Minister of Mines (Victoria)

A former minister within the Cabinet of Victoria

Minister of Mines 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| John Humffray MP
Formation| 26 November 1860
Final holder| Lou Lieberman MP
Abolished| 5 June 1981

The Minister of Mines was a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria.

## Ministers

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Order  | MP  | Party affiliation  | Ministerial title  | Term start  | Term end  | Time in office  | Notes

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1  | John Humffray MP |  | Independent | Commissioner of Mines  | 26 November 1860  | 14 November 1861  | 323 days  | [1]
2  | James Sullivan MP |  | Independent | Minister of Mines  | 27 June 1863  | 18 July 1866  | 3 years, 21 days  | [2]
3  | John MacGregor MP |  | 18 July 1866  | 6 May 1868  | 1 year, 293 days  | [2]
4  | George Kerferd MP |  | 8 May 1868  | 11 July 1868  | 64 days  | [3]
(2)  | James Sullivan MP |  | 11 July 1868  | 20 September 1869  | 1 year, 71 days  | [4]
5  | John Smith MP |  | 20 September 1869  | 9 April 1870  | 201 days  | [5]
6  | Angus Mackay MP |  | 9 April 1870  | 19 June 1871  | 1 year, 71 days  | [6]
7  | William McLellan MP |  | 19 June 1871  | 10 June 1872  | 357 days  | [7]
(6)  | Angus Mackay MP |  | 10 June 1872  | 7 August 1875  | 3 years, 58 days  | [8][9]
8  | William Smith MP |  | Non-Party Liberalism  | 7 August 1875  | 20 October 1875  | 74 days  | [10]
(7)  | William McLellan MP |  | Non-Party Conservatism  | 20 October 1875  | 21 May 1877  | 1 year, 213 days  | [11]
(8)  | William Smith MP |  | Non-Party Liberalism  | 21 May 1877  | 5 March 1880  | 2 years, 289 days  | [12]
9  | Robert Clark MP |  | Non-Party Conservatism  | 5 March 1880  | 3 August 1880  | 151 days  | [13]
10  | Henry Williams MLC |  | Non-Party Liberalism  | 3 August 1880  | 9 July 1881  | 340 days  | [14]
11  | Charles Young MP |  | 9 July 1881  | 19 August 1881  | 41 days  | [15]
12  | Robert Burrowes MP |  | 19 August 1881  | 8 March 1883  | 1 year, 201 days  | [15]
13  | Jonas Levien MP |  | Non-Party Conservatism  | 8 March 1883  | 18 February 1886  | 2 years, 347 days  | [16]
14  | John Dow MP |  | 18 February 1886  | 24 August 1886  | 187 days  | [17]
15  | Duncan Gillies MP |  | 24 August 1886  | 17 June 1890  | 3 years, 297 days  | [17]
16  | David Davies MP |  | 17 June 1890  | 5 November 1890  | 141 days  | [17]
17  | Alfred Outtrim MP |  | Non-Party Liberalism  | 5 November 1890  | 23 January 1893  | 2 years, 79 days  | [18][19]
18  | James McColl MP |  | Non-Party Conservatism  | 23 January 1893  | 27 September 1894  | 1 year, 247 days  | [20]
19  | Henry Foster MP |  | Protectionist and Liberal | 28 September 1894  | 5 December 1899  | 5 years, 68 days  | [21]
(17)  | Alfred Outtrim MP |  | Non-Party Liberalism  | Minister of Mines and Water Supply | 5 December 1899  | 19 November 1900  | 349 days  | [22]
20  | John Burton MP |  | 19 November 1900  | 10 June 1902  | 1 year, 203 days  | [23][24]
21  | Ewen Cameron MP |  | Reform | 10 June 1902  | 16 February 1904  | 1 year, 251 days  | [25]
22  | Donald McLeod MP |  | Minister of Mines  | 16 February 1904  | 8 January 1909  | 4 years, 327 days  | [26]
23  | Peter McBride MP |  | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909  | 19 February 1913  | 4 years, 42 days  | [27][28]
24  | Alfred Billson MP |  | 19 February 1913  | 9 December 1913  | 293 days  | [28]
(17)  | Alfred Outtrim MP |  | Labor | 9 December 1913  | 22 December 1913  | 13 days  | [29]
25  | James Drysdale Brown MLC |  | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913  | 9 November 1915  | 1 year, 322 days  | [30][31]
26  | Thomas Livingston MP |  | 9 November 1915  | 29 November 1917  | 2 years, 20 days  | [31]
| Nationalist
27  | Alfred Downward MP |  | 29 November 1917  | 21 March 1918  | 112 days  | [32]
28  | Samuel Barnes MP |  | 21 March 1918  | 7 September 1923  | 5 years, 170 days  | [33]
29  | George Goudie MLC |  | Country | 7 September 1923  | 19 March 1924  | 194 days  | [33]
30  | Henry Cohen MLC |  | Nationalist | 19 March 1924  | 18 July 1924  | 121 days  | [33][34]
31  | Daniel McNamara MLC |  | Labor | 18 July 1924  | 18 November 1924  | 123 days  | [35]
(29)  | George Goudie MLC |  | Country | 18 November 1924  | 20 May 1927  | 2 years, 183 days  | [36]
32  | John Jones MLC |  | Labor | 20 May 1927  | 22 November 1928  | 1 year, 186 days  | [37]
33  | Alfred Chandler MLC |  | Nationalist | 22 November 1928  | 12 December 1929  | 1 year, 20 days  | [38]
(32)  | John Jones MLC |  | Labor | 12 December 1929  | 26 April 1932  | 2 years, 136 days  | [39]
34  | Robert Williams MLC |  | 26 April 1932  | 19 May 1932  | 23 days  | [39]
(32)  | John Jones MLC |  | United Australia | 19 May 1932  | 20 March 1935  | 2 years, 305 days  | [40]
35  | Clive Shields MP |  | 20 March 1935  | 2 April 1935  | 13 days  | [40]
36  | Edmond Hogan MP |  | United Country | 2 April 1935  | 28 June 1943  | 8 years, 87 days  | [41]
37  | Norman Martin MP |  | 28 June 1943  | 14 September 1943  | 78 days  | [41]
38  | William McKenzie MP |  | Labor | 14 September 1943  | 18 September 1943  | 4 days  | [42]
39  | James Kennedy MLC |  | United Australia | 18 September 1943  | 2 October 1945  | 2 years, 14 days  | [43]
| Liberal
40  | James Disney MLC |  | 2 October 1945  | 21 November 1945  | 50 days  | [44]
(38)  | William McKenzie MP |  | Labor | 21 November 1945  | 20 November 1947  | 1 year, 364 days  | [45]
41  | John Lienhop MLC |  | Country | 20 November 1947  | 3 December 1948  | 1 year, 13 days  | [46]
(39)  | James Kennedy MLC |  | Liberal | 3 December 1948  | 8 December 1948  | 5 days  | [46]
42  | Henry Bolte MP |  | 8 December 1948  | 19 June 1950  | 1 year, 193 days  | [46]
| Liberal and Country
43  | Sir Thomas Maltby MP |  | 19 June 1950  | 27 June 1950  | 8 days  | [46]
44  | George Moss MP |  | Country | 27 June 1950  | 28 October 1952  | 2 years, 123 days  | [47]
45  | William Dawnay-Mould MP |  | Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952  | 31 October 1952  | 3 days  | [48]
(44)  | George Moss MP |  | Country | 31 October 1952  | 17 December 1952  | 47 days  | [49]
46  | Archibald Fraser MLC |  | Labor | 17 December 1952  | 21 June 1954  | 1 year, 186 days  | [50]
47  | Don Ferguson MLC |  | 21 June 1954  | 31 March 1955  | 283 days  | [50]
48  | George Tilley MLC |  | 31 March 1955  | 7 June 1955  | 68 days  | [50]
49  | Wilfred Mibus MP |  | Liberal and Country | 7 June 1955  | 18 April 1964  | 8 years, 316 days  | [51]
(42)  | Henry Bolte MP |  | 22 April 1964  | 28 April 1964  | 6 days  | [51]
50  | Jim Balfour MP |  | 28 April 1964  | 27 June 1964  | 60 days  | [51]
51  | Tom Darcy MP |  | 27 June 1964  | 9 May 1967  | 2 years, 316 days  | [51]
| Liberal
(50)  | Jim Balfour MP |  | 9 May 1967  | 3 February 1981  | 13 years, 270 days  | [51][52]
52  | Lou Lieberman MP |  | 3 February 1981  | 5 June 1981  | 122 days  | [52]

## Reference list

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9. ^ Carr, Adam. "VICTORIAN MINISTRIES - Kerferd Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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26. ^ Carr, Adam. "VICTORIAN MINISTRIES - Bent Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
27. ^ Carr, Adam. "VICTORIAN MINISTRIES - Murray Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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