| Dates of Office | Commissioner | (Born - Died) | Notes |
| 17 Aug 1897 - 05 Jul 1898 | James Morrow Walsh | (b. 1840 - d. 1905) | Titled CEO and Commissioner |
| 05 Jul 1898 - 11 Mar 1901 | William Ogilvie | (b. 1846 - d. 1912) |
| 11 Mar 1901 - 08 Feb 1902 | James Hamilton Ross | (b. 1856 - d. 1932) |
| 08 Feb 1902 - 15 Aug 1902 | Henry William Newlands | (b. 1862 - d. 1954) | Acting |
| 15 Aug 1902 - 04 Mar 1903 | Zachary Taylor Wood | (b. 1860 - d. 1915) | Acting |
| 04 Mar 1903 - 29 Oct 1904 | Frederick Tennyson Congdon | (b. 1858 - d. 1932) |
| 20 Dec 1904 - 27 May 1905 | Zachary Taylor Wood | (b. 1860 - d. 1915) | Acting |
| 27 May 1905 - 31 Dec 1906 | William Wallace Burns McInnes | (b. 1871 - d. 1954) |
| 31 Dec 1906 - 17 Jun 1907 | John T. Lithgow | (b. 1865 - d. 1937) | Acting |
| 17 Jun 1907 - 10 Jul 1911 | Alexander L. Henderson | (b. 1861 - d. 1940) |
| 10 Jul 1911 - 01 Feb 1912 | Arthur Wilson | (b. 1872 - d. 1946) | Acting |
| 01 Feb 1912 - 01 Apr 1918 | George Black | (b. 1873 - d. 1965) |
| 13 Oct 1916 - 01 Apr 1918 | George Norris Williams | (b. 1866 - d. 1949) | Acting |
| 01 Apr 1918 - 17 Nov 1924 | George Patton Mackenzie | (b. 1873 - d. 1953) | Titled Gold Commissioner |
| 17 Nov 1924 - 14 Nov 1927 | Percy Bearisto Reid | (b. 1874 - d. 1927) | Titled Gold Commissioner, Acting to 01 Apr 1925 |
| 10 Jul 1927 - 01 Apr 1928 | George Allan Jeckell | (b. 1880 - d. 1950) | Titled Gold Commissioner |
| 01 Apr 1928 - 30 Jun 1932 | George Ian MacLean | (b. 1874 - d. 1939) | Titled Gold Commissioner |
| 30 Jun 1932 - 03 Dec 1936 | George Allan Jeckell | (b. 1880 - d. 1950) | Titled Comptroller |
| 03 Dec 1936 - 20 Sep 1947 | George Allan Jeckell | (b. 1880 - d. 1950) | Titled Controller |
| 20 Sep 1947 - 13 Jul 1948 | John Edward Gibben | (b. 1885 - d. 1958) | Titled Controller |
| 13 Jul 1948 - 15 Aug 1950 | John Edward Gibben | (b. 1885 - d. 1958) |
| 15 Aug 1950 - 15 Oct 1951 | Andrew Harold Gibson | (b. 1883 - d. 1957) |
| 15 Oct 1951 - 05 Nov 1952 | Frederick Fraser | (b. 1895 - d. 1990) |
| 05 Nov 1952 - 08 Jun 1955 | Wilfred George Brown | (b. 1906 - d. 1970) |
| 08 Jun 1955 - 01 May 1962 | Frederick Howard Collins | (b. 1903 - d. 1982) |
| 01 May 1962 - 07 Nov 1966 | Gordon Robertson Cameron | (b. 1921 - d. 2010) |
| 07 Nov 1966 - 01 Jul 1976 | James Smith | (b. 1919 - d. 2017) |
| 01 Jul 1976 - 01 Nov 1978 | Dr. Arthur MacDonald Pearson | (b. 1938) |
| 01 Nov 1978 - 20 Jan 1979 | Frank Boyd Fingland | (b. 1928) | Acting |
| 20 Jan 1979- 09 Oct 1979 | Ione Jean Christensen | (b. 1933) |
| 09 Oct 1979 - 27 Mar 1986 | Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell | (b. 1926) | Acting to 31 Dec 1980 |
| 27 Mar 1986 - 12 Jun 1995 | John Kenneth McKinnon | (b. 1936 - d. 2019) |
| 12 Jun 1995 - 01 Oct 2000 | Judy Gingell | (b. 1948) |
| 01 Oct 2000 - 01 Dec 2005 | Jack Cable | (b. 1934) |
| 01 Dec 2005 - 01 Dec 2010 | Geraldine Van Bibber | (b. 1951) |
| 01 Dec 2010 - 31 Jan 2018 | Doug Phillips | (b. 1946) |
| 31 Jan 2018 - 09 Mar 2018 | Gerald Isaac | (b. 1952) | Acting |
| 09 Mar 2018 - 12 Mar 2018 | Ron S. Veale | (b. 1945) | Acting |
| 12 Mar 2018 - 31 May 2023 | Angélique Bernard | (b. 1972) |
| 31 May 2023 - | Adeline Webber | |
