The Chief Secretary was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria responsible for a various areas.[1]
Chief Secretary of Victoria | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Member of | Parliament Executive council |
Reports to | Premier |
Nominator | Premier |
Appointer | Governor on the recommendation of the premier |
Term length | At the governor's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | William Haines |
Formation | 1855 |
Final holder | Lindsay Thompson |
Abolished | 1980 |
The position was abolished in 1980.
Ministers
editOrder | Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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William Haines MP | Independent | Chief Secretary | 28 November 1855 | 11 March 1857 | 1 year, 103 days | [2] | ||
John O'Shanassy MP | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | 49 days | [3] | ||||
William Haines MP | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | 315 days | [4] | ||||
John O'Shanassy MP | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | 1 year, 231 days | [5] | ||||
William Nicholson MP | 27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | 1 year, 30 days | [6] | ||||
Richard Heales MP | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 | 353 days | [7] | ||||
John O'Shanassy MP | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 225 days | [8] | ||||
James McCulloch MP | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | 4 years, 314 days | [9] | ||||
Charles Sladen MLC | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | 66 days | [10] | ||||
James McCulloch MP | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | 1 year, 71 days | [11] | ||||
John A Macpherson MP | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days | [12] | ||||
James McCulloch MP | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days | [13] | ||||
Charles G Duffy MP | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 357 days | [14] | ||||
James G Francis MP | 10 June 1872 | 31 July 1874 | 2 years, 51 days | [15] | ||||
Graham Berry MP | 10 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 71 days | [16] | ||||
John A Macpherson MP | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days | [17] | ||||
Graham Berry MP | 21 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 289 days | [18] | ||||
Robert Ramsay MP | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days | [19] | ||||
Graham Berry MP | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days | [20] | ||||
James M Grant MP | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days | [21] | ||||
Graham Berry MP | 8 March 1883 | 16 February 1886 | 2 years, 345 days | [22] | ||||
Alfred Deakin MP | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days | [23] | ||||
George D Langridge MP | 5 November 1890 | 24 March 1891 | 139 days | [24] | ||||
John M Davies MLC | 24 March 1891 | 11 April 1891 | 18 days | [24] | ||||
Allan McLean MP | 11 April 1891 | 23 January 1893 | 1 year, 287 days | [24][25] | ||||
James Patterson MP | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days | [26] | ||||
Alexander Peacock MP | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days | [27] | ||||
Allan McLean MP | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days | [28] | ||||
Alexander Peacock MP | 19 November 1900 | 12 February 1901 | 85 days | [29] | ||||
William Trenwith MP | 4 June 1901 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 6 days | [30] | ||||
John Murray MP | Reform | 10 June 1902 | 19 February 1904 | 1 year, 254 days | [31][32] | |||
Samuel Gillott MP | 19 February 1904 | 4 December 1906 | 2 years, 288 days | [32] | ||||
John Mackey MP | 11 December 1906 | 4 January 1907 | 24 days | |||||
Thomas Langdon MP | 4 January 1907 | 22 February 1907 | 49 days | |||||
Alexander Peacock MP | 22 February 1907 | 20 October 1908 | 1 year, 241 days | |||||
John Mackey MP | 31 October 1908 | 8 January 1909 | 69 days | |||||
John Murray MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | 4 years, 335 days | [33][34] | |||
George Prendergast MP | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days | [35] | |||
John Murray MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days | [36][37] | |||
Donald McLeod MP | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days | [37] | ||||
John Bowser MP | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | 7 July 1919 | 1 year, 220 days | [38][39] | |||
Matthew Baird MP | 7 July 1919 | 7 September 1923 | 4 years, 62 days | [39] | ||||
Stanley Argyle MP | 7 September 1923 | 18 July 1924 | 315 days | [39][40] | ||||
Thomas Tunnecliffe MP | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days | [41] | |||
Stanley Argyle MP | Nationalist | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days | [42] | |||
George Prendergast MP | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | [43] | |||
Stanley Argyle MP | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days | [44] | |||
Thomas Tunnecliffe MP | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days | [45] | |||
Ian Macfarlan MP | United Australia Party | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 2 years, 318 days | [46] | |||
Murray Bourchier MP | United Country | 2 April 1935 | 22 June 1936 | 1 year, 81 days | [47] | |||
Henry Bailey MP | United Country | 22 June 1936 | 14 September 1943 | 7 years, 84 days | [47] | |||
Herbert Cremean MP | Labor | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days | [48] | |||
Herbert Hyland MP | United Country | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days | [49] | |||
Thomas Maltby MP | Liberal | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 50 days | [50] | |||
Bill Slater MP | Labor | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days | [51] | |||
Keith Dodgshun MP | United Country | 20 November 1947 | 3 December 1948 | 1 year, 13 days | [52] | |||
Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP | Liberal | 3 December 1948 | 8 December 1948 | 5 days | ||||
William Leggatt MP | Liberal | 8 December 1948 | 19 June 1950 | 1 year, 193 days | ||||
Trevor Oldham MP | Liberal | 19 June 1950 | 27 June 1950 | 8 days | ||||
Keith Dodgshun MP | Country | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days | [53] | |||
Alexander Dennett MP | Electoral Reform League | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days | [54] | |||
Keith Dodgshun MP | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days | [55][56] | |||
Bill Galvin MP | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days | [57] | |||
Arthur Rylah MP | Liberal Country Party | 7 June 1955 | 5 March 1971 | 15 years, 271 days | [58] | |||
George Reid MP | 5 March 1971 | 29 April 1971 | 55 days | |||||
Rupert Hamer MLC | 29 April 1971 | 23 August 1972 | 1 year, 116 days | |||||
Edward Meagher MP | Liberal | 23 August 1972 | 30 May 1973 | 280 days | [59] | |||
John Rossiter MP | 30 May 1973 | 31 March 1976 | 2 years, 306 days | |||||
Pat Dickie MLC | 31 March 1976 | 16 August 1978 | 2 years, 138 days | |||||
Joe Rafferty MP | 18 August 1978 | 4 April 1979 | 229 days | |||||
Haddon Storey MLC | 4 April 1979 | 16 May 1979 | 42 days | |||||
Lindsay Thompson MP | 16 May 1979 | 3 September 1980 | 1 year, 110 days |
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