Treasurer of Victoria

Treasurer of Victoria
Victorian coat of arms
Flag of Victoria
Incumbent Jaclyn Symes since 19 December 2024
Department of Treasury and Finance
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Premier of Victoria
Seat	Level 4, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne
Nominator	Premier of Victoria
Appointer	Governor of Victoria on the advice of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Formation	15 July 1851
First holder	Alastair Mackenzie

The Treasurer of Victoria is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the financial management of the budget sector in the Australian state of Victoria. This primarily includes: ^[1]

• preparation and delivery of the annual State Budget;
• revenue collection for Victoria, including stamp duty, payroll tax, financial institutions duty and land tax;
• borrowing, investment and financial arrangements to hedge, protect or manage the State's financial interests;
• promoting economic growth across Victoria; and
• providing investment and fund management services to the State and its statutory authorities.

By convention, the state treasurer is a member of the Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria, as with the premier. This allows the treasurer to be present during debate on the budget and other financial legislation and is in line with the constitutional requirement that money bills originate from the lower house. However, in 2007 John Lenders was appointed treasurer from the Legislative Council, the first time the treasurer had been appointed from the upper house. As a result Lenders had to be "formally voted into the lower house to deliver his budget speech". ^[2]

On 19 December 2024, Jaclyn Symes was appointed treasurer of Victoria after Tim Pallas, the longest serving standalone treasurer in Victorian history, ^{[3] [4]} retired from politics, with Symes becoming the first female treasurer in Victoria's history, and the second treasurer to sit in the Legislative Council. ^[5]

List of Colonial Treasurers

Order	MP	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
	Alastair Mackenzie	15 July 1851	26 September 1852	1 year, 73 days	[6] [7]
	Frederick Powlett	30 September 1852	c.1853		[6]
	William Lonsdale	July 1853	August 1854	1 year, 31 days	[8]

List of Victorian treasurers

Order	MP	Party affiliation		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
	Charles Sladen MP			28 November 1855	11 March 1857	1 year, 103 days	[9] [a]
	John Foster MP			11 March 1857	29 April 1857	49 days	[11]
	Charles Ebden MP			29 April 1857	10 March 1858	315 days	[12]
	George Harker MP			10 March 1858	27 October 1859	1 year, 231 days	[13]
	James McCulloch MP			27 October 1859	26 November 1860	1 year, 30 days	[14]
	George Verdon MP			26 November 1860	14 November 1861	353 days	[15]
	William Haines MP			14 November 1861	27 June 1863	1 year, 225 days	[16]
	George Verdon MP			27 June 1863	5 May 1868	4 years, 313 days	[17]
	Edward Langton MP			6 May 1868	11 July 1868	66 days	[18]
	James McCulloch MP			11 July 1868	20 September 1869	1 year, 71 days	[19]
	Robert Byrne MP			20 September 1869	21 January 1870	123 days	[20]
	Graham Berry MP			21 January 1870	9 April 1870	78 days
	James Francis MP			9 April 1870	19 June 1871	1 year, 71 days	[21]
	Graham Berry MP			19 June 1871	21 May 1872	337 days	[22]
	Edward Langton MP			10 June 1872	31 July 1874	2 years, 51 days	[23]
	James Service MP			31 July 1874	7 August 1875	1 year, 7 days	[24]
	Graham Berry MP			7 August 1875	20 October 1875	74 days	[25]
	James McCulloch MP			20 October 1875	21 May 1877	1 year, 213 days	[26]
	Graham Berry MP			21 May 1877	27 December 1878	1 year, 220 days	[27]
	William Collard Smith MP			27 December 1878	3 November 1879	311 days
	Graham Berry MP			3 November 1879	5 March 1880	123 days
	James Service MP			5 March 1880	3 August 1880	151 days	[28]
	Graham Berry MP			3 August 1880	9 July 1881	340 days	[29]
	Bryan O'Loghlen MP			9 July 1881	8 March 1883	1 year, 242 days	[30]
	James Service MP			8 March 1883	18 February 1886	2 years, 347 days	[31]
	Duncan Gillies MP			24 August 1886	17 June 1890	3 years, 297 days	[32]
	James Munro MP			5 November 1890	16 February 1892	1 year, 103 days	[33]
	William Shiels MP			16 February 1892	28 April 1892	72 days	[34]
	Graham Berry MP			28 April 1892	23 January 1893	270 days	[34]
	Godfrey Carter MP			23 January 1893	27 September 1894	1 year, 247 days	[35]
	George Turner MP			27 September 1894	5 December 1899	5 years, 69 days	[36]
	William Shiels MP			5 December 1899	19 November 1900	349 days	[37]
	George Turner MP			19 November 1900	12 February 1901	85 days	[38]
	Alexander Peacock MP			12 February 1901	10 June 1902	1 year, 118 days	[39]
	William Shiels MP		Reform	10 June 1902	21 July 1903	1 year, 41 days	[40]
	William Irvine MP			7 September 1903	16 February 1904	162 days
	Thomas Bent MP			16 February 1904	8 January 1909	4 years, 327 days	[41]
	William Watt MP		Commonwealth Liberal	8 January 1909	9 December 1913	4 years, 335 days	[42] [43]
	George Elmslie MP		Labor	9 December 1913	22 December 1913	13 days	[44]
	William Watt MP		Commonwealth Liberal	22 December 1913	18 June 1914	178 days	[45]
	Alexander Peacock MP			18 June 1914	29 November 1917	3 years, 164 days	[46]
	William McPherson MP		Nationalist	29 November 1917	20 November 1923	5 years, 356 days	[47] [48]
	Harry Lawson MP			27 February 1924	28 April 1924	61 days	[48]
	Alexander Peacock MP			28 April 1924	18 July 1924	81 days	[49]
	George Prendergast MP		Labor	18 July 1924	18 November 1924	123 days	[50]
	Alexander Peacock MP		Country	18 November 1924	20 May 1927	2 years, 183 days	[51]
	Edmond Hogan MP		Labor	20 May 1927	22 November 1928	1 year, 186 days	[52]
	William McPherson MP		Nationalist	22 November 1928	12 December 1929	1 year, 20 days	[53]
	Edmond Hogan MP		Labor	12 December 1929	19 May 1932	2 years, 159 days	[54]
	Stanley Argyle MP		United Australia Party	19 May 1932	2 April 1935	2 years, 318 days	[55]
	Albert Dunstan MP		United Country	2 April 1935	14 September 1943	8 years, 165 days	[56]
	John Cain, Sr. MP		Labor	14 September 1943	18 September 1943	4 days	[57]
	Albert Dunstan MP		United Country	18 September 1943	2 October 1945	2 years, 14 days	[58]
	Ian MacFarlan MP		Liberal	2 October 1945	21 November 1945	50 days	[59]
	John Cain, Sr. MP		Labor	21 November 1945	20 November 1947	1 year, 364 days	[60]
	Thomas Hollway MP		Liberal Country Coalition	20 November 1947	27 June 1950	2 years, 219 days	[61]
	John McDonald MP		Country	27 June 1950	28 October 1952	2 years, 123 days	[62]
	Thomas Hollway MP		Electoral Reform League	28 October 1952	31 October 1952	3 days	[63]
	John McDonald MP		Country	31 October 1952	17 December 1952	47 days	[64] [65]
	John Cain, Sr. MP		Labor	17 December 1952	7 June 1955	2 years, 172 days	[66]
	Henry Bolte MP		Liberal Country Party	7 June 1955	23 August 1972	17 years, 77 days	[67]
	Rupert Hamer MP		Liberal	23 August 1972	16 May 1979	6 years, 266 days	[68]
	Lindsay Thompson MP			16 May 1979	8 April 1982	2 years, 327 days	[68] [69]
	Rob Jolly MP		Labor	8 April 1982	10 August 1990	8 years, 124 days	[70]
	Tom Roper MP			10 August 1990	28 January 1992	1 year, 171 days	[71]
	Tony Sheehan MP			28 January 1992	6 October 1992	252 days
	Alan Stockdale MP		Liberal	6 October 1992	7 October 1999	7 years, 1 day	[72]
	Denis Napthine MP			7 October 1999	20 October 1999	13 days
	Steve Bracks MP		Labor	20 October 1999	22 May 2000	215 days	[73]
	John Brumby MP			22 May 2000	3 August 2007	7 years, 73 days	[73] [74]
	John Lenders MLC			3 August 2007	2 December 2010	3 years, 121 days	[74]
	Kim Wells MP		Liberal	2 December 2010	13 March 2013	2 years, 101 days	[75] [76]
	Michael O'Brien MP			13 March 2013	4 December 2014	1 year, 266 days	[76]
	Tim Pallas MP		Labor	4 December 2014	19 December 2024	10 years, 15 days	[77] [78]
	Jaclyn Symes MLC			19 December 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 15 days

1. Charles Sladen was acting treasurer from December 1854. ^[10]

See also

• Victoria portal
• Politics portal

• Assistant Treasurer of Victoria
• Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria)
• Old Treasury Building, Melbourne

References

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External links

• Department of Treasury and Finance