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)
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! Term
! Incumbent
! Title
! Notes
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|1896 to 15 January 1897||Oliver Masey Quintal||President of the Council of Elders||
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|15 January 1897||colspan=3|Self-government revoked
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|15 January 1897 to 1899||Oliver Masey Quintal|| rowspan="3" |President of the Council of Elders||
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|1899 to 1900||John Buffett||
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|1900 to 1903||John Forrester Young||
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|1903 to 1909||Francis Mason Nobbs|| rowspan="3" |President of the Executive Council||
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|1909 to 1915||Joseph Allen McCleave Buffett||
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|1915 to 1 July 1916||Charles Chase Ray Nobbs||1st term
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|colspan="4"|Norfolk Island Territory of The Commonwealth of Australia
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|1916||Charles Chase Ray Nobbs|| rowspan="10" |President of the Executive Council||1st term (contd.)
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|1916 to 1919||Matthew Frederick Howard Christian||
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|1919 to 1920||Albert Randall||1st term
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|1921 to 1922||Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson||1st term
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|1922 to 1923||Albert Randall||2nd term
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|1924 to 1928||Eustace Buffett Christian||1st term
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|1928 to 1933||Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson||2nd term
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|1933 to 19 May 1934||Charles Chase Ray Nobbs||2nd term
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|1934 to 1934||Eustace Buffett Christian||2nd term
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|1934 to 20 July 1935||Francis Rawdon M. Crozier||
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|1 August 1935 to 31 July 1936||Charles Chase Ray Nobbs|| rowspan="13" |President of the Advisory Council||
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|1 August 1936 to 31 July 1937||Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson||1st term
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|1 August 1937 to 31 July 1941||William McLachlan||
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|1 August 1941 to 31 July 1947||George Hunn Nobbs Buffett||
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|1 August 1947 to 31 July 1948||Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs||1st term
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|1 August 1948 to 31 July 1949||David Campbell Dunsmere Buffett||
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|1 August 1949 to 31 July 1950||Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs||2nd term
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|1 August 1950 to 31 July 1951||Leonard Dixon Holloway||1st term
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|1 August 1951 to 5 June 1952||Enoch Cobcroft Robinson||2nd term
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|1 August 1952 to 31 October 1952||Leonard Dixon Holloway||2nd term
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|1 November 1952 to 31 July 1953||Charles Marie Gustav Adams||
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|1 August 1953 to 31 July 1956||Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs||3rd term
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|1 August 1956 to 15 June 1959||Wilfrid Metcalfe Randall||
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|15 June 1959 to 22 June 1960||colspan=3|vacant
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|22 June 1960 to 1967||Frederick James Needham|| rowspan="4" |President of the Island Council||
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|1967 to 1974||William M. Randall||
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|1974 to 1976||Richard Albert Bataille||
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|1976 to 1978||William Arthur Blucher||
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|10 August 1978||colspan=3|Restoration of self-government
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|10 August 1979 to 21 May 1986||David Buffett||Chief Minister||
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|21 May 1986 to 22 May 1989||John Terence Brown|| rowspan="2" |President of the Legislative Assembly||
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|22 May 1989 to 20 May 1992||David Buffett||
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|20 May 1992 to 4 May 1994||John Terence Brown|| rowspan="2" |Head of Government||
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|4 May 1994 to 5 May 1997||Mike King||
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|5 May 1997 to 28 February 2000||George Charles Smith|| rowspan="7" |Chief Minister||
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|28 February 2000 to 5 December 2001||Ronald Coane Nobbs||
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|5 December 2001 to 1 June 2006||Geoff Gardner||
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|2 June 2006 to 28 March 2007||David Buffett||
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|28 March 2007 to 24 March 2010||Andre Nobbs||
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|24 March 2010 to 20 March 2013||David Buffett||
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|20 March 2013 to 17 June 2015||Lisle Snell||
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|18 June 2015||colspan=3|Self-government abolished; under Commonwealth and New South Wales laws
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|6 July 2016 to 4 February 2021||Robin Adams||Mayor||
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|4 February 2021 to November 2024
|Scott Mason
|Lead administrator
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|colspan=3|Pending transition to Norfolk Island Assembly
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See also
- History of Norfolk Island
- List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island