# Minister for Local Government (Victoria)

The Minister for Local Government in the Government of the Australian state of Victoria is the Minister responsible for supervising the activities of local government councils in the state, recommending allocation of grants to local governments for projects, assessing processes for redistributing municipal boundaries according to population, overseeing tendering processes for council services, airing any concerns of local governments at Cabinet meetings and co-ordinating council community and infrastructure work at a state level. The Minister achieves the Government's objectives through oversight of Local Government Victoria of the Department of Government Services.
All ministers responsible for local government since 1964 have been known as the Minister for Local Government, apart from Caroline Hogg (1991-1992), whose title was Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs.
Since June 2022, the Minister for Local Government has been Melissa Horne in the Labor Andrews ministry and the Labor Allan ministry.

## List of ministers for local government

| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Murray Porter MLA | Liberal Country | Minister for Local Government | 16 July 1958 | 27 June 1964 | 5 years, 347 days |
| 2 | Rupert Hamer MLC | Liberal | Minister for Local Government | 27 June 1964 | 29 April 1971 | 6 years, 306 days |
| 3 | Alan Hunt MLC | Liberal | Minister for Local Government | 29 April 1971 | 16 May 1979 | 8 years, 17 days |
| 4 | Digby Crozier MLC | Liberal | Minister for Local Government | 16 May 1979 | 5 June 1981 | 2 years, 20 days |
| 5 | Lou Lieberman MLA | Liberal | Minister for Local Government | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | 307 days |
| 6 | Frank Wilkes MLA | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 8 April 1982 | 2 May 1985 | 3 years, 24 days |
| 7 | Jim Simmonds MLA | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 2 May 1985 | 13 October 1988 | 3 years, 164 days |
| 8 | Andrew McCutcheon MLA | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 13 October 1988 | 7 February 1989 | 117 days |
| 9 | Maureen Lyster MLC | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 7 February 1989 | 18 January 1991 | 1 year, 345 days |
| 10 | Caroline Hogg MLC | Labor | Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs | 18 January 1991 | 6 October 1992 | 1 year, 262 days |
| 11 | Roger Hallam MLC | National | Minister for Local Government | 6 October 1992 | 3 April 1996 | 3 years, 180 days |
| 12 | Rob Maclellan MP | Liberal | Minister for Local Government | 3 April 1996 | 20 October 1999 | 3 years, 200 days |
| 13 | Bob Cameron MP | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 20 October 1999 | 5 December 2002 | 3 years, 46 days |
| 14 | Candy Broad MLC | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 5 December 2002 | 1 December 2006 | 3 years, 361 days |
| 15 | Richard Wynne MP | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 1 December 2006 | 2 December 2010 | 4 years, 1 day |
| 16 | Jeanette Powell MLC | National | Minister for Local Government | 2 December 2010 | 17 March 2014 | 3 years, 166 days |
| 17 | Tim Bull MP | National | Minister for Local Government | 17 March 2014 | 4 December 2014 | 262 days |
| 18 | Natalie Hutchins MP | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 4 December 2014 | 13 September 2017 | 2 years, 283 days |
| 19 | Marlene Kairouz MP | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 13 September 2017 | 29 November 2018 | 1 year, 77 days |
| 20 | Adem Somyurek MLC | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 29 November 2018 | 15 June 2020 | 1 year, 168 days |
| 21 | Shaun Leane MLC | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 15 June 2020 | 27 June 2022 | 2 years, 12 days |
| 22 | Melissa Horne MP | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 27 June 2022 | 19 December 2024 | 2 years, 206 days |
| 23 | Nick Staikos MP | Labor | Minister for Local Government | 19 December 2024 | Incumbent | 1 day |