# Minister for Agriculture (Victoria)

The Minister for Agriculture is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's agriculture initiatives. The minister is supported by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action's Agriculture Victoria.
The current minister is Ros Spence since October 2023.

## Ministers

| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| 1 | James Casey MP | Independent | Minister of Agriculture | 19 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | 3 years, 49 days | |
| 2 | Francis Longmore MP | Non-Party Liberalism | Minister of Agriculture | 23 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 58 days | |
| 3 | Duncan Gillies MP | Non-Party Conservatism | Minister of Agriculture | 25 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 208 days | |
| (2) | Francis Longmore MP | Non-Party Liberalism | Minister of Agriculture | 28 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 282 days | |
| 4 | John Duffy MP | Non-Party Liberalism | Minister of Agriculture | 19 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 137 days | |
| 5 | Richard Richardson MP | Non-Party Liberalism | Minister of Agriculture | 12 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 331 days | |
| 6 | Charles Young MP | Non-Party Liberalism | Minister of Water Supply and Agriculture | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days | |
| 7 | Jonas Levien MP | Non-Party Liberalism | Non-Party Conservatism | Minister of Agriculture | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 347 days |
| 8 | John Dow MP | 18 February 1886 | Non-Party Conservatism | Minister of Agriculture | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days | |
| 9 | Allan McLean MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 5 November 1890 | Minister of Agriculture | 22 April 1891 | 168 days | |
| 10 | George Graham MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 22 April 1891 | Minister of Agriculture | 23 January 1893 | 1 year, 276 days | |
| 11 | William Webb MP | Non-Party Conservatism | 23 January 1893 | Minister of Agriculture | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days | |
| 12 | John Taverner MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 27 September 1894 | Minister of Agriculture | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days | |
| (10) | George Graham MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 5 December 1899 | Minister of Agriculture | 19 November 1900 | 349 days | |
| 13 | John Morrissey MP | Non-Party Liberalism | 19 November 1900 | Minister of Agriculture | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 203 days | |
| (12) | John Taverner MP | National Citizens' Reform League | 10 June 1902 | Minister of Agriculture | 19 February 1904 | 1 year, 254 days | |
| 14 | John Murray MP | National Citizens' Reform League | 19 February 1904 | Minister of Agriculture | 8 November 1904 | 263 days | |
| 15 | George Swinburne MP | National Citizens' Reform League | 8 November 1904 | Minister of Agriculture | 31 October 1908 | 3 years, 358 days | |
| 16 | Alfred Downward MP | National Citizens' Reform League | 31 October 1908 | Minister of Agriculture | 8 January 1909 | 69 days | |
| (10) | George Graham MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | Minister of Agriculture | 9 December 1913 | 4 years, 335 days | |
| 17 | William Plain MP | Labor | 9 December 1913 | Minister of Agriculture | 22 December 1913 | 13 days | |
| 18 | William Hutchinson MP | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | Minister of Agriculture | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days | |
| 19 | Fredrick Hagelthorn MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | 9 November 1915 | Minister of Agriculture | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days | |
| 19 | Fredrick Hagelthorn MLC | Nationalist | 9 November 1915 | Minister of Agriculture | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days | |
| 20 | David Oman MP | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | Minister of Agriculture | 4 November 1920 | 2 years, 341 days | |
| 21 | Harry Lawson MP | Nationalist | 4 November 1920 | Minister of Agriculture | 7 September 1923 | 2 years, 307 days | |
| 22 | Francis Old MP | Country | 7 September 1923 | Minister of Agriculture | 19 March 1924 | 194 days | |
| 23 | John Gordon MP | Nationalist | 19 March 1924 | Minister of Agriculture | 18 July 1924 | 121 days | |
| 24 | Edmond Hogan MP | Labor | 18 July 1924 | Minister of Agriculture | 18 November 1924 | 123 days | |
| 25 | Murray Bourchier MP | Country | 18 November 1924 | Minister of Agriculture | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days | |
| 26 | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 20 May 1927 | Minister of Agriculture | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | |
| 27 | John Pennington MP | Nationalist | 22 November 1928 | Minister of Agriculture | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days | |
| (26) | Bill Slater MP | Labor | 12 December 1929 | Minister of Agriculture | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days | |
| 28 | John Allan MP | Country | 19 May 1932 | Minister of Agriculture | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 305 days | |
| 29 | Clive Shields MP | United Australia | 20 March 1935 | Minister of Agriculture | 2 April 1935 | 13 days | |
| (25) | Edmond Hogan MP | Country | 2 April 1935 | Minister of Agriculture | 28 June 1943 | 8 years, 87 days | |
| 30 | Norman Martin MP | Country | 28 June 1943 | Minister of Agriculture | 14 September 1943 | 78 days | |
| 31 | William McKenzie MP | Labor | 14 September 1943 | Minister of Agriculture | 18 September 1943 | 4 days | |
| (30) | Norman Martin MP | Country | 18 September 1943 | Minister of Agriculture | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days | |
| 32 | William Cumming MP | Liberal | 2 October 1945 | Minister of Agriculture | 21 November 1945 | 50 days | |
| (31) | William McKenzie MP | Labor | 21 November 1945 | Minister of Agriculture | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days | |
| 33 | Alexander Dennett MP | Liberal | 20 November 1947 | Minister of Agriculture | 27 June 1950 | 2 years, 219 days | |
| 34 | George Moss MP | Country | 27 June 1950 | Minister of Agriculture | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days | |
| 35 | Hugh MacLeod MLC | Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952 | Minister of Agriculture | 31 October 1952 | 3 days | |
| (34) | George Moss MP | Country | 31 October 1952 | Minister of Agriculture | 17 December 1952 | 47 days | |
| 36 | Clive Stoneham MP | Labor | 17 December 1952 | Minister of Agriculture | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days | |
| 37 | Gilbert Chandler MLC | Liberal | 7 June 1955 | Minister of Agriculture | 30 May 1973 | 17 years, 357 days | |
| 38 | Ian Smith MP | Liberal | 30 May 1973 | Minister of Agriculture | 23 December 1980 | 7 years, 207 days | |
| 39 | Tom Austin MP | Liberal | 23 December 1980 | Minister of Agriculture | 8 April 1982 | 2 years, 0 days | |
| 40 | Eric Kent MLC | Labor | 8 April 1982 | Minister of Agriculture | 2 May 1985 | 3 years, 24 days | |
| 41 | Evan Walker MLC | Labor | Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 2 May 1985 | 13 October 1988 | 3 years, 164 days | |
| 42 | Robert Fordham MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 13 October 1988 | 31 January 1989 | 110 days | |
| 43 | Barry Rowe MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 7 February 1989 | 18 January 1991 | 1 year, 345 days | |
| 44 | Ian Baker MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 18 January 1991 | 28 January 1992 | 1 year, 10 days | |
| 44 | Ian Baker MP | Labor | Minister for Food and Agriculture | 28 January 1992 | 6 October 1992 | 252 days | |
| 45 | Pat McNamara MP | Nationals | Minister for Agriculture | 6 October 1992 | 9 November 1992 | 34 days | |
| 46 | Bill McGrath MP | Nationals | Minister for Agriculture | 9 November 1992 | 3 April 1996 | 3 years, 146 days | |
| (45) | Pat McNamara MP | Nationals | Minister for Agriculture and Resources | 3 April 1996 | 20 October 1999 | 3 years, 200 days | |
| 47 | Keith Hamilton MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 20 October 1999 | 5 December 2002 | 3 years, 46 days | |
| 48 | Bob Cameron MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 5 December 2002 | 1 December 2006 | 3 years, 361 days | |
| 49 | Joe Helper MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 1 December 2006 | 2 December 2010 | 4 years, 1 day | |
| 50 | Peter Walsh MP | Nationals | Minister for Agriculture and Food Security | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | 4 years, 2 days | |
| 51 | Jaala Pulford MLC | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 4 December 2014 | 19 December 2018 | 4 years, 15 days | |
| 52 | Jaclyn Symes MLC | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 29 November 2018 | 22 December 2020 | 2 years, 23 days | |
| 53 | Mary-Anne Thomas MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 22 December 2020 | 27 June 2022 | 1 year, 187 days | |
| 54 | Gayle Tierney MLC | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 27 June 2022 | 2 October 2023 | 1 year, 97 days | |
| 55 | Ros Spence MP | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 93 days | |

## Reference list

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