Deputy Premier of Victoria

Deputy Premier of Victoria (Australia)
Ministry
State
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.

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

• 

  Sir Albert Dunstan
  Deputy Premier:
  1932-1932

• 

  Sir Robert Menzies
  Deputy Premier:
  1932–1934

• 

  Sir Wilfrid Hughes
  Deputy Premier:
  1935, 1948–1949

• 

  John Thwaites
  Deputy Premier:
  1999–2007

• 

  Rob Hulls
  Deputy Premier:
  2007–2010

See also

• Premier of Victoria
• Government of Victoria

References