Minister of Mines (Victoria)

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

Ministers

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