Vice-President of the Executive Council
List of Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council
The following individuals have been appointed as Vice-President of the Executive Council:

Vice-President of the Executive Council

Section Title: List of Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council
Table Section Text: The following individuals have been appointed as Vice-President of the Executive Council:

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Substantive portfolios	Term start	Term end	Term in office

1	Senator Richard O'Connor	Protectionist	Barton	–	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	2 years, 266 days

2	Senator Thomas Playford	Deakin	–	24 September 1903	27 April 1904	216 days

3	Senator Gregor McGregor	Labor	Watson	–	27 April 1904	17 August 1904	112 days

4	Senator James Drake	Protectionist	Reid	–	17 August 1904	5 July 1905	322 days

5	Thomas Ewing	Protectionist	Deakin	–	5 July 1905	12 October 1906	1 year, 99 days

6	Senator John Keating	Home Affairs	12 October 1906	30 July 1907	291 days

7	Senator Robert Best	–	30 July 1907	13 November 1908	1 year, 106 days

n/a	Senator Gregor McGregor	Labor	Fisher	–	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	201 days

8	Senator Edward Millen	Commonwealth Liberal	Deakin	–	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	331 days

n/a	Senator Gregor McGregor	Labor	Fisher	–	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	3 years, 56 days

9	Senator James McColl	Commonwealth Liberal	Cook	–	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	1 year, 85 days

10	Senator Albert Gardiner	Labor	Fisher	–	17 September 1914	27 October 1915	2 years, 40 days

Hughes	–	27 October 1915	27 October 1916

11	William Spence	National Labor	Hughes	–	14 November 1916	17 February 1917	95 days

n/a	Senator Edward Millen	Nationalist	Repatriation	17 February 1917	10 January 1918	327 days

12	Littleton Groom	–	10 January 1918	27 March 1918	76 days

13	Senator Edward Russell	–	27 March 1918	21 December 1921	3 years, 269 days

14	Senator John Earle	–	21 December 1921	5 February 1923	1 year, 46 days

15	Llewellyn Atkinson	Country	Bruce	–	5 February 1923	18 June 1926	3 years, 133 days

16	Senator George Pearce	Nationalist	–	18 June 1926	22 October 1929	3 years, 126 days

17	Senator John Daly	Labor	Scullin	Defence (4 February 1931–3 March 1931)	22 October 1929	3 March 1931	1 year, 132 days

18	Senator John Barnes	–	3 March 1931	6 January 1932	309 days

19	Senator Alexander McLachlan	UAP	Lyons	Development and Scientific and Industrial Research	6 January 1932	12 October 1934	2 years, 279 days

20	Billy Hughes	Health; Repatriation	12 October 1934	6 November 1935	1 year, 25 days

21	Joseph Lyons	Prime Minister	6 November 1935	29 November 1937	2 years, 23 days

n/a	Billy Hughes	External Affairs; Territories	29 November 1937	7 November 1938	343 days

22	Senator George McLeay	–	7 November 1938	7 April 1939	170 days

Page	–	7 April 1939	26 April 1939

23	James Fairbairn	Menzies	Civil Aviation (26 April 1939–26 January 1940); Air (13 November 1939–26 January 1940)	26 April 1939	26 January 1940	275 days

24	Percy Spender	–	26 January 1940	14 March 1940	48 days

25	Henry Gullett	Scientific and Industrial Research; War Service Homes	14 March 1940	13 August 1940	152 days

26	Senator Herbert Collett	14 August 1940	28 October 1940	75 days

27	Senator George McLeay	Postmaster-General and Repatriation (28 October 1940–14 June 1941); Supply and Development (14 June 1941–29 August 1941)	28 October 1940	29 August 1941	344 days

Fadden	Supply and Development	29 August 1941	7 October 1941

28	Senator Richard Keane	Labor	Curtin	Trade and Customs	7 October 1941	21 September 1943	1 year, 349 days

29	Senator Bill Ashley	Postmaster-General	21 September 1943	2 February 1945	1 year, 134 days

30	Jack Beasley	–	2 February 1945	6 July 1945	161 days

Forde	Defence	6 July 1945	13 July 1945

31	Senator Joe Collings	Chifley	–	13 July 1945	1 November 1946	1 year, 111 days

32	William Scully	–	1 November 1946	19 December 1949	3 years, 48 days

33	Enid Lyons	Liberal	Menzies	–	19 December 1949	7 March 1951	1 year, 78 days

34	Robert Menzies	Prime Minister	7 March 1951	11 May 1951	65 days

35	Eric Harrison	Defence Production; Army; Navy	11 May 1951	24 October 1956	5 years, 166 days

36	Senator Neil O'Sullivan	Attorney-General	24 October 1956	10 December 1958	2 years, 47 days

37	Senator Bill Spooner	National Development	10 December 1958	10 June 1964	5 years, 183 days

38	William McMahon	Labour and National Service	10 June 1964	26 January 1966	1 year, 230 days

39	Alan Hulme	Holt	Postmaster-General (Hulme was also the "Minister administering the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council", a department that was created and existed between 10 March 1971 and 30 May 1971.)	26 January 1966	19 December 1967	6 years, 314 days

McEwen	19 December 1967	10 January 1968

Gorton	10 January 1968	10 March 1971

McMahon	10 March 1971	5 December 1972

40	Senator Don Willesee	Labor	Whitlam	Special Minister of State; Foreign Affairs	19 December 1972	30 November 1973	346 days

41	Frank Stewart	Tourism and Recreation	30 November 1973	11 November 1975	1 year, 346 days

42	Senator Reg Withers	Liberal	Fraser	Capital Territory; Media; Special Minister of State; Tourism and Recreation (11 November 1975–22 December 1975); Administrative Services (22 December 1975–7 August 1978)	11 November 1975	7 August 1978	2 years, 269 days

43	Senator John Carrick	Education (22 December 1975–8 December 1979); National Development and Energy (8 December 1979–11 March 1983)	7 August 1978	7 May 1982	3 years, 273 days

44	James Killen	(Killen had no other portfolio, but the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council was created for him to administer.)	7 May 1982	11 March 1983	308 days

45	Mick Young	Labor	Hawke	Special Minister of State	11 March 1983	14 July 1983	125 days

46	Lionel Bowen	Deputy Prime Minister; Trade (11 March 1983–13 December 1984); Attorney-General (13 December 1984–4 April 1990)	14 July 1983	24 July 1987	4 years, 10 days

n/a	Mick Young	Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs	24 July 1987	12 February 1988	203 days

47	Kim Beazley	Defence (13 December 1984–4 April 1990); Transport and Communications (4 April 1990–9 December 1991)	12 February 1988	1 February 1991	2 years, 354 days

48	Senator Graham Richardson	Social Security	1 February 1991	20 December 1991	1 year, 107 days

Keating	Social Security (20 December 1991–27 December 1991); Transport and Communications (27 December 1991–18 May 1992)	20 December 1991	18 May 1992

49	Ralph Willis	Finance	27 May 1992	24 March 1993	301 days

50	Frank Walker	Special Minister of State	24 March 1993	25 March 1994	1 year, 1 day

51	Gary Johns	Special Minister of State	25 March 1994	11 March 1996	1 year, 352 days

52	John Moore	Liberal	Howard	Industry, Science and Tourism	11 March 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 224 days

53	David Kemp	Education, Training and Youth Affairs; Assistant Treasurer (21 October 1998–26 November 2001); Environment and Heritage (26 November 2001–18 July 2004)	21 October 1998	18 July 2004	5 years, 271 days

54	Senator Nick Minchin	Finance and Administration	18 July 2004	3 December 2007	3 years, 138 days

55	Senator John Faulkner	Labor	Rudd	Special Minister of State (3 December 2007–9 June 2009); Defence (9 June 2009–24 June 2010)	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	2 years, 285 days

Gillard	Defence	24 June 2010	14 September 2010

56	Robert McClelland	Attorney-General (3 December 2007–14 December 2011); Housing, Homelessness and Emergency Management (14 December 2011–5 March 2012)	14 September 2010	5 March 2012	1 year, 173 days

57	Tony Burke	Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (15 September 2010–1 July 2013)	5 March 2012	1 July 2013	1 year, 197 days

Rudd	Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship; Arts	1 July 2013	18 September 2013

58	Senator George Brandis	Liberal National	Abbott	Attorney-General Minister for the Arts	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	4 years, 93 days

Turnbull	Attorney-General	15 September 2015	20 December 2017	2 years, 96 days

59	Senator Mathias Cormann	Liberal	Minister for Finance Special Minister of State	20 December 2017	23 August 2018	246 days

Morrison	Minister for Finance and the Public Service	28 August 2018	Incumbent	95 days

Sentence(s)

Senator Mathias Cormann was appointed to the office on 20 December 2017 and served until 23 August 2018, when he left from the Turnbull Ministry as part of the Liberal Party.

final_sentence: Senator Mathias Cormann was appointed to the office on 20 December 2017 and served until 23 August 2018, when he left from the Turnbull Ministry as part of the Liberal Party.