# Commissioner of Trade and Customs

The Commissioner of Trade and Customs was a ministerial portfolio in Colonial Victoria. The position replaced the collector of customs (a position created in 1951, prior to Victoria's establishment). Upon federation, the position was eventually abolished as the Commonwealth assumed responsibility for trade and customs under section 51(i) of the Constitution of Australia.

## Commissioners

| Order | MP | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Hugh Childers MP | 28 November 1855 | 25 February 1857 | 1 year, 89 days |
| 2 | John Goodman MP | 25 February 1857 | 11 March 1857 | 14 days |
| 3 | Augustus Greeves MP | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | 49 days |
| 4 | James McCulloch MP | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | 315 days |
| 5 | Henry Miller MLC | 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | 1 year, 231 days |
| 6 | Vincent Pyke MP | 27 October 1859 | 29 October 1860 | 1 year, 2 days |
| 7 | John Bailey MP | 29 October 1860 | 26 November 1860 | 28 days |
| 8 | Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MP | 26 November 1860 | 20 February 1861 | 86 days |
| 9 | Thomas Loader MP | 6 March 1861 | 10 June 1861 | 96 days |
| 10 | James Sullivan MP | 10 June 1861 | 14 November 1861 | 157 days |
| (8) | Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MP | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 225 days |
| 11 | James Francis MP | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | 4 years, 314 days |
| 12 | William Bailes MP | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | 66 days |
| 13 | William M K Vale MP | 11 July 1868 | 25 May 1869 | 318 days |
| 14 | George Rolfe MLC | 2 September 1869 | 20 September 1869 | 18 days |
| 15 | Edward Cohen MP | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days |
| 16 | Thomas Turner à Beckett MLC | 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days |
| 17 | Graham Berry MP | 19 June 1871 | 23 November 1871 | 157 days |
| (13) | William M K Vale MP | 23 November 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 200 days |
| (15) | Edward Cohen MP | 10 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | 3 years, 58 days |
| 18 | Peter Lalor MP | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 74 days |
| (8) | Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MLC | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days |
| (18) | Peter Lalor MP | 22 May 1877 | 3 July 1877 | 42 days |
| 19 | Henry Cuthbert MLC | 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days |
| 20 | Alfred T Clark MP | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days |
| 21 | James Graves MP | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days |
| 22 | George Langridge MP | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 347 days |
| 23 | William Froggatt Walker MP | 18 February 1886 | 5 March 1889 | 3 years, 15 days |
| (19) | Henry Cuthbert MLC | 5 March 1889 | 16 April 1889 | 42 days |
| 24 | James Patterson MP | 16 April 1889 | 5 November 1890 | 1 year, 203 days |
| (22) | George Langridge MP | 5 November 1890 | 24 March 1891 | 139 days |
| 25 | James Wheeler MP | 26 March 1891 | 22 April 1891 | 27 days |
| 26 | George Turner MP | 22 April 1891 | 23 January 1893 | 1 year, 276 days |
| 27 | James Campbell MP | 23 January 1893 | 16 September 1893 | 236 days |
| 28 | Richard Baker MP | 16 September 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 11 days |
| 29 | Robert Best MP | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days |
| 30 | James Whiteside McCay MP | 5 December 1899 | 29 December 1899 | 24 days |
| 31 | Carty Salmon MP | 29 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 325 days |
| (26) | George Turner MP | 19 November 1900 | 31 December 1900 | 42 days |

## Reference list

* ↑ "Department of Trade and Customs". Public Record Office Victoria. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Haines Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Haines Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Nicholson Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Heales Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Oshannassy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Sladen Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Macpherson Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Duffy Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Francis Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Kerferd Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mcculloch Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Berry Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Ologhlen Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Service Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Gillies Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Munro Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Shiels Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Patterson Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Mclean Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
* ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Ministries - Turner Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Psephos. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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