Deputy Premier of Victoria

Deputy Premier of Victoria
Deputy Premier of Victoria (Australia)
Ministry
State

Peter Ryan.jpg
Incumbent
Peter Ryan


Style The Honourable
Appointed by David de Kretser
as Governor of Victoria
First Sir Albert Dunstan
Formation Constitution of Victoria
Term length At the Governor's pleasure

The Deputy Premier of Victoria is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Victoria. The Deputy Premiership has been a ministerial portfolio since , and the Deputy Premier is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Premier.

The current Deputy Premier is the National Party's Peter Ryan.

Contents

Duties

The duties of the Deputy Premier are to act on behalf of the Premier in his or her absence overseas or on leave. The Deputy Premier has always been a member of the Cabinet, and has always held at least one substantive portfolio (It would be technically possible for a minister to hold only the portfolio of Deputy Premier, but this has never happened).

If the Premier were to die, become incapacitated or resign, the Governor would normally appoint the Deputy Premier as Premier. If the governing or majority party had not yet elected a new leader, that appointment would be on an interim basis. Should a different leader emerge, that person would then be appointed Premier.

List of Deputy Premiers of Victoria

Please note that this list may be incomplete due to lack of information

# Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 Sir Albert Dunstan March 1932 16 May 1932 Country
2 Sir Robert Menzies May 1932 July 1934 Nationalist
3 Sir Wilfrid Hughes March 1935 April 1935 Nationalist
4 Sir Murray Bourchier April 1935 June 1936 Country
5 Francis Old June 1936 October 1937 Country
6 Sir Albert Lind October 1937 September 1943 Country
7 Herbert Cremean September 1943 September 1943 Labor
8 Thomas Hollway September 1943 October 1945 United Australia
9 Sir Thomas Maltby October 1945 November 1945 United Australia
10 Francis Field November 1945 November 1947 Labor
11 Sir John McDonald November 1947 December 1948 Country
Sir Wilfrid Hughes December 1948 October 1949 Liberal
12 Trevor Oldham November 1949 June 1950 Liberal
13 Keith Dodgshun June 1950 October 1952 Country
14 Alexander Dennett October 1952 October 1952 Electoral Reform
Keith Dodgshun October 1952 December 1952 Country
15 Leslie Galvin December 1952 June 1955 Labor
16 Sir Arthur Rylah June 1955 March 1971 Liberal
17 Dick Hamer March 1971 August 1972 Liberal
18 Lindsay Thompson August 1972 June 1981 Liberal
19 Bill Borthwick 5 June 1981 8 April 1982 Liberal
20 Robert Fordham 8 April 1982 31 January 1989 Labor
21 Joan Kirner 7 February 1989 10 August 1990 Labor
22 Jim Kennan 10 August 1990 6 October 1992 Labor
23 Pat McNamara 6 October 1992 21 October 1999 National
24 John Thwaites 21 October 1999 30 July 2007 Labor
25 Rob Hulls 30 July 2007 2 December 2010 Labor
26 Peter Ryan 2 December 2010 Incumbent National

Living former Deputy Premiers

As of December 2010, there are five living former Deputy Premiers. The most recent Deputy Premier to die was Jim Kennan in August 2010, followed by former Premier Lindsay Thompson (1972–1981) on 16 July 2008 and by another former Premier, Sir Dick Hamer (1971–1972) on 23 March 2004.

Name Term of office Date of birth
Robert Fordham 1982–1989 10 February 1942
Joan Kirner 1989–1990 20 June 1938
Pat McNamara 1992–1999 11 August 1949
John Thwaites 1999–2007 15 October 1955
Rob Hulls 2007–2010 23 January 1957

Notable careers

Among the most notable former Deputy Premiers of Victoria would most likely be Sir Robert Menzies (1932–1934) who left the State Parliament to pursue a Federal Parliament seat and eventually become the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia. Others include Sir Albert Dunstan (1932) who later became Premier for a then record of eleven years, Sir Dick Hamer (1971–1972) who later became a long serving Premier and Thomas Hollway (1943–1945) who was Premier on three different occasions.

Gallery

See also

  • Premier of Victoria
  • Government of Victoria

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Premier of the Soviet Union — Former political post Coat of arms Predecessor …   Wikipedia

  • Victoria Police — For the Canadian Force see: Victoria Police Department Victoria Police Logo of the Victoria Police. Motto Uphold the Right O …   Wikipedia

  • Victoria Institution — ( Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria ) is a premier secondary school for boys (and girls for Form 6) and one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur. The school is widely known as V.I. and a student of Victoria Institution bears the name… …   Wikipedia

  • Portal:Victoria — The VICTORIA PORTAL Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology …   Wikipedia

  • Victoria School — This article is about the secondary school in Singapore. For other uses, see Victoria School (disambiguation). Victoria School 维多利亚学校 Sekolah Victoria விக்டோரியா பள்ளி Nil Sine Labore Nothing Without Labour Location …   Wikipedia

  • Coroners Court of Victoria — The name of Coroners Court is the generic name given to proceedings in which a Coroner holds an inquest in Victoria. Contents 1 Jurisdiction 2 History 3 Structure and Jurisdiction 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Geelong, Victoria — Infobox Australian Place | type = city name = Geelong state = vic lga = City of Greater Geelong caption = Corner of Moorabool and Malop Streets, Geelong pop = 160,991 (2006) pop footnotes = Census 2006 AUS|id=2024|name=Geelong (VIC) (Statistical… …   Wikipedia

  • Government of Victoria (Australia) — Logo of the Victorian Government The Government of Victoria, under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the Commonwealth, but retained complete independence in all other areas. The Victorian Constitution …   Wikipedia

  • Supreme Court of Victoria — Arms of the Supreme Court of Victora Established 1852 …   Wikipedia

  • Children's Court of Victoria — The Children’s Court of Victoria is a statutory court created in Victoria, a State of Australia. The court deals with criminal offences committed by children aged between 10 and 17 as well as with proceedings relating to the care and protection… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”