# Minister for Health (Victoria)

The Minister for Health is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's health and hospital laws and initiatives.
Following the 2022 Victorian state election, the Andrews Government created the Minister for Health Infrastructure portfolio alongside the Minister for Health portfolio.
Mary-Anne Thomas has been the minister since June 2022.

## Ministers for Health

| MP | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| Alfred Deakin MP | | Minister of Health | 19 January 1890 | 5 November 1890 | 290 days |
| George Langridge MP | | Minister of Health | 5 November 1890 | 24 March 1891 | 139 days |
| John M Davies MLC | | Minister of Health | 26 March 1891 | 22 April 1891 | 27 days |
| George Turner MP | | Minister of Health | 22 April 1891 | 23 January 1893 | 1 year, 276 days |
| Robert Reid MLC | | Minister of Health | 23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days |
| Henry Cuthbert MLC | | Minister of Health | 27 September 1894 | 14 May 1895 | 229 days |
| John William Taverner MP | | Minister of Health | 14 May 1895 | 16 September 1895 | 125 days |
| Henry Roberts Williams MP | | Minister of Health | 16 September 1895 | 5 December 1899 | 4 years, 80 days |
| Donald Melville MLC | | Minister of Health | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days |
| William McCulloch MLC | | Minister of Health | 19 November 1900 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 203 days |
| Robert Reid MLC | Reform | Minister of Health | 10 June 1902 | 6 February 1903 | 241 days |
| Thomas Bent MP | Reform | Minister of Health | 6 February 1903 | 16 February 1904 | 1 year, 10 days |
| Ewen Hugh Cameron MP | Reform | Minister of Public Health | 16 February 1904 | 31 October 1908 | 4 years, 258 days |
| Duncan McBryde MLC | Reform | Minister of Public Health | 31 October 1908 | 8 January 1909 | 69 days |
| William Baillieu MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Public Health | 8 January 1909 | 27 February 1912 | 3 years, 50 days |
| William Edgar MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Public Health | 27 February 1912 | 21 June 1913 | 1 year, 114 days |
| Frederick Hagelthorn MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Public Health | 21 June 1913 | 9 December 1913 | 171 days |
| William Evans MLC | Labor | Minister of Public Health | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days |
| James Drysdale Brown MLC | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Public Health | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | 1 year, 322 days |
| Donald McLeod MP | Commonwealth Liberal | Minister of Public Health | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | 2 years, 20 days |
| Alfred Downward MP | Nationalist | Minister of Public Health | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 112 days |
| John Bowser MP | Nationalist | Minister of Public Health | 21 March 1918 | 7 July 1919 | 1 year, 108 days |
| Matthew Baird MP | Nationalist | Minister of Public Health | 7 July 1919 | 7 September 1923 | 4 years, 62 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | Nationalist | Minister of Public Health | 7 September 1923 | 18 July 1924 | 315 days |
| John Percy Jones MLC | Labor | Minister of Public Health | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | Country | Minister of Public Health | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days |
| William Beckett MLC | Labor | Minister of Public Health | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 186 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | Nationalist | Minister of Public Health | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days |
| William Beckett MLC | Labor | Minister of Public Health | 12 December 1929 | 24 June 1931 | 1 year, 194 days |
| Robert Williams MLC | Labor | Minister of Public Health | 24 June 1931 | 19 May 1932 | 330 days |
| Stanley Argyle MP | United Australia Party | Minister of Public Health | 19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 2 years, 318 days |
| John Harris MLC | United Country | Minister of Public Health | 2 April 1935 | 1 January 1942 | 6 years, 274 days |
| Edwin Mackrell MP | United Country | Minister of Public Health | 8 January 1942 | 14 September 1943 | 1 year, 249 days |
| Percy Clarey MLC | Labor | Minister of Public Health | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days |
| Ian Macfarlan MP | United Country | Minister of Public Health | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days |
| William Haworth MP | Liberal | Minister of Health | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 50 days |
| Bill Barry MP | Labor | Minister of Health | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days |
| Albert Dunstan MP | Country | Minister of Health | 20 November 1947 | 3 December 1948 | 1 year, 13 days |
| Trevor Oldham MP | Liberal | Minister of Health | 3 December 1948 | 8 December 1948 | 5 days |
| Charles Gartside MLC | Liberal | Minister of Health | 8 December 1948 | 27 June 1950 | 1 year, 201 days |
| Bill Fulton MP | Country | Minister of Health | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days |
| William Dawnay-Mould MP | Electoral Reform League | Minister of Health | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days |
| Bill Fulton MP | Country | Minister of Health | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days |
| Bill Barry MP | Labor | Minister of Health | 17 December 1952 | 31 March 1955 | 2 years, 104 days |
| Val Doube MP | Labor | Minister of Health | 31 March 1955 | 7 June 1955 | 68 days |
| Ewen Paul Cameron MLC | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Health | 7 June 1955 | 26 July 1961 | 6 years, 49 days |
| Ronald Mack MLC | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Health | 26 July 1961 | 14 September 1965 | 4 years, 50 days |
| Arthur Rylah MP | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Health | 15 September 1965 | 22 September 1965 | 7 days |
| Pat Dickie MLC | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Health | 22 September 1965 | 11 June 1970 | 4 years, 262 days |
| John Rossiter MP | Liberal Country Party | Minister of Health | 11 June 1970 | 30 May 1973 | 2 years, 353 days |
| Alan Scanlan MP | Liberal | Minister of Health | 30 May 1973 | 31 March 1976 | 2 years, 306 days |
| Vasey Houghton MLC | Liberal | Minister of Health | 31 March 1976 | 16 May 1979 | 3 years, 46 days |
| Bill Borthwick MP | Liberal | Minister of Health | 16 May 1979 | 8 April 1982 | 2 years, 327 days |
| Tom Roper MP | Labor | Minister of Health | 8 April 1982 | 2 May 1985 | 3 years, 24 days |
| David White MLC | Labor | Minister of Health | 2 May 1985 | 7 February 1989 | 3 years, 281 days |
| Caroline Hogg MLC | Labor | Minister of Health | 7 February 1989 | 18 January 1991 | 1 year, 345 days |
| Maureen Lyster MLC | Labor | Minister of Health | 18 January 1991 | 6 October 1992 | 1 year, 262 days |
| Marie Tehan MP | Liberal | Minister for Health Services | 6 October 1992 | 9 November 1992 | 34 days |
| Marie Tehan MP | Liberal | Minister for Health | 9 November 1992 | 3 April 1996 | 3 years, 146 days |
| Rob Knowles MLC | Liberal | Minister for Health | 3 April 1996 | 20 October 1999 | 3 years, 200 days |
| John Thwaites MP | Labor | Minister for Health | 20 October 1999 | 5 December 2002 | 3 years, 46 days |
| Bronwyn Pike MP | Labor | Minister for Health | 5 December 2002 | 3 August 2007 | 4 years, 241 days |
| Daniel Andrews MP | Labor | Minister for Health | 3 August 2007 | 2 December 2010 | 3 years, 121 days |
| David Davis MLC | Liberal | Minister for Health | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | 4 years, 2 days |
| Jill Hennessy MP | Labor | Minister for Health | 4 December 2014 | 29 November 2018 | 3 years, 360 days |
| Jenny Mikakos MLC | Labor | Minister for Health | 29 November 2018 | 26 September 2020 | 1 year, 302 days |
| Martin Foley MP | Labor | Minister for Health | 29 September 2020 | 27 June 2022 | 1 year, 271 days |
| Mary-Anne Thomas MP | Labor | Minister for Health | 27 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 244 days |

## Ministers for Health Infrastructure

| Order | MP | Party affiliation | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| | Mary-Anne Thomas MP | | Labor | Minister for Health Infrastructure | 5 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 83 days | |

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