Minister of Railways (Victoria)

The Minister of Railways, formerly Commissioner of Railways, was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia.

Minister of Railways of Victoria
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Flag of Victoria
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	Commissioner of Railways and Roads Commissioner of Roads and Railways Commissioner of Railways
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

Commissioners

Order	MP	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
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

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