Minister of Railways (Victoria)
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Minister of Railways of Victoria | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Member of | Parliament Executive council |
Reports to | Premier |
Nominator | Premier |
Appointer | Governor on the recommendation of the premier |
Term length | At the governor's pleasure |
Precursor |
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Inaugural holder | Thomas Loader MP |
Formation | 26 November 1860 |
Final holder | Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP |
Abolished | 2 April 1935 |
Succession | Minister for Roads and Road Safety |
The Minister of Railways, formerly Commissioner of Railways, was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia.
Commissioners
[edit]Order | MP | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Thomas Loader MP | Commissioner of Railways | 26 November 1860 | 4 December 1860 | 8 days | [1] |
2 | William Henry Fancourt Mitchell MLC | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 30 December 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 179 days | [2] |
3 | James M Grant MP | 27 June 1863 | 5 September 1864 | 1 year, 70 days | [3] | |
4 | Henry Miller MLC | 18 July 1866 | 16 January 1867 | 182 days | ||
5 | John MacGregor MP | 21 January 1867 | 4 March 1867 | 42 days | ||
6 | James Sullivan MP | 4 March 1867 | 6 May 1868 | 1 year, 63 days | ||
7 | Charles Jones MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 11 July 1868 | 9 March 1869 | 241 days | [4] |
(6) | James Sullivan MP | 12 April 1869 | 2 September 1869 | 143 days | ||
8 | William Wilson MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 2 September 1869 | 20 September 1869 | 18 days | |
9 | Francis Longmore MP | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days | [5] | |
(8) | William Wilson MP | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days | [6] | |
(9) | Francis Longmore MP | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 357 days | [7] | |
10 | Duncan Gillies MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 10 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | 3 years, 58 days | [8][9] |
11 | John Woods MP | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 74 days | [10] | |
12 | Joseph Jones MP | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days | [11] | |
(11) | John Woods MP | 22 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 288 days | [12] | |
(10) | Duncan Gillies MP | Commissioner of Railways | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days | [13] |
13 | James Patterson MP | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days | [14] | |
14 | Thomas Bent MP | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days | [15] | |
(10) | Duncan Gillies MP | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 347 days | [16] |
Ministers
[edit]Order | MP | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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Duncan Gillies MP | Minister of Railways | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days | [17] | |||
William Shiels MP | 5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | 1 year, 103 days | [18] | ||||
James Wheeler MP | 16 February 1892 | 23 January 1893 | 342 days | [19] | ||||
James Patterson MP | 23 January 1893 | 14 August 1893 | 203 days | [20] | ||||
Richard Richardson MP | 14 August 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 44 days | |||||
Henry Roberts Williams MP | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days | [21] | ||||
Alfred Richard Outtrim MP | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days | [22] | ||||
William Trenwith MP | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 203 days | [23][24] | ||||
William Shiels MP | Reform | 10 June 1902 | 21 July 1903 | 1 year, 41 days | [25] | |||
Thomas Bent MP | 21 July 1903 | 8 January 1909 | 5 years, 171 days | [25][26] | ||||
Alfred Billson MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 18 May 1912 | 3 years, 131 days | [27] | |||
Peter McBride MP | 18 May 1912 | 19 February 1913 | 277 days | [28][29] | ||||
Alfred Billson MP | 19 February 1913 | 9 December 1913 | 293 days | [30] | ||||
John Billson MP | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days | [31] | |||
Donald Mackinnon MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days | [32][33] | |||
Hugh McKenzie MP | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days | [34] | ||||
Agar Wynne MP | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 112 days | [35] | |||
Samuel Barnes MP | 21 March 1918 | 7 September 1923 | 5 years, 170 days | [36] | ||||
Francis Old MP | Country | 7 September 1923 | 19 March 1924 | 194 days | ||||
Frederic Eggleston MP | Nationalist | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 121 days | [36][37] | |||
Edmond Hogan MP | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days | [38] | |||
Frederic Eggleston MP | Nationals | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days | [39] | |||
Thomas Tunnecliffe MP | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | [40] | |||
Frank Groves MP | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | 10 December 1929 | 1 year, 18 days | [41] | |||
Henry Beardmore MP | 10 December 1929 | 12 December 1929 | 2 days | [41] | ||||
John Cain MP | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days | [42] | |||
Robert Menzies MP | United Australia Party | 19 May 1932 | 25 July 1934 | 2 years, 67 days | [43] | |||
Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP | 25 July 1934 | 2 April 1935 | 251 days |
Reference list
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