Postmaster-General of Victoria

The Postmaster-General of Victoria was a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. The position was created in 1857, shortly after the colony separated from New South Wales. Upon Federation, Section 51(v) of the Constitution of Australia gave the Commonwealth exclusive power for "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services"^[1] and the position in Victoria was abolished three months later on 1 March 1901.

Postmaster-General of Victoria
Victorian coat of arms
Flag of Victoria (1877-1901)
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	William Mitchell MLC
Formation	29 April 1857
Final holder	William Gurr MP
Abolished	1 March 1901
Succession	Postmaster General of Australia

Ministers

^[a]

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	William Mitchell MLC		Independent	29 April 1857	10 March 1858	315 days	[2]
2	George Evans MP			10 March 1858	27 October 1859	1 year, 231 days	[3]
3	John Bailey MP			27 October 1859	29 October 1860	101 years, 2 days	[4]
4	Hibbtert Newton MP			29 October 1860	26 November 1860	28 days	[5]
5	Thomas Loader MP			4 December 1860	21 March 1861	107 days	[5]
6	John Macadam MP			26 April 1861	14 November 1861	204 days	[5]
(2)	George Evans MP			30 December 1861	27 June 1863	1 year, 209 days	[6]
7	Thomas Fellows MLC		Independent	14 October 1863	24 March 1864	162 days	[7]
8	James McCulloch MP		Independent	9 November 1864	6 May 1868	3 years, 179 days	[7]
9	George Smith MP		Independent	11 July 1868	20 September 1869	1 year, 71 days	[8]
10	Edward Langton MP		Independent	10 June 1872	31 July 1874	2 years, 51 days	[9]
11	Robert Ramsay MP			31 July 1874	7 August 1875	1 year, 7 days	[10]
12	Peter Lalor MP		Non-Party Liberalism	7 August 1875	20 October 1875	74 days	[11]
(11)	Robert Ramsay MP		Non-Party Conservatism	20 October 1875	21 May 1877	1 year, 213 days	[12]
(12)	Peter Lalor MP		Non-Party Liberalism	22 May 1877	3 July 1877	42 days	[13]
13	Henry Cuthbert MLC			3 July 1877	29 July 1878	1 year, 26 days	[13]
14	James Patterson MP			29 July 1878	5 March 1880	1 year, 220 days	[13]
(13)	Henry Cuthbert MLC		Non-Party Conservatism	5 March 1880	3 August 1880	151 days	[14]
15	Henry Bolton MP		Non-Party Liberalism	9 July 1881	8 March 1883	1 year, 242 days	[15]
16	Graham Berry MP		Non-Party Conservatism	8 March 1883	10 April 1884	1 year, 33 days	[16]
17	James Campbell MLC			10 April 1884	18 February 1886	1 year, 314 days	[16]
18	Frederick Derham MP			20 February 1886	18 August 1890	4 years, 179 days	[17]
(14)	James Patterson MP			18 August 1890	5 November 1890	79 days	[17]
19	John Duffy MP		Non-Party Liberalism	5 November 1890	28 April 1892	1 year, 175 days	[18][19]
20	William Zeal MLC			28 April 1892	9 November 1892	195 days	[19]
21	Alexander Peacock MP			15 November 1892	23 January 1893	69 days	[19]
22	Agar Wynne MLC		Non-Party Conservatism	23 January 1893	27 September 1894	1 year, 247 days	[20]
(19)	John Duffy MP		Protectionist and Liberal	27 September 1894	5 December 1899	5 years, 69 days	[21]
23	William Watt MP		Non-Party Liberalism	5 December 1899	5 November 1900	335 days	[22]
24	William Gurr MP			19 November 1900	1 March 1901	102 days	[23][24]

Notes

1. The position was vacant for a short period many times. It is only listed as vacant here when it was vacant for at least three months or the full term of a ministry.