This is a list of the administrative heads of Christmas Island since 1 October 1958, when it became an external territory of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Ordinal | Officeholder | Title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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Christmas Island Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia | ||||||
1 | Donald Evan Nickels | Official Representative of Christmas Island | 1 October 1958 | 30 September 1960 | 1 year, 365 days | |
2 | John William Stokes | 1 October 1960 | 12 June 1966 | 5 years, 254 days | ||
3 | Charles Ivens Buffett | 13 June 1966 | 30 April 1968 | 1 year, 322 days | ||
4 | Leslie Dudley King | Administrator of Christmas Island | 1 May 1968 | 30 April 1970 | 1 year, 364 days | |
5 | John Sampson White | 1 May 1970 | 14 March 1973 | 2 years, 317 days | ||
6 | Francis Scott "Frank" Evatt | 15 March 1973 | 14 March 1974 | 364 days | ||
7 | Charles Harry Webb | 15 March 1974 | 8 October 1975 | 1 year, 207 days | ||
8 | William Worth | 1 November 1975 | 31 October 1977 | 1 year, 364 days | ||
9 | Francis Charles Boyle | 1 November 1977 | 4 May 1980 | 2 years, 185 days | ||
10 | Rendle McNeilage Holten | 19 May 1980 | 25 May 1982 | 2 years, 6 days | ||
11 | William Yates | 26 May 1982 | 9 August 1983 | 1 year, 75 days | ||
12 | Thomas Ferguson "Tom" Paterson | 10 August 1983 | 15 April 1986 | 2 years, 248 days | ||
− | C. Stephens | Acting Administrator of Christmas Island | 15 April 1986 | 3 August 1986 | 110 days | |
13 | Don Taylor | Administrator of Christmas Island | 4 August 1986 | 24 February 1990 | 3 years, 204 days | |
14 | William Albany "Bill" McKenzie | 25 February 1990 | 2 May 1991 | 1 year, 66 days | ||
− | A. Mitchell | Acting Administrator of Christmas Island | 2 May 1991 | 4 July 1991 | 63 days | |
− | P. Gifford | 5 July 1991 | 9 March 1992 | 248 days | ||
15 | Michael John Grimes | Administrator of Christmas Island | 10 March 1992 | 9 March 1994 | 1 year, 364 days | |
− | Peter Woods | Acting Administrator of Christmas Island | 10 March 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 112 days | |
16 | Danny Ambrose Gillespie | Administrator of Christmas Island | 1 July 1994 | 30 June 1996 | 1 year, 365 days | |
Part of Australian Indian Ocean Territories of the Commonwealth of Australia | ||||||
− | Merrilyn Ann Chilvers |
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1 July 1996 | 24 April 1997 | 297 days | |
− | Graham Nicholls | 25 April 1997 | 30 September 1997 | 158 days | 1st Term | |
17 | Ron G. Harvey |
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1 October 1997 | 30 October 1998 | 1 year, 29 days | |
(−) | Graham Nicholls |
|
1 November 1998 | 3 February 1999 | 94 days | 2nd Term |
18 | William "Bill" Leonard Taylor |
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4 February 1999 | 30 July 2003 | 4 years, 176 days | |
− | Ray Stone |
|
31 July 2003 | 1 November 2003 | 93 days | |
19 | Evan Williams |
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1 November 2003 | 31 October 2005 | 2 years, 92 days | |
20 | Neil Lucas | 30 January 2006 | 22 February 2008 | 2 years, 23 days | ||
− | Julian Yates |
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22 February 2008 | 28 February 2008 | 6 days | |
− | Sheryl Klaffer | 28 February 2009 | 2009 | 0 years | ||
− | Stephen Clay | 2009 | 5 October 2009 | 0 years | ||
21 | Brian James Lacy |
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5 October 2009 | 29 September 2012 | 2 years, 360 days | |
22 | Jon Stanhope | 5 October 2012 | 6 October 2014 | 2 years, 1 day | ||
23 | Barry Haase | 6 October 2014 | 5 October 2017 | 2 years, 364 days | ||
24 | Natasha Griggs | 5 October 2017 | 22 October 2022 | 5 years, 17 days | ||
24 | Farzian Zainal | 26 May 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 88 days |
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