Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria

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Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg
Badge of the Governor of Victoria
Incumbent
James Angus AO
since 12 November 2021
Office of the Governor,
Government of Victoria
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of Victoria
Appointer Australian monarch
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Website Governor of Victoria

The Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria is a government position in the state of Victoria, Australia, acting as a deputy to the Governor of Victoria. When the governor is out of the state, the lieutenant-governor acts as the governor. This office has often been held concurrently by the Chief Justice of Victoria.

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History

Prior to the separation of the colony of Victoria from New South Wales in 1851, the area was called the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. The Governor of New South Wales appointed superintendents of the District. In 1839, Captain Charles La Trobe was appointed superintendent. La Trobe became Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria on Victoria's separation from New South Wales on 1 July 1851. On Victoria obtaining responsible government in May 1855, the title of the then incumbent lieutenant-governor, Captain Sir Charles Hotham, became the Governor of Victoria. [1]

When Victoria became a state, the letters patent provided for a lieutenant-governor, but the office was not filled. Instead, following the practice in New South Wales, the Chief Justice of Victoria acted as the governor when required. This changed on 6 November 1886, when Sir William Stawell, the outgoing Chief Justice, was appointed lieutenant governor. The conferring of honors on retiring dignitaries was a common practice in the UK at the time. [2] After his death in 1889, the position again became vacant until Sir John Madden was appointed lieutenant-governor on 10 June 1899. He had already acted as governor by virtue of being Chief Justice, but in line with Stawell's precedent, his direct appointment as lieutenant-governor superseded the administrative power of the Chief Justice. [3]

List of lieutenant-governors of Victoria

ImageLieutenant-governorFromToNotesReferences
Charleslatrobe.jpg Charles La Trobe 1 July 18515 May 1854 [1]
Charles Hotham by James Henry Lynch-crop.jpg Captain Sir Charles Hotham RN , KCB 22 June 185422 May 1855Governor (May–December 1855) [1]
William Stawell 1872bw.jpg Sir William Stawell KCMG 6 November 188612 March 1889died [4]
John Madden.jpg Sir John Madden GCMG 10 June 189910 March 1918Chief Justice (1893–1918); died [3] [5]
21Williamirvine.jpg Sir William Irvine GCMG April 1918January 1936Chief Justice (1918–1935); resigned [6] [7]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Sir Frederick Mann KCMG March 1936April 1945Chief Justice (1935–1943); resigned [7] [8] [9]
Edmund Herring by William Dargie.jpg Sir Edmund Herring KCMG , KBE , DSO , MC , KStJ , ED , KC May 19452 September 1972Chief Justice (1944–1964); resigned [10] [11]
Sir Henry Winneke (cropped).JPG Sir Henry Winneke AC , KCMG , KCVO , OBE , QC 31 October 19723 June 1974Chief Justice (1964–1974); Governor (1974–1982) [1] [12]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Sir John Young AC , KCMG 21 July 19741995Chief Justice (1974–1991) [13]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Sir James Gobbo AC , CVO , QC October 199524 April 1997Governor (1997–2000) [1] [14]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Adrienne Clarke AC , FAA , FTSE May 19972000 [15]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Lady (Marigold) Southey AC 1 January 20014 April 2006 [16]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Marilyn Warren AC 4 April 20069 November 2017Chief Justice (2003–2017) [17]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg Ken Lay AO , APM 9 November 201712 November 2021 [18]
Badge of the Governor of Victoria.svg James Angus AO 12 November 2021 [19]

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  2. ↑ "The Lieutenant-Governor". The Australasian . Vol. XLI, no. 1075. Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1886. p. 25. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 "Sir John Madden as Lieutenant-Governor". Leader . No. 2266. Victoria, Australia. 10 June 1899. p. 24. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Governors of Victoria". The Australasian . Vol. LX, no. 1555. Victoria, Australia. 18 January 1896. p. 25. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Sir John Madden Dies". The Horsham Times . No. 5934. Victoria, Australia. 12 March 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Sir William Irvine Appointed Lieutenant-Governor". The Age . No. 19, 682. Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  7. 1 2 "New Lieutenant-Governor". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 27, 954. Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Sir Frederick Mann Still Lieutenant-Governor". The Herald . No. 20, 773. Victoria, Australia. 14 December 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Lieut.-Governor Resigns". Weekly Times . No. 3955. Victoria, Australia. 4 April 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 26 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
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  17. ↑ "Proclamation" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette (S 108). 7 April 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "Commission passed under the Public Seal of the State of Victoria appointing Kenneth Douglas Lay AO APM to be Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Victoria in the Commonwealth of Australia" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette (S 378). 9 November 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  19. ↑ "Commission passed under the Public Seal of the State of Victoria appointing James Alexander Angus AO to be Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Victoria in the Commonwealth of Australia" (PDF). Victoria Government Gazette (S 626). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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