Minister of Railways (Victoria)

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Minister of Railways 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
Precursor
  • Commissioner of Railways and Roads
  • Commissioner of Roads and Railways
  • Commissioner of Railways
Inaugural holder Thomas Loader MP
Formation26 November 1860
Final holder Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP
Abolished2 April 1935
Succession Minister for Roads and Road Safety

The Minister of Railways, formerly Commissioner of Railways, was a minister within the Cabinet of Victoria, Australia.

Contents

Commissioners

OrderMPMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1 Thomas Loader MP Commissioner of Railways26 November 18604 December 18608 days [1]
2 William Henry Fancourt Mitchell MLC Commissioner of Railways and Roads30 December 186127 June 18631 year, 179 days [2]
3 James M Grant MP 27 June 18635 September 18641 year, 70 days [3]
4 Henry Miller MLC 18 July 186616 January 1867182 days
5 John MacGregor MP 21 January 18674 March 186742 days
6 James Sullivan MP 4 March 18676 May 18681 year, 63 days
7 Charles Jones MP Commissioner of Roads and Railways11 July 18689 March 1869241 days [4]
(6) James Sullivan MP 12 April 18692 September 1869143 days
8 William Wilson MP Commissioner of Railways and Roads2 September 186920 September 186918 days
9 Francis Longmore MP 20 September 18699 April 1870201 days [5]
(8) William Wilson MP 9 April 187019 June 18711 year, 71 days [6]
(9) Francis Longmore MP 19 June 187110 June 1872357 days [7]
10 Duncan Gillies MP Commissioner of Roads and Railways10 June 18727 August 18753 years, 58 days [8] [9]
11 John Woods MP 7 August 187520 October 187574 days [10]
12 Joseph Jones MP 20 October 187521 May 18771 year, 213 days [11]
(11) John Woods MP 22 May 18775 March 18802 years, 288 days [12]
(10) Duncan Gillies MP Commissioner of Railways5 March 18803 August 1880151 days [13]
13 James Patterson MP 3 August 18809 July 1881340 days [14]
14 Thomas Bent MP 9 July 18818 March 18831 year, 242 days [15]
(10) Duncan Gillies MP 8 March 188318 February 18862 years, 347 days [16]

Ministers

OrderMPParty affiliationMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Duncan Gillies MP Minister of Railways18 February 18865 November 18904 years, 260 days [17]
William Shiels MP 5 November 189016 February 18921 year, 103 days [18]
James Wheeler MP 16 February 189223 January 1893342 days [19]
James Patterson MP 23 January 189314 August 1893203 days [20]
Richard Richardson MP 14 August 189327 September 18941 year, 44 days
Henry Roberts Williams MP 27 September 18945 December 18995 years, 69 days [21]
Alfred Richard Outtrim MP 5 December 189919 November 1900349 days [22]
William Trenwith MP 19 November 190010 June 19021 year, 203 days [23] [24]
William Shiels MP Reform 10 June 190221 July 19031 year, 41 days [25]
Thomas Bent MP 21 July 19038 January 19095 years, 171 days [25] [26]
Alfred Billson MP Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 190918 May 19123 years, 131 days [27]
Peter McBride MP 18 May 191219 February 1913277 days [28] [29]
Alfred Billson MP 19 February 19139 December 1913293 days [30]
John Billson MP Labor 9 December 191322 December 191313 days [31]
Donald Mackinnon MP Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 19139 November 19151 year, 322 days [32] [33]
Hugh McKenzie MP 9 November 191529 November 19172 years, 20 days [34]
Agar Wynne MP Nationalist 29 November 191721 March 1918112 days [35]
Samuel Barnes MP 21 March 19187 September 19235 years, 170 days [36]
Francis Old MP Country 7 September 192319 March 1924194 days
Frederic Eggleston MP Nationalist 19 March 192418 July 1924121 days [36] [37]
Edmond Hogan MP Labor 18 July 192418 November 1924123 days [38]
Frederic Eggleston MP Nationals 18 November 192420 May 19272 years, 183 days [39]
Thomas Tunnecliffe MP Labor 20 May 192722 November 19281 year, 186 days [40]
Frank Groves MP Nationalist 22 November 192810 December 19291 year, 18 days [41]
Henry Beardmore MP 10 December 192912 December 19292 days [41]
John Cain MP Labor 12 December 192919 May 19322 years, 159 days [42]
Robert Menzies MP United Australia Party 19 May 193225 July 19342 years, 67 days [43]
Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP 25 July 19342 April 1935251 days

Reference list

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Heales". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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  8. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Francis". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Kerferd". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  10. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch4". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Ologhlen". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Gillies". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Munro". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Shiels". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  20. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Patterson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  21. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  22. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mclean". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  23. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  24. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  25. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Irvine". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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  27. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Murray". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  28. ↑ Mabbott, F. W. (19 February 1913). "Ministers of the Crown". Victoria Government Gazette . Victorian Government Printer. p. 1913:997. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  29. ↑ Mabbott, F. W. (18 May 1912). "Ministers of the Crown". Victoria Government Gazette . Victorian Government Printer. p. 1912:1979. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  30. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Watt1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  31. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Elmslie". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  32. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Watt2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  33. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  34. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  35. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bowser". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  36. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Lawson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  37. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  38. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Prendergast". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  39. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Allan". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  40. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hogan1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  41. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcpherson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  42. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hogan2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  43. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Argyle". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive . Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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