# Minister for Water (Victoria)

The Minister for Water is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria.

## Ministers

| Order | MP | Party affiliation | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Robert Clark MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Commissioner of Water Supply | 2 April 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 123 days |
| 2 | Charles Young MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Minister of Water Supply and Agriculture | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days |
| 3 | Alfred Deakin MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Commissioner of Water Supply | 8 March 1884 | 23 April 1884 | 46 days |
| 4 | Frederick Thomas Sargood MLC | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Commissioner of Water Supply | 23 April 1884 | 18 February 1886 | 1 year, 301 days |
| (3) | Alfred Deakin MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Commissioner of Water Supply | 18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days |
| 5 | George Graham MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Minister of Water Supply | 5 November 1890 | 23 January 1893 | 2 years, 79 days |
| 6 | James McColl MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Minister of Water Supply | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days |
| 7 | Henry Foster MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Minister of Water Supply | 28 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 68 days |
| 8 | Alfred Richard Outtrim MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Minister of Mines and Water Supply | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days |
| 9 | John Burton MP | Colonial Victoria | Colonial Victoria | Minister of Mines and Water Supply | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 203 days |
| 10 | Ewen Hugh Cameron MP | | Reform | Minister of Mines and Water Supply | 10 June 1902 | 16 February 1904 | 1 year, 251 days |
| 11 | Donald McLeod MP | | Reform | Minister of Water Supply | 10 March 1904 | 26 April 1904 | 47 days |
| 12 | George Swinburne MP | | Reform | Minister of Water Supply | 26 April 1904 | 31 October 1908 | 4 years, 188 days |
| 13 | Alfred Downward MP | | Reform | Minister of Water Supply | 31 October 1908 | 8 January 1909 | 69 days |
| (5) | George Graham MP | | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 8 January 1909 | 9 December 1913 | 4 years, 335 days |
| 14 | William Plain MP | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days |
| 15 | William Hutchinson MP | | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days |
| 16 | Hugh McKenzie MP | | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days |
| 17 | Frank Clarke MLC | | Nationalist | Minister of Water Supply | 29 November 1917 | 22 February 1921 | 3 years, 85 days |
| 18 | Harry Lawson MP | | Nationalist | Minister of Water Supply | 22 February 1921 | 27 February 1924 | 3 years, 5 days |
| 19 | Frederic Eggleston MP | | Nationalist | Minister of Water Supply | 27 February 1924 | 19 March 1924 | 21 days |
| 20 | John Gordon MP | | Nationalist | Minister of Water Supply | 19 March 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 121 days |
| 21 | Henry Bailey MP | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days |
| 22 | John Allan MP | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days |
| (21) | Henry Bailey MP | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days |
| 23 | Henry Angus MP | | Nationalist | Minister of Water Supply | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days |
| (21) | Henry Bailey MP | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days |
| 24 | George Goudie MLC | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 19 May 1932 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 305 days |
| 25 | Henry Cohen MLC | | United Australia Party | Minister of Water Supply | 20 March 1935 | 2 April 1935 | 13 days |
| 26 | Francis Old MP | | United Country | Minister of Water Supply | 2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | 8 years, 165 days |
| 27 | Daniel McNamara MLC | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days |
| 28 | John McDonald MP | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days |
| 29 | Edwin Mackrell MP | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 50 days |
| 30 | Bill Galvin MP | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days |
| (28) | John McDonald MP | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 20 November 1947 | 3 December 1948 | 1 year, 13 days |
| 31 | Thomas Hollway MP | | Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 3 December 1948 | 8 December 1948 | 5 days |
| 32 | Henry Bolte MP | | Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 8 December 1948 | 27 June 1950 | 1 year, 201 days |
| 33 | Richard Brose MP | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days |
| 34 | John Hipworth MP | | Electoral Reform League | Minister of Water Supply | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days |
| (33) | Richard Brose MP | | Country | Minister of Water Supply | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days |
| 35 | Clive Stoneham MP | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days |
| 36 | Wilfred Mibus MP | | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Water Supply | 7 June 1955 | 18 April 1964 | 8 years, 316 days |
| (32) | Henry Bolte MP | | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Water Supply | 22 April 1964 | 28 April 1964 | 6 days |
| 37 | Jim Balfour MP | | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Water Supply | 28 April 1964 | 27 June 1964 | 60 days |
| 38 | Tom Darcy MP | | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Water Supply | 27 June 1964 | 9 May 1967 | 2 years, 316 days |
| 39 | Bill Borthwick MP | | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Water Supply | 9 May 1967 | 11 June 1970 | 3 years, 33 days |
| 40 | Ian Smith MP | | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Water Supply | 11 June 1970 | 23 August 1972 | 2 years, 73 days |
| 41 | Roberts Dunstan MP | | Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 23 August 1972 | 22 June 1973 | 303 days |
| 42 | Jock Granter MLC | | Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 22 June 1973 | 5 June 1981 | 7 years, 348 days |
| 43 | Glyn Jenkins MLC | | Liberal | Minister of Water Supply | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | 307 days |
| 44 | David White MLC | | Labor | Minister of Water Supply | 8 April 1982 | 2 May 1985 | 3 years, 24 days |
| 45 | Andrew McCutcheon MP | | Labor | Minister for Water Resources | 2 May 1985 | 14 December 1987 | 2 years, 226 days |
| 46 | Frank Wilkes MP | | Labor | Minister for Water Resources | 14 December 1987 | 13 October 1988 | 304 days |
| 47 | Bunna Walsh MP | | Labor | Minister for Water Resources | 13 October 1988 | 10 August 1990 | 1 year, 301 days |
| 48 | Steven Crabb MP | | Labor | Minister for Water Resources | 28 January 1992 | 6 October 1992 | 252 days |
| 49 | John Thwaites MP | | Labor | Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change | 5 December 2002 | 30 July 2007 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 50 | John Brumby MP | | Labor | Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change | 30 July 2007 | 3 August 2007 | 4 days |
| 51 | Tim Holding MP | | Labor | Minister for Water | 3 August 2007 | 2 December 2010 | 3 years, 121 days |
| 52 | Peter Walsh MP | | Nationals | Minister for Water | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | 4 years, 2 days |
| 53 | Lisa Neville MP | | Labor | Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water | 4 December 2014 | 23 May 2016 | 1 year, 171 days |
| 53 | Lisa Neville MP | | Labor | Minister for Water | 23 May 2016 | 27 June 2022 | 6 years, 35 days |
| 54 | Harriet Shing MLC | | Labor | Minister for Water | 27 June 2022 | 19 December 2024 | 2 years, 175 days |
| 55 | Gayle Tierney MLC | | Labor | Minister for Water | 19 December 2024 | Incumbent | 0 days |