Chief Secretary of Victoria explained

Post:Chief Secretary
Body:Victoria
Flag:Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
Flagsize:120px
Flagcaption:Flag of Victoria
Flagborder:yes
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Victoria.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Victorian Coat of arms
Style:The Honourable
Member Of:Parliament
Executive council
Reports To:Premier
Nominator:Premier
Appointer:Governor
Appointer Qualified:on the recommendation of the premier
Termlength:At the governor's pleasure
Formation:1855
Abolished:1980
Inaugural:William Haines
Last:Lindsay Thompson

The Chief Secretary was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria responsible for a various areas.[1]

The position was abolished in 1980.

Ministers

OrderMinisterParty affiliationMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
IndependentChief Secretary28 November 185511 March 1857[2]
11 March 185729 April 1857[3]
29 April 185710 March 1858[4]
10 March 185827 October 1859[5]
27 October 185926 November 1860[6]
26 November 186014 November 1861[7]
14 November 186127 June 1863[8]
27 June 18636 May 1868[9]
Charles Sladen MLC6 May 186811 July 1868[10]
11 July 186820 September 1869[11]
20 September 18699 April 1870[12]
9 April 187019 June 1871[13]
19 June 187110 June 1872[14]
10 June 187231 July 1874[15]
10 August 187520 October 1875[16]
20 October 187521 May 1877[17]
21 May 18775 March 1880[18]
5 March 18803 August 1880[19]
3 August 18809 July 1881[20]
9 July 18818 March 1883[21]
8 March 188316 February 1886[22]
18 February 18865 November 1890[23]
5 November 189024 March 1891[24]
John M Davies MLC24 March 189111 April 1891
11 April 189123 January 1893[25]
23 January 189327 September 1894[26]
27 September 18945 December 1899[27]
5 December 189919 November 1900[28]
19 November 190012 February 1901[29]
4 June 190110 June 1902[30]
Reform10 June 190219 February 1904[31] [32]
19 February 19044 December 1906
11 December 19064 January 1907
4 January 190722 February 1907
22 February 190720 October 1908
31 October 19088 January 1909
Commonwealth Liberal8 January 19099 December 1913[33] [34]
Labor9 December 191322 December 1913[35]
Commonwealth Liberal22 December 19139 November 1915[36] [37]
9 November 191529 November 1917
Nationalist29 November 19177 July 1919[38] [39]
7 July 19197 September 1923
7 September 192318 July 1924[40]
Labor18 July 192418 November 1924[41]
Nationalist18 November 192420 May 1927[42]
Labor20 May 192722 November 1928[43]
Nationalist22 November 192812 December 1929[44]
Labor12 December 192919 May 1932[45]
United Australia Party19 May 19322 April 1935[46]
United Country2 April 193522 June 1936[47]
United Country22 June 193614 September 1943
Labor14 September 194318 September 1943[48]
United Country18 September 19432 October 1945[49]
Liberal2 October 194521 November 1945[50]
Labor21 November 194520 November 1947[51]
United Country20 November 19473 December 1948[52]
Liberal3 December 19488 December 1948
Liberal8 December 194819 June 1950
Liberal19 June 195027 June 1950
Country27 June 195028 October 1952[53]
Electoral Reform League28 October 195231 October 1952[54]
Country31 October 195217 December 1952[55]
Labor17 December 19527 June 1955[56]
Liberal Country Party7 June 19555 March 1971[57]
5 March 197129 April 1971
Rupert Hamer MLC29 April 197123 August 1972
Liberal23 August 197230 May 1973[58]
30 May 197331 March 1976
Pat Dickie MLC31 March 197616 August 1978
18 August 19784 April 1979
Haddon Storey MLC4 April 197916 May 1979
16 May 19793 September 1980

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chief Secretary's Department . Research Data Australia . Public Record Office Victoria . 24 March 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Haines1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  3. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  4. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Haines2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  5. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  6. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Nicholson . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  7. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Heales . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  8. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy3 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  9. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  10. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Sladen . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  11. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  12. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Macpherson . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  13. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch3 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  14. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Duffy . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  15. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Francis . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  16. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Berry1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  17. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch4 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  18. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Berry2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  19. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Service1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  20. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Berry3 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  21. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Ologhlen . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  22. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Service2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  23. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Gillies . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  24. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Munro . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  25. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Shiels . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  26. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Patterson . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  27. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Turner1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  28. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mclean . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  29. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Turner2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  30. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Peacock1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  31. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Irvine . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  32. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bent . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  33. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Murray . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  34. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Watt1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  35. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Elmslie . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  36. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Watt2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  37. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Peacock2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  38. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bowser . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  39. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Lawson . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  40. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Peacock3 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  41. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Prendergast . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  42. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Allan . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  43. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hogan1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  44. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcpherson . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  45. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hogan2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  46. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Argyle . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  47. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Dunstan1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  48. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  49. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Dunstan2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  50. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Macfarlan . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  51. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  52. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hollway1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  53. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  54. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hollway2 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  55. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  56. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain3 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  57. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bolte . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  58. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hamer . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.