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.
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 |