Minister for Water (Victoria)

Minister for Water of Victoria
since 19 December 2024
Department of Environment and Primary Industries
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofParliament
Executive council
Reports toPremier
NominatorPremier
AppointerGovernor
on the recommendation of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Inaugural holderRobert Clark MP
Formation2 April 1880

The Minister for Water is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria.

Ministers

[edit]
Order MP Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 Robert Clark MP Colonial Victoria Commissioner of Water Supply 2 April 1880 3 August 1880 123 days [1]
2 Charles Young MP Minister of Water Supply and Agriculture 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 1 year, 242 days [2]
3 Alfred Deakin MP Commissioner of Water Supply 8 March 1884 23 April 1884 46 days [3]
4 Frederick Thomas Sargood MLC 23 April 1884 18 February 1886 1 year, 301 days
(3) Alfred Deakin MP 18 February 1886 5 November 1890 4 years, 260 days [4]
5 George Graham MP Minister of Water Supply 5 November 1890 23 January 1893 2 years, 79 days [5][6]
6 James McColl MP 23 January 1893 27 September 1894 1 year, 247 days [7]
7 Henry Foster MP 28 September 1894 5 December 1899 5 years, 68 days [8]
8 Alfred Richard Outtrim MP Minister of Mines and Water Supply 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 349 days [9]
9 John Burton MP 19 November 1900 10 June 1902 1 year, 203 days [10][11]
10 Ewen Hugh Cameron MP Reform 10 June 1902 16 February 1904 1 year, 251 days [12]
11 Donald McLeod MP Minister of Water Supply 10 March 1904 26 April 1904 47 days [13]
12 George Swinburne MP 26 April 1904 31 October 1908 4 years, 188 days
13 Alfred Downward MP 31 October 1908 8 January 1909 69 days
(5) George Graham MP Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 1909 9 December 1913 4 years, 335 days [14][15]
14 William Plain MP Labor 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 13 days [16]
15 William Hutchinson MP Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 1913 9 November 1915 1 year, 322 days [17][18]
16 Hugh McKenzie MP 9 November 1915 29 November 1917 2 years, 20 days [18]
17 Frank Clarke MLC Nationalist 29 November 1917 22 February 1921 3 years, 85 days [19][20]
18 Harry Lawson MP 22 February 1921 27 February 1924 3 years, 5 days [20]
19 Frederic Eggleston MP 27 February 1924 19 March 1924 21 days
20 John Gordon MP 19 March 1924 18 July 1924 121 days [20][21]
21 Henry Bailey MP Labor 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 123 days [22]
22 John Allan MP Country 18 November 1924 20 May 1927 2 years, 183 days [23]
(21) Henry Bailey MP Labor 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 1 year, 186 days [24]
23 Henry Angus MP Nationalist 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 1 year, 20 days [25]
(21) Henry Bailey MP Labor 12 December 1929 19 May 1932 2 years, 159 days [26]
24 George Goudie MLC Country 19 May 1932 20 March 1935 2 years, 305 days [27]
25 Henry Cohen MLC United Australia Party 20 March 1935 2 April 1935 13 days
26 Francis Old MP United Country 2 April 1935 14 September 1943 8 years, 165 days [28]
27 Daniel McNamara MLC Labor 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 4 days [29]
28 John McDonald MP Country 18 September 1943 2 October 1945 2 years, 14 days [30]
29 Edwin Mackrell MP 2 October 1945 21 November 1945 50 days [31]
30 Bill Galvin MP Labor 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 1 year, 364 days [32]
(28) John McDonald MP Country 20 November 1947 3 December 1948 1 year, 13 days [33]
31 Thomas Hollway MP Liberal 3 December 1948 8 December 1948 5 days
32 Henry Bolte MP 8 December 1948 27 June 1950 1 year, 201 days
33 Richard Brose MP Country 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 2 years, 123 days [34]
34 John Hipworth MP Electoral Reform League 28 October 1952 31 October 1952 3 days [35]
(33) Richard Brose MP Country 31 October 1952 17 December 1952 47 days [36][37]
35 Clive Stoneham MP Labor 17 December 1952 7 June 1955 2 years, 172 days [38]
36 Wilfred Mibus MP Liberal Country Party 7 June 1955 18 April 1964 8 years, 316 days [39]
(32) Henry Bolte MP 22 April 1964 28 April 1964 6 days
37 Jim Balfour MP 28 April 1964 27 June 1964 60 days
38 Tom Darcy MP 27 June 1964 9 May 1967 2 years, 316 days
39 Bill Borthwick MP 9 May 1967 11 June 1970 3 years, 33 days
40 Ian Smith MP 11 June 1970 23 August 1972 2 years, 73 days
41 Roberts Dunstan MP Liberal 23 August 1972 22 June 1973 303 days [40]
42 Jock Granter MLC 22 June 1973 5 June 1981 7 years, 348 days
43 Glyn Jenkins MLC 5 June 1981 8 April 1982 307 days [41]
44 David White MLC Labor 8 April 1982 2 May 1985 3 years, 24 days [42]
45 Andrew McCutcheon MP Minister for Water Resources 2 May 1985 14 December 1987 2 years, 226 days
46 Frank Wilkes MP 14 December 1987 13 October 1988 304 days
47 Bunna Walsh MP 13 October 1988 10 August 1990 1 year, 301 days
48 Steven Crabb MP 28 January 1992 6 October 1992 252 days [43]
49 John Thwaites MP Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change 5 December 2002 30 July 2007 4 years, 237 days [44]
50 John Brumby MP 30 July 2007 3 August 2007 4 days [45]
51 Tim Holding MP Minister for Water 3 August 2007 2 December 2010 3 years, 121 days
52 Peter Walsh MP Nationals 2 December 2010 4 December 2014 4 years, 2 days [46][47]
53 Lisa Neville MP Labor Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water 4 December 2014 23 May 2016 1 year, 171 days [48]
Minister for Water 23 May 2016 27 June 2022 6 years, 35 days
54 Harriet Shing MLC 27 June 2022 19 December 2024 2 years, 175 days [48][49]
55 Gayle Tierney MLC 19 December 2024 Incumbent 0 days [50]

See also

[edit]

Reference list

[edit]
  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Ologhlen". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Gillies". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Munro". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Shiels". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  7. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Patterson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mclean". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  10. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  11. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Irvine". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  13. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bent". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  14. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Murray". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  15. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Watt1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Elmslie". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  17. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Watt2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ^ a b Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  19. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bowser". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  20. ^ a b c Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Lawson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  21. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  22. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Prendergast". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  23. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Allan". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  24. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hogan1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  25. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcpherson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  26. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hogan2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  27. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Argyle". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  28. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Dunstan1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  29. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  30. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Dunstan2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  31. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Macfarlan". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  32. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  33. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hollway1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  34. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  35. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hollway2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  36. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  37. ^ "Ministers of the Crown". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 31 October 1952. p. 1952:6155.
  38. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  39. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bolte". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  40. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hamer". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  41. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Thompson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  42. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  43. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Kirner". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  44. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bracks". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  45. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Brumby". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  46. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Baillieu". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  47. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Napthine". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  48. ^ a b Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Andrews". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  49. ^ Wallace, Samual (2 October 2023). "Ministers of the Crown (per S 520)" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  50. ^ Eddie, Rachel; Rooney, Kieran (19 December 2024). "Women win in Allan's cabinet reshuffle, as Pearson suffers a blow". The Age. Retrieved 19 December 2024.