List of Presidents of The Legislative Council
- Note: where no political party is listed, this means that either the party is unknown, or that the President in question was not affiliated with any particular party. Multiple parties are listed in cases where the President represented more than one party over his career as a Member of the Legislative Council.
| President | Party (if applicable) | Term in office |
|---|---|---|
| Sir James Frederick Palmer | 21 November 1856–September 1870 | |
| Sir William Mitchell | 27 October 1870–24 November 1884 | |
| Sir James MacBain | 27 November 1884–8 November 1892 | |
| Sir William Zeal | 10 November 1892–May 1900 | |
| Sir Henry John Wrixon | 18 June 1901–28 June 1910 | |
| Sir John Mark Davies | 6 July 1910–June 1919 | |
| Sir Walter Manifold | Nationalist Party of Australia | 8 July 1919–28 August 1923 |
| Sir Frank Clarke | Nationalist, UAP, Liberal | 29 August 1923–June 1943 |
| Sir Clifden Eager | Nationalist, Liberal, Liberal and Country | 29 June 1943–June 1958 |
| Sir Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country, Liberal | 8 July 1958–10 August 1965 |
| Sir Ronald Mack | Liberal | 14 September 1965–12 February 1968 |
| Sir Raymond Garrett | Liberal | 20 February 1968–June 1976 |
| Sir William Gordon Fry | Liberal | 29 June 1976–July 1979 |
| Fred Grimwade | Liberal | 18 July 1979–15 July 1985 |
| Rod Mackenzie | Labor | 16 July 1985–24 October 1988 |
| Alan Hunt | Liberal | 25 October 1988–26 October 1992 |
| Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | 27 October 1992–24 February 2003 |
| Monica Gould | Labor | 25 February 2003–18 December 2006 |
| Bob Smith | Labor | 19 December 2006–20 December 2010 |
| Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 21 December 2010–present |
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