# Chief Secretary of Victoria

The Chief Secretary was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria responsible for a various areas.
The position was abolished in 1980.

## Ministers

| Minister | Party affiliation | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| William Haines MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 28 November 1855 | 11 March 1857 | 1 year, 103 days |
| John O'Shanassy MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | 49 days |
| William Haines MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | 315 days |
| John O'Shanassy MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | 1 year, 231 days |
| William Nicholson MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | 1 year, 30 days |
| Richard Heales MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 | 353 days |
| John O'Shanassy MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 225 days |
| James McCulloch MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | 4 years, 314 days |
| Charles Sladen MLC | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | 66 days |
| James McCulloch MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | 1 year, 71 days |
| John A Macpherson MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days |
| James McCulloch MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days |
| Charles Gavan Duffy MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 357 days |
| James G Francis MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 10 June 1872 | 31 July 1874 | 2 years, 51 days |
| Graham Berry MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 10 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 71 days |
| John A Macpherson MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days |
| Graham Berry MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 21 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 289 days |
| Robert Ramsay MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days |
| Graham Berry MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days |
| James M Grant MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days |
| Graham Berry MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 8 March 1883 | 16 February 1886 | 2 years, 345 days |
| Alfred Deakin MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days |
| George D Langridge MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 5 November 1890 | 24 March 1891 | 139 days |
| John M Davies MLC | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 24 March 1891 | 11 April 1891 | 18 days |
| Allan McLean MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 11 April 1891 | 23 January 1893 | 1 year, 287 days |
| James Patterson MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days |
| Alexander Peacock MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days |
| Allan McLean MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days |
| Alexander Peacock MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 19 November 1900 | 12 February 1901 | 85 days |
| William Trenwith MP | Independent | Independent | Chief Secretary | 4 June 1901 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 6 days |
| John Murray MP | | Reform | Chief Secretary | 10 June 1902 | 19 February 1904 | 1 year, 254 days |
| Samuel Gillott MP | | Reform | Chief Secretary | 19 February 1904 | 4 December 1906 | 2 years, 288 days |
| John Mackey MP | | Reform | Chief Secretary | 11 December 1906 | 4 January 1907 | 24 days |
| Thomas Langdon MP | | Reform | Chief Secretary | 4 January 1907 | 22 February 1907 | 49 days |
| Alexander Peacock MP | | Reform | Chief Secretary | 22 February 1907 | 20 October 1908 | 1 year, 241 days |
| John Mackey MP | | Reform | Chief Secretary | 31 October 1908 | 8 January 1909 | 69 days |
| John Murray MP | | Commonwealth Liberal | Chief Secretary | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | 4 years, 335 days |
| George Prendergast MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days |
| John Murray MP | | Commonwealth Liberal | Chief Secretary | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days |
| Donald McLeod MP | | Commonwealth Liberal | Chief Secretary | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days |
| John Bowser MP | | Nationalist | Chief Secretary | 29 November 1917 | 7 July 1919 | 1 year, 220 days |
| Matthew Baird MP | | Nationalist | Chief Secretary | 7 July 1919 | 7 September 1923 | 4 years, 62 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | | Nationalist | Chief Secretary | 7 September 1923 | 18 July 1924 | 315 days |
| Thomas Tunnecliffe MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | | Nationalist | Chief Secretary | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days |
| George Prendergast MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | | Nationalist | Chief Secretary | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days |
| Thomas Tunnecliffe MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days |
| Ian Macfarlan MP | | United Australia Party | Chief Secretary | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 2 years, 318 days |
| Murray Bourchier MP | | United Country | Chief Secretary | 2 April 1935 | 22 June 1936 | 1 year, 81 days |
| Henry Bailey MP | | United Country | Chief Secretary | 22 June 1936 | 14 September 1943 | 7 years, 84 days |
| Herbert Cremean MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days |
| Herbert Hyland MP | | United Country | Chief Secretary | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days |
| Thomas Maltby MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 50 days |
| Bill Slater MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days |
| Keith Dodgshun MP | | United Country | Chief Secretary | 20 November 1947 | 3 December 1948 | 1 year, 13 days |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 3 December 1948 | 8 December 1948 | 5 days |
| William Leggatt MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 8 December 1948 | 19 June 1950 | 1 year, 193 days |
| Trevor Oldham MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 19 June 1950 | 27 June 1950 | 8 days |
| Keith Dodgshun MP | | Country | Chief Secretary | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days |
| Alexander Dennett MP | | Electoral Reform League | Chief Secretary | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days |
| Keith Dodgshun MP | | Country | Chief Secretary | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days |
| Bill Galvin MP | | Labor | Chief Secretary | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days |
| Arthur Rylah MP | | Liberal Country Party | Chief Secretary | 7 June 1955 | 5 March 1971 | 15 years, 271 days |
| George Reid MP | | Liberal Country Party | Chief Secretary | 5 March 1971 | 29 April 1971 | 55 days |
| Rupert Hamer MLC | | Liberal Country Party | Chief Secretary | 29 April 1971 | 23 August 1972 | 1 year, 116 days |
| Edward Meagher MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 23 August 1972 | 30 May 1973 | 280 days |
| John Rossiter MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 30 May 1973 | 31 March 1976 | 2 years, 306 days |
| Pat Dickie MLC | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 31 March 1976 | 16 August 1978 | 2 years, 138 days |
| Joe Rafferty MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 18 August 1978 | 4 April 1979 | 229 days |
| Haddon Storey MLC | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 4 April 1979 | 16 May 1979 | 42 days |
| Lindsay Thompson MP | | Liberal | Chief Secretary | 16 May 1979 | 3 September 1980 | 1 year, 110 days |

## Reference List

* ↑ "Chief Secretary's Department". Research Data Australia. Public Record Office Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Haines1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Haines2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Nicholson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Heales". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Sladen". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Macpherson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Duffy". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Francis". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch4". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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* 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Munro". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mclean". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Irvine". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bent". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Murray". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Watt1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Elmslie". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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* 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bowser". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Lawson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Peacock3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Prendergast". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Allan". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hogan1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcpherson". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hogan2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Argyle". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Dunstan1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Macfarlan". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hollway1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald1". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hollway2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald2". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ "Ministers of the Crown". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 31 October 1952. p. 1952:6155.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Cain3". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Bolte". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Hamer". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2023.