Commissioner of Trade and Customs

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Commissioner of Trade and Customs of Victoria
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Style The Honourable
Member of Parliament
Cabinet
Reports to Premier
NominatorPremier
Appointer Governor
on the recommendation of the premier
Term length At the governor's pleasure
PrecursorCollector of Customs
Inaugural holder Hugh Childers MP
Formation28 November 1855
Final holder George Turner MP
Abolished31 December 1900 (federation)

The Commissioner of Trade and Customs was a ministerial portfolio in Colonial Victoria. The position replaced the collector of customs (a position created in 1951[ clarification needed ], prior to Victoria's establishment). Upon federation, the position was eventually abolished as the Commonwealth assumed responsibility for trade and customs under section 51(i) of the Constitution of Australia. [1]

Commissioners

OrderMPTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1 Hugh Childers MP 28 November 185525 February 18571 year, 89 days [2]
2 John Goodman MP 25 February 185711 March 185714 days
3 Augustus Greeves MP 11 March 185729 April 185749 days [3]
4 James McCulloch MP 29 April 185710 March 1858315 days [4]
5 Henry Miller MLC 10 March 185827 October 18591 year, 231 days [5]
6 Vincent Pyke MP 27 October 185929 October 18601 year, 2 days [6]
7 John Bailey MP 29 October 186026 November 186028 days
8 Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MP 26 November 186020 February 186186 days [7]
9 Thomas Loader MP 6 March 186110 June 186196 days
10 James Sullivan MP 10 June 186114 November 1861157 days
(8) Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MP 14 November 186127 June 18631 year, 225 days [8]
11 James Francis MP 27 June 18636 May 18684 years, 314 days [9]
12 William Bailes MP 6 May 186811 July 186866 days [10]
13 William M K Vale MP 11 July 186825 May 1869318 days [11]
14 George Rolfe MLC 2 September 186920 September 186918 days
15 Edward Cohen MP 20 September 18699 April 1870201 days [12]
16 Thomas Turner à Beckett MLC 9 April 187019 June 18711 year, 71 days [13]
17 Graham Berry MP 19 June 187123 November 1871157 days [14]
(13) William M K Vale MP 23 November 187110 June 1872200 days
(15) Edward Cohen MP 10 June 18727 August 18753 years, 58 days [15] [16]
18 Peter Lalor MP 7 August 187520 October 187574 days [17]
(8) Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MLC 20 October 187521 May 18771 year, 213 days [18]
(18) Peter Lalor MP 22 May 18773 July 187742 days [19]
19 Henry Cuthbert MLC 5 March 18803 August 1880151 days [20]
20 Alfred T Clark MP 3 August 18809 July 1881340 days [21]
21 James Graves MP 9 July 18818 March 18831 year, 242 days [22]
22 George Langridge MP 8 March 188318 February 18862 years, 347 days [23]
23 William Froggatt Walker MP 18 February 18865 March 18893 years, 15 days [24]
(19) Henry Cuthbert MLC 5 March 188916 April 188942 days
24 James Patterson MP 16 April 18895 November 18901 year, 203 days
(22) George Langridge MP 5 November 189024 March 1891139 days [25]
25 James Wheeler MP 26 March 189122 April 189127 days
26 George Turner MP 22 April 189123 January 18931 year, 276 days [25] [26]
27 James Campbell MP 23 January 189316 September 1893236 days [27]
28 Richard Baker MP 16 September 189327 September 18941 year, 11 days
29 Robert Best MP 27 September 18945 December 18995 years, 69 days [28]
30 James Whiteside McCay MP 5 December 189929 December 189924 days [29]
31 Carty Salmon MP 29 December 189919 November 1900325 days
(26) George Turner MP 19 November 190031 December 190042 days [30]

Reference list

  1. ↑ "Department of Trade and Customs". Public Record Office Victoria . Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Haines Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Haines Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Nicholson Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Heales Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Sladen Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  12. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Macpherson Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  13. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  14. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Duffy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  15. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Francis Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  16. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Kerferd Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  17. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  18. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  19. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  20. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  21. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  22. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Ologhlen Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  23. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  24. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Gillies Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  25. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Munro Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  26. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Shiels Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  27. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Patterson Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  28. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  29. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mclean Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  30. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

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