Presidents of the Legislative Council, 1856 to date

From 1856 to 1934, prior to the re-constitution of the Legislative Council the President had been appointed for life by the Governor; from 1934, after the re-constitution, the President has been elected by the Members of the Council.

#	Name	Birth - Death	Term of Service
1.	STEPHEN, Sir Alfred	(1802 - 1894)	20.5.1856 - 28.1.1857
2.	PLUNKETT, John Hubert	(1802 - 1896)	29.1.1857 - 6.2.1858
3.	BURTON, Sir William Westbrooke	(1794 - 1888)	9.2.1858 - 10.5.1861
4.	WENTWORTH, William Charles	(1790 - 1872)	24.6.1861 - 10.10.1862
5.	MURRAY, Sir Terence Aubrey	(1810 - 1873)	14.10.1862 - 22.6.1873
6.	HAY, Sir John	(1816 - 1892)	8.7.1873 - 20.1.1892
7.	LACKEY, Sir John	(1830 - 1903)	26.1.1892 - 23.5.1903
8.	SUTTOR, Sir Francis Bathurst	(1839 - 1915)	23.5.1903 - 4.4.1915
9.	FLOWERS, Frederick	(1864 - 1928)	27.4.1915 - 14.12.1928
10.	PEDEN, Sir John Beverly	(1871 - 1946)	5.2.1929 - 22.4.1934
11.	PEDEN, Sir John Beverly	(see above)	24.4.1934 - 22.4.1946
12.	FARRAR, Ernest Henry	(1879 - 1952)	30.4.1936 - 16.6.1952
13.	DICKSON, William Edward	(1893 - 1966)	18.8.1952 - 22.5.1966
14.	BUDD, (Sir) Harry Vincent	(1900 - 1979)	9.8.1966 - 5.11.1978
15.	JOHNSON, John Richard	(1930 - )	7.11.1978 - 3.7.1991
16.	WILLIS, Max Frederick	(1935 - )	3.7.1991 - 26.6.1998
17.	CHADWICK, Virginia Anne	(1944 - )	29.6.1998 - 5.3.1999
18.	BURGMANN, Meredith Anne	(1947 - )	11.5.1999 - 2.3.2007
19.	PRIMROSE, Peter Thomas	(1955 - )	8.3.2007 -

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