List of heads of government of Norfolk Island

This article lists the heads of government of Norfolk Island.

List of officeholders

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office, irrespective of continuation of status of that office)

Term	Incumbent	Title	Notes
1896 to 15 January 1897	Oliver Masey Quintal	President of the Council of Elders
15 January 1897	Self-government revoked
15 January 1897 to 1899	Oliver Masey Quintal	President of the Council of Elders
1899 to 1900	John Buffett
1900 to 1903	John Forrester Young
1903 to 1909	Francis Mason Nobbs	President of the Executive Council
1909 to 1915	Joseph Allen McCleave Buffett
1915 to 1 July 1916	Charles Chase Ray Nobbs		1st term
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1916	Charles Chase Ray Nobbs	President of the Executive Council	1st term (contd.)
1916 to 1919	Matthew Frederick Howard Christian
1919 to 1920	Albert Randall		1st term
1921 to 1922	Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson		1st term
1922 to 1923	Albert Randall		2nd term
1924 to 1928	Eustace Buffett Christian		1st term
1928 to 1933	Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson		2nd term
1933 to 19 May 1934	Charles Chase Ray Nobbs		2nd term
1934 to 1934	Eustace Buffett Christian		2nd term
1934 to 20 July 1935	Francis Rawdon M. Crozier
1 August 1935 to 31 July 1936	Charles Chase Ray Nobbs	President of the Advisory Council
1 August 1936 to 31 July 1937	Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson		1st term
1 August 1937 to 31 July 1941	William McLachlan
1 August 1941 to 31 July 1947	George Hunn Nobbs Buffett
1 August 1947 to 31 July 1948	Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs		1st term
1 August 1948 to 31 July 1949	David Campbell Dunsmere Buffett
1 August 1949 to 31 July 1950	Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs		2nd term
1 August 1950 to 31 July 1951	Leonard Dixon Holloway		1st term
1 August 1951 to 5 June 1952	Enoch Cobcroft Robinson		2nd term
1 August 1952 to 31 October 1952	Leonard Dixon Holloway		2nd term
1 November 1952 to 31 July 1953	Charles Marie Gustav Adams
1 August 1953 to 31 July 1956	Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs		3rd term
1 August 1956 to 15 June 1959	Wilfrid Metcalfe Randall
15 June 1959 to 22 June 1960	vacant
22 June 1960 to 1967	Frederick James Needham	President of the Island Council
1967 to 1974	William M. Randall
1974 to 1976	Richard Albert Bataille
1976 to 1978	William Arthur Blucher
10 August 1978	Restoration of self-government
10 August 1979 to 21 May 1986	David Buffett	Chief Minister
21 May 1986 to 22 May 1989	John Terence Brown	President of the Legislative Assembly
22 May 1989 to 20 May 1992	David Buffett
20 May 1992 to 4 May 1994	John Terence Brown	Head of Government
4 May 1994 to 5 May 1997	Mike King
5 May 1997 to 28 February 2000	George Charles Smith	Chief Minister
28 February 2000 to 5 December 2001	Ronald Coane Nobbs
5 December 2001 to 1 June 2006	Geoff Gardner
2 June 2006 to 28 March 2007	David Buffett
28 March 2007 to 24 March 2010	Andre Nobbs
24 March 2010 to 20 March 2013	David Buffett
20 March 2013 to 17 June 2015	Lisle Snell
18 June 2015[1]	Self-government abolished; under Commonwealth and New South Wales laws[2]
6 July 2016 to 4 February 2021[3]	Robin Adams	Mayor
4 February 2021 to present[3]	Mike Colreavy	Interim administrator

See also

• History of Norfolk Island
• List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island

References

1. "Federal Register of Legislation – Australian Government". www.legislation.gov.au. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
2. "Norfolk Island Act 1979". www.legislation.gov.au. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
3. "Norfolk Island Regional Council Annual Report 2020-2021" (PDF). Norfolk Island Regional Council. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.