Treasurer of Victoria explained

Post:	Treasurer
Body:	Victoria
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Victoria.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Victorian coat of arms
Flag:	Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
Flagsize:	120px
Flagcaption:	Flag of Victoria
Incumbent:	Jaclyn Symes
Incumbentsince:	19 December 2024
Department:	Department of Treasury and Finance
Style:	The Honourable
Reports To:	Premier of Victoria
Seat:	Level 4, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne
Nominator:	Premier of Victoria
Appointer:	Governor of Victoria
Appointer Qualified:	on the advice of the premier
Termlength:	At the governor's pleasure
Formation:	15 July 1851
First:	Alastair Mackenzie

The Treasurer of Victoria is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the financial management of the budget sector in the Australian state of Victoria. This primarily includes:^[1]

• preparation and delivery of the annual State Budget;
• revenue collection for Victoria, including stamp duty, payroll tax, financial institutions duty and land tax;
• borrowing, investment and financial arrangements to hedge, protect or manage the State's financial interests;
• promoting economic growth across Victoria; and
• providing investment and fund management services to the State and its statutory authorities.

By convention, the state treasurer is a member of the Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria, as with the premier. This allows the treasurer to be present during debate on the budget and other financial legislation and is in line with the constitutional requirement that money bills originate from the lower house. However, in 2007 John Lenders was appointed treasurer from the Legislative Council, the first time the treasurer had been appointed from the upper house. As a result Lenders had to be "formally voted into the lower house to deliver his budget speech".^[2]

On 19 December 2024, Jaclyn Symes was appointed treasurer of Victoria after Tim Pallas, the longest serving standalone treasurer in Victorian history,^{[3] [4]} retired from politics, with Symes becoming the first female treasurer in Victoria's history, and the second treasurer to sit in the Legislative Council.^[5]

List of Colonial Treasurers

Order	MP	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
		15 July 1851	26 September 1852		^[6] ^[7]
		30 September 1852	c.1853
		July 1853	August 1854		^[8]

List of Victorian treasurers

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
				28 November 1855	11 March 1857		^[9]
				11 March 1857	29 April 1857		^[10]
				29 April 1857	10 March 1858		^[11]
				10 March 1858	27 October 1859		^[12]
				27 October 1859	26 November 1860		^[13]
				26 November 1860	14 November 1861		^[14]
				14 November 1861	27 June 1863		^[15]
				27 June 1863	5 May 1868		^[16]
				6 May 1868	11 July 1868		^[17]
				11 July 1868	20 September 1869		^[18]
				20 September 1869	21 January 1870		^[19]
				21 January 1870	9 April 1870
				9 April 1870	19 June 1871		^[20]
				19 June 1871	21 May 1872		^[21]
				10 June 1872	31 July 1874		^[22]
				31 July 1874	7 August 1875		^[23]
				7 August 1875	20 October 1875		^[24]
				20 October 1875	21 May 1877		^[25]
				21 May 1877	27 December 1878		^[26]
				27 December 1878	3 November 1879
				3 November 1879	5 March 1880
				5 March 1880	3 August 1880		^[27]
				3 August 1880	9 July 1881		^[28]
				9 July 1881	8 March 1883		^[29]
				8 March 1883	18 February 1886		^[30]
				24 August 1886	17 June 1890		^[31]
				5 November 1890	16 February 1892		^[32]
				16 February 1892	28 April 1892		^[33]
				28 April 1892	23 January 1893
				23 January 1893	27 September 1894		^[34]
				27 September 1894	5 December 1899		^[35]
				5 December 1899	19 November 1900		^[36]
				19 November 1900	12 February 1901		^[37]
				12 February 1901	10 June 1902		^[38]
			Reform	10 June 1902	21 July 1903		^[39]
				7 September 1903	16 February 1904
				16 February 1904	8 January 1909		^[40]
				Commonwealth Liberal	8 January 1909	9 December 1913		^[41] ^[42]
				Labor	9 December 1913	22 December 1913		^[43]
				Commonwealth Liberal	22 December 1913	18 June 1914		^[44]
					18 June 1914	29 November 1917		^[45]
				Nationalist	29 November 1917	20 November 1923		^[46] ^[47]
					27 February 1924	28 April 1924
					28 April 1924	18 July 1924		^[48]
				Labor	18 July 1924	18 November 1924		^[49]
				Country	18 November 1924	20 May 1927		^[50]
				Labor	20 May 1927	22 November 1928		^[51]
				Nationalist	22 November 1928	12 December 1929		^[52]
				Labor	12 December 1929	19 May 1932		^[53]
				United Australia Party	19 May 1932	2 April 1935		^[54]
				United Country	2 April 1935	14 September 1943		^[55]
				Labor	14 September 1943	18 September 1943		^[56]
				United Country	18 September 1943	2 October 1945		^[57]
				Liberal	2 October 1945	21 November 1945		^[58]
				Labor	21 November 1945	20 November 1947		^[59]
				Liberal Country Coalition	20 November 1947	27 June 1950		^[60]
				Country	27 June 1950	28 October 1952		^[61]
				Electoral Reform League	28 October 1952	31 October 1952		^[62]
				Country	31 October 1952	17 December 1952		^[63]
				Labor	17 December 1952	7 June 1955		^[64]
				Liberal Country Party	7 June 1955	23 August 1972		^[65]
				Liberal	23 August 1972	16 May 1979		^[66]
					16 May 1979	8 April 1982		^[67]
				Labor	8 April 1982	10 August 1990		^[68]
					10 August 1990	28 January 1992		^[69]
					28 January 1992	6 October 1992
				Liberal	6 October 1992	7 October 1999		^[70]
					7 October 1999	20 October 1999
				Labor	20 October 1999	22 May 2000		^[71]
					22 May 2000	3 August 2007		^[72]
	John Lenders MLC				3 August 2007	2 December 2010
				Liberal	2 December 2010	13 March 2013		^[73] ^[74]
					13 March 2013	4 December 2014
				Labor	4 December 2014	19 December 2024		^[75] ^[76]
	Jaclyn Symes MLC				19 December 2024	Incumbent

See also

• Assistant Treasurer of Victoria
• Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria)
• Old Treasury Building, Melbourne

External links

• Department of Treasury and Finance

Notes and References

1. http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/CA25713E0002EF43/pages/about-us-ministers-treasurer Department of Treasury and Finance: Treasurer
2. News: Lenders to watch over big spenders. Josh. Gordon. The Age. 3 August 2007. 18 December 2024.
3. Web site: Victoria’s longest-serving treasurer resigns . Government News . 18 January 2025.
4. Web site: Rooney . Kieran . Smethurst . Annika . Jaeger . Carla . ‘A bit of tension’: Treasurer quits parliament after 18 years as state bogged down in debt . The Age . 18 January 2025.
5. Web site: Rooney . Rachel Eddie, Kieran . 2024-12-19 . Women win in Allan’s cabinet reshuffle, as Pearson suffers a blow . 2024-12-19 . The Age . en.
6. Web site: 1908 . Statistical Register of the State of Victoria .
7. News: 27 September 1852 . Died . 4 . The Argus . Melbourne .
8. Lonsdale, William. 648. 26 August 2022.
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