Minister for Local Government (Victoria) explained

Border:parliamentary
Minister:not_prime
Post:Minister for Local Government
Body:Victoria
Incumbent:Melissa Horne
Department:Department of Government Services
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:16 July 1958
First:Murray Porter

The Minister for Local Government in the Government of the Australian state of Victoria is the Minister responsible for supervising the activities of local government councils in the state, recommending allocation of grants to local governments for projects, assessing processes for redistributing municipal boundaries according to population, overseeing tendering processes for council services, airing any concerns of local governments at Cabinet meetings and co-ordinating council community and infrastructure work at a state level. The Minister achieves the Government's objectives through oversight of Local Government Victoria of the Department of Government Services.

All ministers responsible for local government since 1964 have been known as the Minister for Local Government, apart from Caroline Hogg (1991-1992), whose title was Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs.[1]

Since June 2022, the Minister for Local Government has been Melissa Horne in the Labor Andrews ministry and the Labor Allan ministry.

List of ministers for local government

OrderMinisterParty affiliationMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1Murray Porter MLALiberal CountryMinister for Local Government16 July 195827 June 1964[2]
2Rupert Hamer MLCLiberal27 June 196429 April 1971
3Alan Hunt MLCLiberal29 April 197116 May 1979[3]
4Digby Crozier MLCLiberal16 May 19795 June 1981
5Lou Lieberman MLALiberal5 June 19818 April 1982[4]
6Frank Wilkes MLALabor8 April 19822 May 1985[5]
7Jim Simmonds MLALabor2 May 198513 October 1988
8Andrew McCutcheon MLALabor13 October 19887 February 1989
9Maureen Lyster MLCLabor7 February 198918 January 1991[6]
10Caroline Hogg MLCLaborMinister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs18 January 19916 October 1992
11Roger Hallam MLCNationalMinister for Local Government6 October 19923 April 1996[7]
12Rob Maclellan MPLiberal3 April 199620 October 1999
13Bob Cameron MPLabor20 October 19995 December 2002[8]
14Candy Broad MLCLabor5 December 20021 December 2006
15Richard Wynne MPLabor1 December 20062 December 2010[9]
16Jeanette Powell MLCNational2 December 201017 March 2014[10] [11]
17Tim Bull MPNational17 March 20144 December 2014
18Natalie Hutchins MPLabor4 December 201413 September 2017[12]
19Marlene Kairouz MPLabor13 September 201729 November 2018
20Adem Somyurek MLCLabor29 November 201815 June 2020
21Shaun Leane MLCLabor15 June 202027 June 2022
22Melissa Horne MPLabor27 June 2022Incumbent[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1985-1999 . Federation Press . Hughes, Colin A. . 2002 . 85.
  2. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Bolte Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Hamer Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Thompson Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Cain Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Kirner Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  7. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Kennett Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  8. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Bracks Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  9. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Brumby Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Baillieu Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  11. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Napthine Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  12. Web site: Carr . Adam . VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Andrews Ministry . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . 3 October 2023.
  13. Ministers of the Crown. 3. Wallace. Samual. S 520. 2 October 2023. 2 October 2023.

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