Presidents of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Thomas Horne (1800-70) (Hobart): 2 December 1856 to 2 September 1859 William Nairn (1812-69) (Meander): 13 September 1859 to 25 August 1868 Frederick Innes (1816-82) (South Esk): 25 August 1868 to 4 November 1872 Sir James Wilson (1812-80) (Hobart): 4 November 1872 to 29 February 1880 Frederick Innes (1816-82) (South Esk): 3 March 1880 to 11 May 1882 Thomas Chapman (1815-84) (Buckingham): 11 July 1882 to 17 February 1884 Walter Gellibrand (1832-1909): (Derwent): 1 July 1884 to 9 July 1889 William Moore (1823-1914): (Russell): 9 July 1889 to 20 April 1894 Sir Adye Douglas (1815-1906): (Launceston): 20 April 1894 to 2 May 1904 William Dodery (1819-1912) (Westmorland): 10 May 1904 to 7 May 1907 Tetley Gant (1854-1928) (Buckingham): 9 July 1907 to 27 July 1926 William Propsting (1861-1937) (Hobart): 27 July 1926 to 3 December 1937 Thomas Murdoch (1868-1946) (Buckingham): 7 December 1937 to 3 May 1944 Charles Eady (1870-1945) (Hobart): 9 May 1944 to 20 December 1945 Sir Rupert Shoobridge (1883-1962) (Derwent): 26 February 1946 to 13 May 1955 Geoffrey Green (1901-59) (Monmouth): 17 May 1955 to 21 April 1959 Sir Henry Baker (1890-1968) (Queenborough): 2 June 1959 to 20 July 1968 Walter Davis (1915-71) (West Devon): 3 September 1968 to 7 October 1971 Hector McFie (1896-1982) (Mersey): 12 October 1971 to 25 May 1972 Charles Fenton (1912-2009) (Russell): 7 June 1972 to 22 May 1981 Bill Hodgman (1909-97) (Queenborough): 9 June 1981 to 28 May 1983 Harry Braid (1917-2001) (Mersey): 7 June 1983 to 26 May 1984 Albert Broadby (1917-2012) (Gordon): 5 June 1984 to 28 May 1988 George Shaw (born 1932) (Macquarie): 21 June 1988 to 14 July 1992 John Stopp (1933-2014) (Queenborough): 14 July 1992 to 27 May 1995 Reg Hope (1927-2010) (Meander): 20 June 1995 to 31 May 1997 Ray Bailey (1939-2012) (Cornwall, Rosevears): 17 June 1997 to 4 May 2002 Don Wing (born 1938) (Paterson): 21 May 2002 to 10 June 2008 Sue Smith (born 1951) (Montgomery): 10 June 2008 to 4 May 2013 Jim Wilkinson (born 1951) (Nelson): 21 May 2013 to 3 May 2019 Craig Farrell (born 1964) (Derwent): from 21 May 2019