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Minister for Agriculture of Victoria | |
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since 2 October 2023 | |
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action | |
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 |
Precursor |
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Inaugural holder | James Casey |
Formation | 19 June 1872 |
Website | Department Website |
The Minister for Agriculture is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's agriculture initiatives. The minister is supported by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action's Agriculture Victoria.[1]
The current minister is Ros Spence since October 2023.
Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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1 | James Casey MP | Independent | Minister of Agriculture | 19 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | 3 years, 49 days | [2][3] | |
2 | Francis Longmore MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 23 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 58 days | [4] | ||
3 | Duncan Gillies MP | Non-Party Conservatism | 25 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 208 days | [5] | ||
(2) | Francis Longmore MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 28 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 282 days | [6] | ||
4 | Richard Richardson MP | 12 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 331 days | [7] | |||
5 | Charles Young MP | Minister of Water Supply and Agriculture | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days | [8] | ||
6 | Jonas Levien MP | Non-Party Conservatism | Minister of Agriculture | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 347 days | [9] | |
7 | John Dow MP | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days | [10] | |||
8 | Allan McLean MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 5 November 1890 | 22 April 1891 | 168 days | [11] | ||
9 | George Graham MP | 22 April 1891 | 23 January 1893 | 1 year, 276 days | [11][12] | |||
10 | William Webb MP | Non-Party Conservatism | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days | [13] | ||
11 | John Taverner MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days | [14] | ||
(9) | George Graham MP | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days | [15] | |||
12 | John Morrissey MP | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 203 days | [16][17] | |||
(11) | John Taverner MP | National Citizens' Reform League | 10 June 1902 | 19 February 1904 | 1 year, 254 days | [18][19] | ||
13 | John Murray MP | 19 February 1904 | 8 November 1904 | 263 days | [19][20] | |||
14 | George Swinburne MP | 8 November 1904 | 31 October 1908 | 3 years, 358 days | ||||
15 | Alfred Downward MP | 31 October 1908 | 8 January 1909 | 69 days | [19] | |||
(9) | George Graham MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | 4 years, 335 days | [21][22] | ||
16 | William Plain MP | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days | [23] | ||
17 | William Hutchinson MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days | [24][25] | ||
18 | Fredrick Hagelthorn MLC | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days | [25][26] | |||
Nationalist | ||||||||
19 | David Oman MP | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | 4 November 1920 | 2 years, 341 days | [27][28] | ||
20 | Harry Lawson MP | 4 November 1920 | 7 September 1923 | 2 years, 307 days | [28] | |||
21 | Francis Old MP | Country | 7 September 1923 | 19 March 1924 | 194 days | |||
22 | John Gordon MP | Nationalist | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 121 days | [28][29] | ||
23 | Edmond Hogan MP | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days | [30] | ||
24 | Murray Bourchier MP | Country | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days | [31] | ||
25 | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | [32] | ||
26 | John Pennington MP | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days | [33] | ||
(25) | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days | [34] | ||
27 | John Allan MP | Country | 19 May 1932 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 305 days | [35] | ||
28 | Clive Shields MP | United Australia | 20 March 1935 | 2 April 1935 | 13 days | |||
(23) | Edmond Hogan MP | Country | 2 April 1935 | 28 June 1943 | 8 years, 87 days | [36] | ||
29 | Norman Martin MP | 28 June 1943 | 14 September 1943 | 78 days | ||||
30 | William McKenzie MP | Labor | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days | [37] | ||
(29) | Norman Martin MP | Country | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days | [38] | ||
31 | William Cumming MP | Liberal | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 50 days | [39] | ||
(30) | William McKenzie MP | Labor | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days | [40] | ||
32 | Alexander Dennett MP | Liberal | 20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | 2 years, 219 days | [41] | ||
33 | George Moss MP | Country | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days | [42] | ||
34 | Hugh MacLeod MLC | Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days | [43] | ||
(33) | George Moss MP | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days | [44][45] | ||
35 | Clive Stoneham MP | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days | [46] | ||
36 | Gilbert Chandler MLC | Liberal | 7 June 1955 | 30 May 1973 | 17 years, 357 days | [47][48] | ||
37 | Ian Smith MP | 30 May 1973 | 23 December 1980 | 7 years, 207 days | [48] | |||
38 | Tom Austin MP | 23 December 1980 | 8 April 1982 | 2 years, 0 days | [48][49] | |||
39 | Eric Kent MLC | Labor | 8 April 1982 | 2 May 1985 | 3 years, 24 days | [50] | ||
40 | Evan Walker MLC | Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 2 May 1985 | 13 October 1988 | 3 years, 164 days | |||
41 | Robert Fordham MP | 13 October 1988 | 31 January 1989 | 110 days | ||||
42 | Barry Rowe MP | 7 February 1989 | 18 January 1991 | 1 year, 345 days | [50][51] | |||
43 | Ian Baker MP | Minister for Agriculture | 18 January 1991 | 28 January 1992 | 1 year, 10 days | [51] | ||
Minister for Food and Agriculture | 28 January 1992 | 6 October 1992 | 252 days | |||||
44 | Pat McNamara MP | Nationals | Minister for Agriculture | 6 October 1992 | 9 November 1992 | 34 days | [52] | |
45 | Bill McGrath MP | 9 November 1992 | 3 April 1996 | 3 years, 146 days | ||||
(44) | Pat McNamara MP | Minister for Agriculture and Resources | 3 April 1996 | 20 October 1999 | 3 years, 200 days | |||
46 | Keith Hamilton MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 20 October 1999 | 5 December 2002 | 3 years, 46 days | [53] | |
47 | Bob Cameron MP | 5 December 2002 | 1 December 2006 | 3 years, 361 days | ||||
48 | Joe Helper MP | 1 December 2006 | 2 December 2010 | 4 years, 1 day | [54][53] | |||
49 | Peter Walsh MP | Nationals | Minister for Agriculture and Food Security | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | 4 years, 2 days | [55][56] | |
50 | Jaala Pulford MLC | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 4 December 2014 | 19 December 2018 | 4 years, 15 days | [57] | |
51 | Jaclyn Symes MLC | 29 November 2018 | 22 December 2020 | 2 years, 23 days | ||||
52 | Mary-Anne Thomas MP | 22 December 2020 | 27 June 2022 | 1 year, 187 days | ||||
53 | Gayle Tierney MLC | 27 June 2022 | 2 October 2023 | 1 year, 97 days | [58] | |||
54 | Ros Spence MP | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 86 days | [59] |