Minister for Education (Victoria)

The Minister for Education is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia.

Minister for Education of Victoria
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Incumbent Ben Carroll MP since 2 October 2023
Department of Education
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive council
Reports to	Premier
Nominator	Premier
Appointer	Governor on the recommendation of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Precursor	Minister of Public Instruction Minister of Education Minister for Education and Training Minister for School Education
Inaugural holder	James Stephen MP
Formation	2 January 1873

Ministers for Education

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	James Stephen MP		Independent	Minister of Public Instruction	2 January 1873	1 May 1874	1 year, 119 days	[1]
2	James Munro MP		Non-Party Liberalism	Minister of Public Instruction	7 August 1875	20 October 1875	74 days	[2]
3	Robert Ramsay MP		Non-Party Conservatism		20 October 1875	21 May 1877	1 year, 213 days	[3]
4	William Smith MP		Non-Party Liberalism		21 May 1877	5 March 1880	2 years, 289 days	[4]
(3)	Robert Ramsay MP		Non-Party Conservatism	Minister of Education	5 March 1880	3 August 1880	151 days	[5]
(4)	William Smith MP		Non-Party Liberalism	Minister of Public Instruction	3 August 1880	9 July 1881	340 days	[6]
5	James Grant MP				9 July 1881	8 March 1883	111 years, 242 days	[7]
6	James Service MP		Non-Party Conservatism		8 March 1883	10 April 1884	1 year, 33 days	[8]
7	Duncan Gillies MP				10 April 1884	18 February 1886	1 year, 314 days
8	Dr Charles Pearson MP				18 February 1886	5 November 1890	4 years, 260 days	[9]
9	Sir Frederick Sargood MLC		Non-Party Liberalism		5 November 1890	16 February 1892	1 year, 103 days	[10]
10	Alexander Peacock MP				16 February 1892	23 January 1893	342 days	[11]
11	James Campbell MP		Non-Party Conservatism		23 January 1893	16 September 1893	236 days	[12]
12	Richard Baker MP				16 September 1893	27 September 1894	1 year, 11 days
(10)	Alexander Peacock MP		Protectionist and Liberal		27 September 1894	5 December 1899	5 years, 69 days	[13]
13	James McCay MP		Non-Party Liberalism		5 December 1899	29 December 1899	24 days	[14]
14	Dr Charles Salmon MP				29 December 1899	19 November 1900	355 days
15	William Gurr MP				19 November 1900	10 June 1902	1 year, 173 days	[15][16]
16	Robert Reid MLC		Reform		10 June 1902	3 February 1903	238 days	[17]
17	John Davies MLC				6 February 1903	7 September 1903	213 days
18	Arthur Sachse MLC				7 September 1903	31 October 1908	5 years, 54 days	[17][18]
19	John Bowser MP				31 October 1908	8 January 1909	69 days	[18]
20	Alfred Billson MP		Commonwealth Liberal		8 January 1909	19 February 1913	4 years, 42 days	[19][20]
(10)	Sir Alexander Peacock MP				19 February 1913	9 December 1913	293 days	[20]
21	John Lemmon MP		Labor		9 December 1913	22 December 1913	13 days	[21]
(10)	Sir Alexander Peacock MP		Commonwealth Liberal		22 December 1913	18 June 1914	178 days	[22]
22	Thomas Livingston MP				18 June 1914	9 November 1915	1 year, 144 days	[23]
23	Harry Lawson MP				9 November 1915	29 November 1917	2 years, 20 days
			Nationalist
24	Matthew Baird MP				29 November 1917	21 March 1918	112 days	[24]
25	William Hutchinson MP				21 March 1918	1 November 1920	2 years, 225 days	[25]
(10)	Sir Alexander Peacock MP				4 November 1920	28 April 1924	3 years, 176 days
26	Richard Toutcher MP				28 April 1924	18 July 1924	51 days	[26]
(21)	John Lemmon MP		Labor	Minister of Education	18 July 1924	18 November 1924	123 days	[27]
(10)	Sir Alexander Peacock MP		Nationalist	Minister of Public Instruction	18 November 1924	20 May 1927	2 years, 183 days	[28]
(21)	John Lemmon MP		Labor		20 May 1927	22 November 1928	1 year, 186 days	[29]
27	Henry Cohen MLC		Nationalist		22 November 1928	12 December 1929	1 year, 20 days	[30]
(21)	John Lemmon MP		Labor		12 December 1929	19 May 1932	2 years, 159 days	[31]
28	John Pennington MP		United Australia Party		19 May 1932	20 March 1935	2 years, 305 days	[32]
29	Harold Cohen MLC				20 March 1935	2 April 1935	13 days
30	Dr John Harris MLC		United Country		2 April 1935	1 January 1942	6 years, 274 days	[33]
31	Albert Lind MP				8 January 1942	14 September 1943	1 year, 249 days
32	Francis Field MP		Labor		14 September 1943	18 September 1943	4 days	[34]
33	Thomas Hollway MP		United Australia Party		18 September 1943	2 October 1945	2 years, 14 days	[35]
			Liberal
34	Leslie Hollins MP		Independent		2 October 1945	21 November 1945	50 days	[36]
(32)	Francis Field MP		Labor		21 November 1945	20 November 1947	1 year, 364 days	[37]
35	Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP		Liberal		20 November 1947	8 December 1948	1 year, 18 days	[38]
36	Ray Tovell MP				8 December 1948	27 June 1950	1 year, 201 days
37	Percival Inchbold MLC		Country	Minister of Education	27 June 1950	28 October 1952	2 years, 123 days	[39]
(36)	Ray Tovell MP		Electoral Reform League		28 October 1952	31 October 1952	3 days	[40]
(37)	Percival Inchbold MLC		Country		31 October 1952	17 December 1952	47 days	[41][42]
38	Ernie Shepherd MP		Labor		17 December 1952	7 June 1955	2 years, 172 days	[43]
39	Arthur Rylah MP		Liberal Country Party		7 June 1955	8 June 1955	1 day	[44]
40	William Leggatt MP				8 June 1955	14 February 1956	251 days
41	John Bloomfield MP				14 February 1956	9 May 1967	11 years, 84 days
42	Lindsay Thompson MLC				9 May 1967	16 May 1979	12 years, 7 days	[44][45]
43	Alan Hunt MLC		Liberal		16 May 1979	8 April 1982	2 years, 327 days	[45][46]
44	Robert Fordham MP		Labor		8 April 1982	2 May 1985	3 years, 24 days	[47]
45	Ian Cathie MP			Minister for Education	2 May 1985	14 December 1987	2 years, 226 days
46	Caroline Hogg MLC				14 December 1987	13 October 1988	304 days
47	Joan Kirner MP				13 October 1988	10 August 1990	1 year, 301 days
48	Barry Pullen MLC				10 August 1990	18 January 1991	161 days	[48]
				Minister for Education and Training	18 January 1991	28 January 1992	1 year, 10 days
49	Neil Pope MP			Minister for School Education	28 January 1992	6 October 1992	252 days
50	Don Hayward MP		Liberal	Minister for Education	6 October 1992	3 April 1996	3 years, 180 days	[49]
51	Phil Gude MP				3 April 1996	20 October 1999	3 years, 200 days
52	Mary Delahunty MP		Labor		20 October 1999	5 December 2002	3 years, 46 days	[50]
53	Lynne Kosky MP			Minister for Education and Training	5 December 2002	1 December 2006	3 years, 361 days
54	John Lenders MLC			Minister for Education	1 December 2006	3 August 2007	245 days	[50][51]
55	Bronwyn Pike MP				3 August 2007	2 December 2010	3 years, 121 days	[51]
56	Martin Dixon MP		Liberal		2 December 2010	4 December 2014	4 years, 2 days	[52][53]
57	James Merlino MP		Labor		4 December 2014	27 June 2022	7 years, 205 days	[54]
58	Natalie Hutchins MP				27 June 2022	2 October 2023	1 year, 97 days
59	Ben Carroll MP				2 October 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 258 days	[55]

Ministers for Skills and TAFE

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Steve Herbert MLC		Labor	Minister for Training and Skills	4 December 2014	9 November 2016	1 year, 341 days	[54]
2	Gayle Tierney MLC				9 November 2016	2 October 2023	8 years, 220 days
				Minister for Skills and TAFE	2 October 2023	Incumbent		[55]

Ministers for Higher Education

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Evan Walker MLC		Labor	Minister responsible for Post-Secondary Education	7 February 1989	10 August 1990	1 year, 184 days	[47]
2	Tom Roper MP		Labor	Minister for Post-Secondary Education and Training	28 January 1992	6 October 1992	252 days	[48]
3	Haddon Storey MLC		Liberal	Minister for Tertiary Education and Training	6 October 1992	3 April 1996	3 years, 180 days	[49]
4	Phil Honeywood MP				3 April 1996	20 October 1999	3 years, 200 days
5	Lynne Kosky MP		Labor	Minister for Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment	20 October 1999	5 December 2002	3 years, 46 days	[50]
6	Peter Hall MLC		Nationals	Minister for Higher Education and Skills	2 December 2010	17 March 2014	3 years, 105 days	[52][53]
7	Nick Wakeling MP		Liberal		17 March 2014	4 December 2014	262 days	[53]
8	Gayle Tierney MLC		Labor	Minister for Higher Education	29 November 2018	2 October 2023	4 years, 307 days	[54][55]

Ministers for Education Services

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Norman Lacy MP		Liberal	Minister of Educational Services	23 December 1980	8 April 1982	1 year, 106 days	[45][46]
2	Robert Fordham MP		Labor		8 April 1982	8 February 1984	1 year, 306 days	[47]
3	Monica Gould MLC		Labor	Minister for Education Services	12 February 2002	1 December 2006	4 years, 292 days	[50]
4	Jacinta Allan MP			Minister for Skills, Education Services and Employment	1 December 2006	3 August 2007	245 days	[50][51]

Ministers for Skills and Workforce Participation

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Jacinta Allan MP		Labor	Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation	3 August 2007	20 January 2010	2 years, 170 days	[51]
2	Bronwyn Pike MP				20 January 2010	2 December 2010	316 days

Minister for Special Education

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Alan Scanlan MP		Liberal	Minister for Special Education	31 March 1976	16 May 1979	3 years, 46 days	[45]

Minister for International Education

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Steve Herbert MLC		Labor	Minister for International Education	23 May 2016	9 November 2016	170 days	[54]

Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Peter Hall MLC		Nationals	Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession	2 December 2010	17 March 2014	3 years, 105 days	[52][53]

See also

• Minister for Education (Australia)
• Minister for Children (Victoria)
• Minister for Employment (Victoria)