# Minister of Railways (Victoria)

The Minister of Railways, formerly Commissioner of Railways, was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia.

## Commissioners

| Order | MP | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Thomas Loader MP | Commissioner of Railways | 26 November 1860 | 4 December 1860 | 8 days |
| 2 | William Henry Fancourt Mitchell MLC | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 30 December 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 179 days |
| 3 | James M Grant MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 27 June 1863 | 5 September 1864 | 1 year, 70 days |
| 4 | Henry Miller MLC | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 18 July 1866 | 16 January 1867 | 182 days |
| 5 | John MacGregor MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 21 January 1867 | 4 March 1867 | 42 days |
| 6 | James Sullivan MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 4 March 1867 | 6 May 1868 | 1 year, 63 days |
| 7 | Charles Jones MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 11 July 1868 | 9 March 1869 | 241 days |
| (6) | James Sullivan MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 12 April 1869 | 2 September 1869 | 143 days |
| 8 | William Wilson MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 2 September 1869 | 20 September 1869 | 18 days |
| 9 | Francis Longmore MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days |
| (8) | William Wilson MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days |
| (9) | Francis Longmore MP | Commissioner of Railways and Roads | 19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 357 days |
| 10 | Duncan Gillies MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 10 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | 3 years, 58 days |
| 11 | John Woods MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 74 days |
| 12 | Joseph Jones MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days |
| (11) | John Woods MP | Commissioner of Roads and Railways | 22 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 288 days |
| (10) | Duncan Gillies MP | Commissioner of Railways | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days |
| 13 | James Patterson MP | Commissioner of Railways | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days |
| 14 | Thomas Bent MP | Commissioner of Railways | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days |
| (10) | Duncan Gillies MP | Commissioner of Railways | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 347 days |

## Ministers

| MP | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| Duncan Gillies MP | | Minister of Railways | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days |
| William Shiels MP | | Minister of Railways | 5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | 1 year, 103 days |
| James Wheeler MP | | Minister of Railways | 16 February 1892 | 23 January 1893 | 342 days |
| James Patterson MP | | Minister of Railways | 23 January 1893 | 14 August 1893 | 203 days |
| Richard Richardson MP | | Minister of Railways | 14 August 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 44 days |
| Henry Roberts Williams MP | | Minister of Railways | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days |
| Alfred Richard Outtrim MP | | Minister of Railways | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days |
| William Trenwith MP | | Minister of Railways | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 203 days |
| William Shiels MP | Reform | Minister of Railways | 10 June 1902 | 21 July 1903 | 1 year, 41 days |
| Thomas Bent MP | Reform | Minister of Railways | 21 July 1903 | 8 January 1909 | 5 years, 171 days |
| Alfred Billson MP | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Railways | 8 January 1909 | 18 May 1912 | 3 years, 131 days |
| Peter McBride MP | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Railways | 18 May 1912 | 19 February 1913 | 277 days |
| Alfred Billson MP | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Railways | 19 February 1913 | 9 December 1913 | 293 days |
| John Billson MP | Labor | Minister of Railways | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days |
| Donald Mackinnon MP | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Railways | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days |
| Hugh McKenzie MP | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Railways | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days |
| Agar Wynne MP | Nationalist | Minister of Railways | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 112 days |
| Samuel Barnes MP | Nationalist | Minister of Railways | 21 March 1918 | 7 September 1923 | 5 years, 170 days |
| Francis Old MP | Country | Minister of Railways | 7 September 1923 | 19 March 1924 | 194 days |
| Frederic Eggleston MP | Nationalist | Minister of Railways | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 121 days |
| Edmond Hogan MP | Labor | Minister of Railways | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days |
| Frederic Eggleston MP | Nationals | Minister of Railways | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days |
| Thomas Tunnecliffe MP | Labor | Minister of Railways | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days |
| Frank Groves MP | Nationalist | Minister of Railways | 22 November 1928 | 10 December 1929 | 1 year, 18 days |
| Henry Beardmore MP | Nationalist | Minister of Railways | 10 December 1929 | 12 December 1929 | 2 days |
| John Cain MP | Labor | Minister of Railways | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days |
| Robert Menzies MP | United Australia Party | Minister of Railways | 19 May 1932 | 25 July 1934 | 2 years, 67 days |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP | United Australia Party | Minister of Railways | 25 July 1934 | 2 April 1935 | 251 days |

## Reference list

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