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

Order	Minister	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
		Independent		Chief Secretary	28 November 1855	11 March 1857		^[2]
					11 March 1857	29 April 1857		^[3]
					29 April 1857	10 March 1858		^[4]
					10 March 1858	27 October 1859		^[5]
					27 October 1859	26 November 1860		^[6]
					26 November 1860	14 November 1861		^[7]
					14 November 1861	27 June 1863		^[8]
					27 June 1863	6 May 1868		^[9]
	Charles Sladen MLC				6 May 1868	11 July 1868		^[10]
					11 July 1868	20 September 1869		^[11]
					20 September 1869	9 April 1870		^[12]
					9 April 1870	19 June 1871		^[13]
					19 June 1871	10 June 1872		^[14]
					10 June 1872	31 July 1874		^[15]
					10 August 1875	20 October 1875		^[16]
					20 October 1875	21 May 1877		^[17]
					21 May 1877	5 March 1880		^[18]
					5 March 1880	3 August 1880		^[19]
					3 August 1880	9 July 1881		^[20]
					9 July 1881	8 March 1883		^[21]
					8 March 1883	16 February 1886		^[22]
					18 February 1886	5 November 1890		^[23]
					5 November 1890	24 March 1891		^[24]
	John M Davies MLC				24 March 1891	11 April 1891
					11 April 1891	23 January 1893		^[25]
					23 January 1893	27 September 1894		^[26]
					27 September 1894	5 December 1899		^[27]
					5 December 1899	19 November 1900		^[28]
					19 November 1900	12 February 1901		^[29]
					4 June 1901	10 June 1902		^[30]
			Reform		10 June 1902	19 February 1904		^[31] ^[32]
					19 February 1904	4 December 1906
					11 December 1906	4 January 1907
					4 January 1907	22 February 1907
					22 February 1907	20 October 1908
					31 October 1908	8 January 1909
					Commonwealth Liberal	8 January 1909	9 December 1913		^[33] ^[34]
					Labor	9 December 1913	22 December 1913		^[35]
					Commonwealth Liberal	22 December 1913	9 November 1915		^[36] ^[37]
						9 November 1915	29 November 1917
					Nationalist	29 November 1917	7 July 1919		^[38] ^[39]
						7 July 1919	7 September 1923
						7 September 1923	18 July 1924		^[40]
					Labor	18 July 1924	18 November 1924		^[41]
					Nationalist	18 November 1924	20 May 1927		^[42]
					Labor	20 May 1927	22 November 1928		^[43]
					Nationalist	22 November 1928	12 December 1929		^[44]
					Labor	12 December 1929	19 May 1932		^[45]
					United Australia Party	19 May 1932	2 April 1935		^[46]
					United Country	2 April 1935	22 June 1936		^[47]
					United Country	22 June 1936	14 September 1943
					Labor	14 September 1943	18 September 1943		^[48]
					United Country	18 September 1943	2 October 1945		^[49]
					Liberal	2 October 1945	21 November 1945		^[50]
					Labor	21 November 1945	20 November 1947		^[51]
					United Country	20 November 1947	3 December 1948		^[52]
					Liberal	3 December 1948	8 December 1948
					Liberal	8 December 1948	19 June 1950
					Liberal	19 June 1950	27 June 1950
					Country	27 June 1950	28 October 1952		^[53]
					Electoral Reform League	28 October 1952	31 October 1952		^[54]
					Country	31 October 1952	17 December 1952		^[55]
					Labor	17 December 1952	7 June 1955		^[56]
					Liberal Country Party	7 June 1955	5 March 1971		^[57]
				5 March 1971		29 April 1971
	Rupert Hamer MLC			29 April 1971		23 August 1972
				Liberal	23 August 1972	30 May 1973		^[58]
					30 May 1973	31 March 1976
	Pat Dickie MLC				31 March 1976	16 August 1978
					18 August 1978	4 April 1979
	Haddon Storey MLC				4 April 1979	16 May 1979
					16 May 1979	3 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.