Post: | Minister of Mines |
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: | 26 November 1860 |
Abolished: | 5 June 1981 |
The Minister of Mines was a former ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria.
Order | MP | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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1 | Independent | Commissioner of Mines | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 | [1] | ||||
2 | Independent | Minister of Mines | 27 June 1863 | 18 July 1866 | [2] | ||||
3 | 18 July 1866 | 6 May 1868 | |||||||
4 | 8 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | [3] | ||||||
(2) | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | [4] | ||||||
5 | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | [5] | ||||||
6 | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | [6] | ||||||
7 | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | [7] | ||||||
(6) | 10 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | [8] [9] | ||||||
8 | Non-Party Liberalism | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | [10] | |||||
(7) | Non-Party Conservatism | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | [11] | |||||
(8) | Non-Party Liberalism | 21 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | [12] | |||||
9 | Non-Party Conservatism | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | [13] | |||||
10 | Henry Williams MLC | Non-Party Liberalism | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | [14] | ||||
11 | 9 July 1881 | 19 August 1881 | [15] | ||||||
12 | 19 August 1881 | 8 March 1883 | |||||||
13 | Non-Party Conservatism | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | [16] | |||||
14 | 18 February 1886 | 24 August 1886 | [17] | ||||||
15 | 24 August 1886 | 17 June 1890 | |||||||
16 | 17 June 1890 | 5 November 1890 | |||||||
17 | Non-Party Liberalism | 5 November 1890 | 23 January 1893 | [18] [19] | |||||
18 | Non-Party Conservatism | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | [20] | |||||
19 | Protectionist and Liberal | 28 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | [21] | |||||
(17) | Non-Party Liberalism | Minister of Mines and Water Supply | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | [22] | ||||
20 | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | [23] [24] | ||||||
21 | Reform | 10 June 1902 | 16 February 1904 | [25] | |||||
22 | Minister of Mines | 16 February 1904 | 8 January 1909 | [26] | |||||
23 | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 19 February 1913 | [27] [28] | |||||
24 | 19 February 1913 | 9 December 1913 | |||||||
(17) | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | [29] | |||||
25 | James Drysdale Brown MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | [30] [31] | ||||
26 | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | |||||||
Nationalist | |||||||||
27 | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | [32] | ||||||
28 | 21 March 1918 | 7 September 1923 | [33] | ||||||
29 | George Goudie MLC | Country | 7 September 1923 | 19 March 1924 | |||||
30 | Henry Cohen MLC | Nationalist | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | [34] | ||||
31 | Daniel McNamara MLC | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | [35] | ||||
(29) | George Goudie MLC | Country | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | [36] | ||||
32 | John Jones MLC | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | [37] | ||||
33 | Alfred Chandler MLC | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | [38] | ||||
(32) | John Jones MLC | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 26 April 1932 | [39] | ||||
34 | Robert Williams MLC | 26 April 1932 | 19 May 1932 | ||||||
(32) | John Jones MLC | United Australia | 19 May 1932 | 20 March 1935 | [40] | ||||
35 | 20 March 1935 | 2 April 1935 | |||||||
36 | United Country | 2 April 1935 | 28 June 1943 | [41] | |||||
37 | 28 June 1943 | 14 September 1943 | |||||||
38 | Labor | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | [42] | |||||
39 | James Kennedy MLC | United Australia | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | [43] | ||||
Liberal | |||||||||
40 | James Disney MLC | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | [44] | |||||
(38) | Labor | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | [45] | |||||
41 | John Lienhop MLC | Country | 20 November 1947 | 3 December 1948 | [46] | ||||
(39) | James Kennedy MLC | Liberal | 3 December 1948 | 8 December 1948 | |||||
42 | 8 December 1948 | 19 June 1950 | |||||||
Liberal and Country | |||||||||
43 | 19 June 1950 | 27 June 1950 | |||||||
44 | Country | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | [47] | |||||
45 | Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | [48] | |||||
(44) | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | [49] | |||||
46 | Archibald Fraser MLC | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 21 June 1954 | [50] | ||||
47 | Don Ferguson MLC | 21 June 1954 | 31 March 1955 | ||||||
48 | George Tilley MLC | 31 March 1955 | 7 June 1955 | ||||||
49 | Liberal and Country | 7 June 1955 | 18 April 1964 | [51] | |||||
(42) | 22 April 1964 | 28 April 1964 | |||||||
50 | 28 April 1964 | 27 June 1964 | |||||||
51 | 27 June 1964 | 9 May 1967 | |||||||
Liberal | |||||||||
(50) | 9 May 1967 | 3 February 1981 | [52] | ||||||
52 | 3 February 1981 | 5 June 1981 |