent Governors and Administrators of the States and territories of Australia NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT NI CX/CC Marie Bashir David de Kretser Penelope Wensley Ken Michael Kevin Scarce Peter Underwood Tom Pauling Owen Walsh Brian Lacy v · d · e  Representatives of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms National Counsellors of State (GBR) · Governors-general (ATG, AUS, BHS, BLZ, BRB, CAN, GRD, JAM, KNA, LCA, PNG, RNZ, SLB, TUV, VCT) Sub-national Australia Governors (NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA) Canada Lieutenant governors (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Realm of New Zealand Governor-general (NIU, ZNL) · Queen's Representative (COK) v · d · eGovernment of Queensland Executive Monarchy • Governor • Premier • Deputy Premier • Police Legislative Parliament • Legislative Assembly • Electoral districts • MLAs • Speaker of the Legislative Assembly • Opposition Leader Judicial High Court • Supreme Court • District Court • Magistrates' Court • Other courts and tribunals