Minister of Immigration 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 |
Inaugural holder | David Oman MP |
Formation | 8 May 1923 |
Final holder | Peter Spyker MP |
Abolished | 2 May 1985 |
The Minister of Immigration was a 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 | David Oman MP | Nationalist | Minister of Immigration | 8 May 1923 | 7 September 1923 | 122 days | [1] | |
2 | John Allan MP | Country | 7 September 1923 | 19 March 1924 | 194 days | [1] | ||
(1) | David Oman MP | Nationalist | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 121 days | [1][2] | ||
3 | John Jones MLC | Labor | Minister in charge of Immigration | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days | [3] | |
4 | Alfred Downward MP | Country | Minister of Immigration | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days | [4] | |
(3) | John Jones MLC | Labor | Minister in charge of Immigration | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | [5] | |
5 | John Pennington MP | Nationalist | Minister of Markets and Immigration | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days | [6] | |
(3) | John Jones MLC | Labor | Minister in charge of Immigration | 12 December 1929 | 26 April 1932 | 2 years, 136 days | [7] | |
6 | Robert Williams MLC | 26 April 1932 | 19 May 1932 | 23 days | [7] | |||
(3) | John Jones MLC | United Australia | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 2 years, 318 days | [8] | ||
7 | George Goudie MLC | Country | 2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | 8 years, 165 days | [9] | ||
8 | Keith Dodgshun MP | Country | Minister in charge of Immigration | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days | [10] | |
9 | Alexander Dennett MP | Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days | [11] | ||
(8) | Keith Dodgshun MP | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days | [12] | ||
10 | William Slater MLC | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days | [13] | ||
11 | William Leggatt MP | Liberal and Country | Minister of Immigration | 7 June 1955 | 14 February 1956 | 252 days | [14] | |
12 | Robert Whately MP | 14 February 1956 | 17 March 1956 | 32 days | [14] | |||
13 | Gilbert Chandler MLC | 21 March 1956 | 10 April 1956 | 20 days | [14] | |||
14 | Horace Petty MP | 10 April 1956 | 9 January 1962 | 5 years, 274 days | [14] | |||
15 | Edward Meagher MP | 9 January 1962 | 5 September 1962 | 239 days | [14] | |||
16 | Rupert Hamer MLC | 5 September 1962 | 27 June 1964 | 1 year, 296 days | [14] | |||
17 | Vernon Wilcox MP | 27 June 1964 | 1 December 1965 | 1 year, 157 days | [14] | |||
18 | George Reid MP | Liberal | Minister of Immigration | 9 May 1967 | 15 December 1970 | 3 years, 220 days | [14] | |
19 | Pat Dickie MLC | 15 December 1970 | 23 August 1972 | 1 year, 252 days | [14] | |||
20 | Murray Byrne MLC | 23 August 1972 | 31 March 1976 | 3 years, 221 days | [15] | |||
21 | Walter Jona MP | Minister of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 31 March 1976 | 16 May 1979 | 3 years, 46 days | [15] | ||
22 | Alan Wood MP | 16 May 1979 | 17 February 1981 | 1 year, 277 days | [15] | |||
23 | Jeff Kennett MP | 17 February 1981 | 8 April 1982 | 1 year, 50 days | [15][16] | |||
24 | Jack Ginifer MP | Labor | 8 April 1982 | 10 May 1982 | 32 days | [17] | ||
25 | Peter Spyker MP | 10 May 1982 | 2 May 1985 | 2 years, 357 days | [17] |