Post: | Minister of Immigration |
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: | 8 May 1923 |
Abolished: | 2 May 1985 |
The Minister of Immigration was a former ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. It was later known as the Minister of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.
Order | MP | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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1 | Nationalist | Minister of Immigration | 8 May 1923 | 7 September 1923 | [1] | ||||
2 | Country | 7 September 1923 | 19 March 1924 | ||||||
(1) | Nationalist | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | [2] | |||||
3 | John Jones MLC | Labor | Minister in charge of Immigration | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | [3] | |||
4 | Country | Minister of Immigration | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | [4] | ||||
(3) | John Jones MLC | Labor | Minister in charge of Immigration | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | [5] | |||
5 | Nationalist | Minister of Markets and Immigration | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | [6] | ||||
(3) | John Jones MLC | Labor | Minister in charge of Immigration | 12 December 1929 | 26 April 1932 | [7] | |||
6 | Robert Williams MLC | 26 April 1932 | 19 May 1932 | ||||||
(3) | John Jones MLC | United Australia | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | [8] | ||||
7 | George Goudie MLC | Country | 2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | [9] | ||||
8 | Country | Minister in charge of Immigration | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | [10] | ||||
9 | Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | [11] | |||||
(8) | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | [12] | |||||
10 | William Slater MLC | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | [13] | ||||
11 | Liberal and Country | Minister of Immigration | 7 June 1955 | 14 February 1956 | [14] | ||||
12 | 14 February 1956 | 17 March 1956 | |||||||
13 | Gilbert Chandler MLC | 21 March 1956 | 10 April 1956 | ||||||
14 | 10 April 1956 | 9 January 1962 | |||||||
15 | 9 January 1962 | 5 September 1962 | |||||||
16 | Rupert Hamer MLC | 5 September 1962 | 27 June 1964 | ||||||
17 | 27 June 1964 | 1 December 1965 | |||||||
18 | Liberal | Minister of Immigration | 9 May 1967 | 15 December 1970 | |||||
19 | Pat Dickie MLC | 15 December 1970 | 23 August 1972 | ||||||
20 | Murray Byrne MLC | 23 August 1972 | 31 March 1976 | [15] | |||||
21 | Minister of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 31 March 1976 | 16 May 1979 | ||||||
22 | 16 May 1979 | 17 February 1981 | |||||||
23 | 17 February 1981 | 8 April 1982 | [16] | ||||||
24 | Labor | 8 April 1982 | 10 May 1982 | [17] | |||||
25 | 10 May 1982 | 2 May 1985 |