| th width="25%" align=left>Term | Incumbent | Notes |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1896" title="1896">1896 to 15 January 1897 | Oliver Masey Quintal, President of the Council of Elders |
| a href="/encyclopedia/15-January" title="15 January">15 January 1897 | Self-government revoked |
| i>15 January 1897 to 1899 | Oliver Masey Quintal, President of the Council of Elders |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1899" title="1899">1899 to 1900 | John Buffett, President of the Council of Elders |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1900" title="1900">1900 to 1903 | John Forrester Young, President of the Council of Elders |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1903" title="1903">1903 to 1909 | Francis Mason Nobbs, President of the Executive Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1909" title="1909">1909 to 1915 | Joseph Allen McCleave Buffett, President of the Executive Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1915" title="1915">1915 to 1 July 1914 | Charles Chase Ray Nobbs, President of the Executive Council | 1st Term |
| olspan="2"|Norfolk Island Territory of The Commonwealth of Australia |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1916" title="1916">1916 | Charles Chase Ray Nobbs, President of the Executive Council | 1st Term (contd.) |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1916" title="1916">1916 to 1919 | Matthew Frederick Howard Christian, President of the Executive Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1919" title="1919">1919 to 1920 | Albert Randall, President of the Executive Council | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1921" title="1921">1921 to 1922 | Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson, President of the Executive Council | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1922" title="1922">1922 to 1923 | Albert Randall, President of the Executive Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1924" title="1924">1924 to 1928 | Eustace Buffett Christian, President of the Executive Council | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1928" title="1928">1928 to 1933 | Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson, President of the Executive Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1933" title="1933">1933 to 19 May 1934 | Charles Chase Ray Nobbs, President of the Executive Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1934" title="1934">1934 to 1934 | Eustace Buffett Christian, President of the Executive Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1934" title="1934">1934 to 20 July 1935 | Francis Rawdon M. Crozier, President of the Executive Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1935 to 31 July 1936 | Charles Chase Ray Nobbs, President of the Advisory Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1936 to 31 July 1937 | Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson, President of the Advisory Council | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1937 to 31 July 1941 | William McLachlan, President of the Advisory Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1941 to 31 July 1947 | George Hunn Nobbs Buffett, President of the Advisory Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1947 to 31 July 1948 | Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs, President of the Advisory Council | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1948 to 31 July 1949 | David Campbell Dunsmere Buffett, President of the Advisory Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1949 to 31 July 1950 | Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs, President of the Advisory Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1950 to 31 July 1951 | Leonard Dixon Holloway, President of the Advisory Council | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1951 to 5 June 1952 | Enoch Cobcroft Robinson, President of the Advisory Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1952 to 31 October 1952 | Leonard Dixon Holloway, President of the Advisory Council | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-November" title="1 November">1 November 1952 to 31 July 1953 | Charles Marie Gustav Adams, President of the Advisory Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1953 to 31 July 1956 | Ray Herbert Hastings Nobbs, President of the Advisory Council | 3rd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1956 to 15 June 1959 | Wilfrid Metcalfe Randall, President of the Advisory Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/15-June" title="15 June">15 June 1959 to 22 June 1960 | vacant |
| a href="/encyclopedia/22-June" title="22 June">22 June 1960 to 1967 | Frederick James Needham, President of the Island Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1967" title="1967">1967 to 1974 | William M. Randall, President of the Island Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1974" title="1974">1974 to 1976 | Richard Albert Bataille, President of the Island Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1976" title="1976">1976 to 1978 | William Arthur Blucher, President of the Island Council |
| a href="/encyclopedia/10-August" title="10 August">10 August 1978 | Restoration of self-government |
| a href="/encyclopedia/10-August" title="10 August">10 August 1979 to 21 May 1986 | David Ernest Buffett, Chief Minister |
| a href="/encyclopedia/21-May" title="21 May">21 May 1986 to 22 May 1989 | John Terence Brown, President of the Legislative Assembly |
| a href="/encyclopedia/22-May" title="22 May">22 May 1989 to 20 May 1992 | David Ernest Buffett, President of the Legislative Assembly |
| a href="/encyclopedia/20-May" title="20 May">20 May 1992 to 4 May 1994 | John Terence Brown, Head of Government |
| a href="/encyclopedia/4-May" title="4 May">4 May 1994 to 5 May 1997 | Michael William King, Head of Government |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-May" title="5 May">5 May 1997 to 28 February 2000 | George Charles Smith, Chief Minister |
| a href="/encyclopedia/28-February" title="28 February">28 February 2000 to 5 December 2001 | Ronald Coane Nobbs, Chief Minister |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-December" title="5 December">5 December 2001 to present | Geoffrey Robert Gardner, Chief Minister |