Minister for Health (Victoria) explained

Post:Minister for Health
Body:Victoria
Incumbentsince:27 June 2022
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
Cabinet
Executive council
Reports To:Premier
Nominator:Premier
Appointer:Governor
Appointer Qualified:on the recommendation of the premier
Termlength:At the governor's pleasure
Precursor:
  • Minister of Health
  • Minister of Public Health
  • Minister for Health Services
Formation:19 January 1890
(Minister of Health)
Inaugural:Alfred Deakin

The Minister for Health is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's health and hospital laws and initiatives.

Following the 2022 Victorian state election, the Andrews Government created the Minister for Health Infrastructure portfolio alongside the Minister for Health portfolio.

Mary-Anne Thomas has been the minister since June 2022.

Ministers for Health

OrderMPParty affiliationMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister of Health19 January 18905 November 1890[1]
5 November 189024 March 1891[2]
John M Davies MLC26 March 189122 April 1891
22 April 189123 January 1893[3]
Robert Reid MLC23 January 189327 September 1894[4]
Henry Cuthbert MLC27 September 189414 May 1895[5]
14 May 189516 September 1895
16 September 18955 December 1899
Donald Melville MLC5 December 189919 November 1900[6]
William McCulloch MLC19 November 190010 June 1902[7] [8]
Robert Reid MLCReform10 June 19026 February 1903[9]
6 February 190316 February 1904
Minister of Public Health16 February 190431 October 1908[10]
Duncan McBryde MLC31 October 19088 January 1909
William Baillieu MLCCommonwealth Liberal8 January 190927 February 1912[11]
William Edgar MLC27 February 191221 June 1913[12]
Frederick Hagelthorn MLC21 June 19139 December 1913
William Evans MLCLabor9 December 191322 December 1913[13]
James Drysdale Brown MLCCommonwealth Liberal22 December 19139 November 1915[14] [15] [16]
9 November 191529 November 1917
Nationalist29 November 191721 March 1918[17]
21 March 19187 July 1919[18]
7 July 19197 September 1923
7 September 192318 July 1924[19]
John Percy Jones MLCLabor18 July 192418 November 1924[20]
Country18 November 192420 May 1927[21]
William Beckett MLCLabor20 May 192722 November 1928[22]
Nationalist22 November 192812 December 1929[23]
William Beckett MLCLabor12 December 192924 June 1931[24]
Robert Williams MLC24 June 193119 May 1932
United Australia Party19 May 19322 April 1935[25]
John Harris MLCUnited Country2 April 19351 January 1942[26]
8 January 194214 September 1943
Percy Clarey MLCLabor14 September 194318 September 1943[27]
United Country18 September 19432 October 1945[28]
LiberalMinister of Health2 October 194521 November 1945[29]
Labor21 November 194520 November 1947[30]
Country20 November 19473 December 1948 [31]
Liberal3 December 19488 December 1948
Charles Gartside MLC8 December 194827 June 1950
Country27 June 195028 October 1952[32]
Electoral Reform League28 October 195231 October 1952[33]
Country31 October 195217 December 1952[34]
Labor17 December 195231 March 1955[35]
31 March 19557 June 1955
Ewen Paul Cameron MLCLiberal Country Party7 June 195526 July 1961[36]
Ronald Mack MLC26 July 196114 September 1965
15 September 196522 September 1965
Pat Dickie MLC22 September 196511 June 1970
11 June 197030 May 1973[37]
Liberal30 May 197331 March 1976
Vasey Houghton MLC31 March 197616 May 1979
16 May 19798 April 1982[38]
Labor8 April 19822 May 1985[39]
David White MLC2 May 19857 February 1989
Caroline Hogg MLC7 February 198918 January 1991[40]
Maureen Lyster MLC18 January 19916 October 1992
LiberalMinister for Health Services6 October 19929 November 1992[41]
Minister for Health9 November 19923 April 1996
Rob Knowles MLC3 April 199620 October 1999
Labor20 October 19995 December 2002[42]
5 December 20023 August 2007[43]
3 August 20072 December 2010
David Davis MLCLiberal2 December 20104 December 2014[44] [45]
Labor4 December 201429 November 2018[46]
Jenny Mikakos MLC29 November 201826 September 2020
29 September 202027 June 2022
27 June 2022Incumbent[47]

Ministers for Health Infrastructure

Post:Minister for Health Infrastructure
Body:Victoria
Incumbentsince:27 June 2022
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:27 June 2022

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Gillies. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  2. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Munro. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  3. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Shiels. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  4. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Patterson. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  5. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Turner1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  6. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mclean. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  7. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Turner2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  8. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Peacock1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  9. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Irvine. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  10. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bent. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  11. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Murray. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  12. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Watt1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  13. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Elmslie. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  14. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Watt2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  15. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Peacock2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  16. 1915. 4377. Ministers of the Crown. 9 November 1915. 19 March 2023.
  17. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bowser. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  18. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Lawson. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  19. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Peacock3. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  20. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Prendergast. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  21. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Allan. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  22. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hogan1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  23. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcpherson. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  24. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hogan2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  25. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Argyle. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  26. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Dunstan1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  27. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  28. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Dunstan2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  29. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Macfarlan. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  30. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  31. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hollway1 . 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  32. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald1. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  33. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hollway2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  34. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald2. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  35. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain3. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  36. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bolte. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  37. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Hamer. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  38. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Thompson. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  39. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Cain. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  40. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Kirner. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  41. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Kennett. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  42. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Bracks. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  43. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Brumby. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  44. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Baillieu. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  45. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Napthine. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  46. Web site: Carr . Adam . Victorian Ministries - Andrews. 23 March 2023 . Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  47. Ministers of the Crown. 3. Wallace. Samual. S 520. 2 October 2023. 2 October 2023.

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