List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island

The administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of The Crown and of the Government of Australia, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Amendment Act 2015.[1] Since its construction in 1829, Government House located in KAVHA, Kingston has been the residence of the governors, commandants, and administrators of Norfolk Island.

Politics of Norfolk Island

List

Historical titles
Term Incumbent Title Notes
6 March 1788 to 24 March 1790Philip Gidley KingLieutenant-Governor1st term
24 March 1790 to November 1791Robert Ross
4 November 1791 to 29 June 1800Philip Gidley King2nd term
1796 to 1799John Townson
1799 to 1800Thomas Rowley
29 June 1800 to September 1804Joseph Foveaux
9 September 1804 to January 1810John Piper
January 1810 to February 1814Tankerville Alexander Crane
February 1814 to 6 June 1825abandoned
6 June 1825 to April 1826Richard TurtonCommandant
1826 to 1827Vance Young Donaldson
1827 to 1828Thomas Edward Wright
1828 to 1829Robert Hunt
February 1829 to 29 June 1829Joseph Wakefield
29 June 1829 to 1834James Morisset
1834 to 1834Foster Fyans
1834 to 4 November 1839Joseph Anderson
1839 to 1839Thomas Bunbury
1840 to 1840Thomas Ryan
17 March 1840 to 1844Alexander Maconochie
8 February 1844 to 5 August 1846Joseph Childs
1846 to 1853John Giles Price
May 1855 to 8 June 1856abandoned
1 November 1856Separate territory, under New South Wales
1856 to 1857George Martin Frederick YoungChief Magistrate1st term
1858 to 1858Isaac Christian
1859 to 1859George Martin Frederick Young2nd term
1860 to 1861Thomas Buffett
1862 to 1865Arthur Quintal II1st term
1866 to 1866William Quintal1st term
1867 to 1870John Buffett1st term
1871 to 1871David Buffett
1872 to 1873William Quintal2nd term
1874 to 1875Fletcher Christian Nobbs
1876 to 1880Francis Mason Nobbs1st term
1881 to 1882John Buffett2nd term
1883 to 1884Francis Mason Nobbs2nd term
1885 to 1885Arthur Quintal II2nd term
1886 to 1887Stephen Christian1st term
1888 to 1888Henry Seymour Buffett
1889 to 1890Stephen Christian2nd term
1891 to 1892Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams1st term
1893 to 1893Stephen Christian3rd term
1894 to 1894Francis Mason Nobbs3rd term
1895 to 1896Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams2nd term

Administrators
Term Incumbent Title Party Notes
1896 to 1898Warner Wright SpaldingAdministratorIndependent
1898 to 1903Charles McArthur KingIndependent
1903 to 1907Walton DrakeIndependent
1907 to 1913Charles Sinclair ElliotIndependent
Under the Norfolk Island Act 1913
21 August 1913 to 30 August 1920Michael Vincent MurphyAdministratorIndependent1st term
1 September 1920 to 30 June 1924John William ParnellIndependent
1 July 1924 to 16 October 1926Edwin Thomas LeaneIndependent
1926 to 1926Henry Stephenson EdgarIndependent1st term
1926 to 1 February 1927Michael Vincent MurphyIndependent2nd term
1 February 1927 to 25 January 1928Victor Conradsdorf Morisset SellheimIndependent
25 January 1928 to 6 June 1928Henry Stephenson EdgarIndependent2nd term
6 June 1928 to 21 January 1929Charles Edward HerbertIndependent
1 May 1929 to 30 June 1932Alfred Joshua BennettIndependent
1 July 1932 to 3 December 1937Charles Robert PinneyIndependent
4 December 1937 to 31 December 1945Charles RosenthalNationalist
1 January 1946 to 31 December 1952Alexander WilsonIndependent
1 January 1953 to 30 April 1958Colin Hugh Boyd NormanIndependent
1 May 1958 to 1962Reginald Sylvester LeydinIndependent
1962 to 1964Robert WordsworthLiberal
1964 to 1966Roger NottLabor
1966 to June 1968Reginald MarshIndependent
July 1968 to August 1972Robert Nixon DalkinIndependent
August 1972 to 31 August 1975Edward Thomas PickerdIndependent1st term
1 September 1975 to 31 May 1976Charles Ivens BuffettActing AdministratorIndependent
1 June 1976 to 4 September 1976Edward Thomas PickerdIndependent2nd term
4 September 1976 to 4 September 1979Desmond Vincent O'LearyAdministratorIndependent
Under the Norfolk Island Act 1979
5 September 1979 to 19 March 1981Peter ColemanAdministratorLiberal
19 March 1981 to 10 May 1981Ian HutchisonActing AdministratorIndependent
11 May 1981 to 27 January 1982Thomas Ferguson PatersonIndependent
28 January 1982 to 28 April 1985Raymond Edward TrebilcoAdministratorIndependent
29 April 1985 to 31 December 1988John Alexander MatthewIndependent
31 December 1988 to 12 April 1989William McFadyen CampbellActing AdministratorIndependent
13 April 1989 to 12 April 1992Herbert Bruce MacDonaldAdministratorIndependent
13 April 1992 to 30 June 1997Alan Gardner KerrIndependent
1 July 1997 to 3 August 1997Ralph Alexander CondonActing AdministratorIndependent
4 August 1997 to 30 July 2003Anthony John MessnerAdministratorLiberal
30 July 2003 to 1 November 2003Michael StephensActing AdministratorIndependent
1 November 2003 to September 2007Grant TamblingAdministratorCountry Liberal
1 October 2007 to 2 October 2008Owen WalshActing AdministratorIndependent
2 October 2008 to 1 April 2012Owen WalshAdministratorIndependent
1 April 2012 to 30 June 2014Neil PopeLabor
1 July 2014 to 31 March 2017Gary HardgraveLiberal
1 April 2017 to 31 May 2023Eric HutchinsonLiberal
1 June 2023 to presentGeorge PlantIndependent

See also

References
  1. Role of the Administrator Archived 20 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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