Treasurer of Victoria

Treasurer of Victoria
Victorian coat of arms
Flag of Victoria
Incumbent
Jaclyn Symes
since 19 December 2024
Department of Treasury and Finance
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPremier of Victoria
SeatLevel 4, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne
NominatorPremier of Victoria
AppointerGovernor of Victoria
on the advice of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Formation15 July 1851
First holderAlastair Mackenzie

The Treasurer of Victoria is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the financial management of the budget sector in the Australian state of Victoria. This primarily includes:[1]

  • preparation and delivery of the annual State Budget;
  • revenue collection for Victoria, including stamp duty, payroll tax, financial institutions duty and land tax;
  • borrowing, investment and financial arrangements to hedge, protect or manage the State's financial interests;
  • promoting economic growth across Victoria; and
  • providing investment and fund management services to the State and its statutory authorities.

By convention, the state treasurer is a member of the Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria, as with the premier. This allows the treasurer to be present during debate on the budget and other financial legislation and is in line with the constitutional requirement that money bills originate from the lower house. However, in 2007 John Lenders was appointed treasurer from the Legislative Council, the first time the treasurer had been appointed from the upper house. As a result Lenders had to be "formally voted into the lower house to deliver his budget speech".[2]

List of Colonial Treasurers

Order MP Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Alastair Mackenzie 15 July 1851 26 September 1852 1 year, 73 days [3][4]
Frederick Powlett 30 September 1852 c.1853 [3]
William Lonsdale July 1853 August 1854 1 year, 31 days [5]

List of Victorian treasurers

Order MP Party affiliation Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Charles Sladen MP 28 November 1855 11 March 1857 1 year, 103 days [6][a]
John Foster MP 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 49 days [8]
Charles Ebden MP 29 April 1857 10 March 1858 315 days [9]
George Harker MP 10 March 1858 27 October 1859 1 year, 231 days [10]
James McCulloch MP 27 October 1859 26 November 1860 1 year, 30 days [11]
George Verdon MP 26 November 1860 14 November 1861 353 days [12]
William Haines MP 14 November 1861 27 June 1863 1 year, 225 days [13]
George Verdon MP 27 June 1863 5 May 1868 4 years, 313 days [14]
Edward Langton MP 6 May 1868 11 July 1868 66 days [15]
James McCulloch MP 11 July 1868 20 September 1869 1 year, 71 days [16]
Robert Byrne MP 20 September 1869 21 January 1870 123 days [17]
Graham Berry MP 21 January 1870 9 April 1870 78 days
James Francis MP 9 April 1870 19 June 1871 1 year, 71 days [18]
Graham Berry MP 19 June 1871 21 May 1872 337 days [19]
Edward Langton MP 10 June 1872 31 July 1874 2 years, 51 days [20]
James Service MP 31 July 1874 7 August 1875 1 year, 7 days [21]
Graham Berry MP 7 August 1875 20 October 1875 74 days [22]
James McCulloch MP 20 October 1875 21 May 1877 1 year, 213 days [23]
Graham Berry MP 21 May 1877 27 December 1878 1 year, 220 days [24]
William Collard Smith MP 27 December 1878 3 November 1879 311 days
Graham Berry MP 3 November 1879 5 March 1880 123 days
James Service MP 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 151 days [25]
Graham Berry MP 3 August 1880 9 July 1881 340 days [26]
Bryan O'Loghlen MP 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 1 year, 242 days [27]
James Service MP 8 March 1883 18 February 1886 2 years, 347 days [28]
Duncan Gillies MP 24 August 1886 17 June 1890 3 years, 297 days [29]
James Munro MP 5 November 1890 16 February 1892 1 year, 103 days [30]
William Shiels MP 16 February 1892 28 April 1892 72 days [31]
Graham Berry MP 28 April 1892 23 January 1893 270 days [31]
Godfrey Carter MP 23 January 1893 27 September 1894 1 year, 247 days [32]
George Turner MP 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 5 years, 69 days [33]
William Shiels MP 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 349 days [34]
George Turner MP 19 November 1900 12 February 1901 85 days [35]
Alexander Peacock MP 12 February 1901 10 June 1902 1 year, 118 days [36]
William Shiels MP Reform 10 June 1902 21 July 1903 1 year, 41 days [37]
William Irvine MP 7 September 1903 16 February 1904 162 days
Thomas Bent MP 16 February 1904 8 January 1909 4 years, 327 days [38]
William Watt MP Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 1909 9 December 1913 4 years, 335 days [39][40]
George Elmslie MP Labor 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 13 days [41]
William Watt MP Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 1913 18 June 1914 178 days [42]
Alexander Peacock MP 18 June 1914 29 November 1917 3 years, 164 days [43]
William McPherson MP Nationalist 29 November 1917 20 November 1923 5 years, 356 days [44][45]
Harry Lawson MP 27 February 1924 28 April 1924 61 days [45]
Alexander Peacock MP 28 April 1924 18 July 1924 81 days [46]
George Prendergast MP Labor 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 123 days [47]
Alexander Peacock MP Country 18 November 1924 20 May 1927 2 years, 183 days [48]
Edmond Hogan MP Labor 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 1 year, 186 days [49]
William McPherson MP Nationalist 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 1 year, 20 days [50]
Edmond Hogan MP Labor 12 December 1929 19 May 1932 2 years, 159 days [51]
Stanley Argyle MP United Australia Party 19 May 1932 2 April 1935 2 years, 318 days [52]
Albert Dunstan MP United Country 2 April 1935 14 September 1943 8 years, 165 days [53]
John Cain, Sr. MP Labor 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 4 days [54]
Albert Dunstan MP United Country 18 September 1943 2 October 1945 2 years, 14 days [55]
Ian MacFarlan MP Liberal 2 October 1945 21 November 1945 50 days [56]
John Cain, Sr. MP Labor 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 1 year, 364 days [57]
Thomas Hollway MP Liberal Country Coalition 20 November 1947 27 June 1950 2 years, 219 days [58]
John McDonald MP Country 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 2 years, 123 days [59]
Thomas Hollway MP Electoral Reform League 28 October 1952 31 October 1952 3 days [60]
John McDonald MP Country 31 October 1952 17 December 1952 47 days [61][62]
John Cain, Sr. MP Labor 17 December 1952 7 June 1955 2 years, 172 days [63]
Henry Bolte MP Liberal Country Party 7 June 1955 23 August 1972 17 years, 77 days [64]
Rupert Hamer MP Liberal 23 August 1972 16 May 1979 6 years, 266 days [65]
Lindsay Thompson MP 16 May 1979 8 April 1982 2 years, 327 days [65][66]
Rob Jolly MP Labor 8 April 1982 10 August 1990 8 years, 124 days [67]
Tom Roper MP 10 August 1990 28 January 1992 1 year, 171 days [68]
Tony Sheehan MP 28 January 1992 6 October 1992 252 days
Alan Stockdale MP Liberal 6 October 1992 7 October 1999 7 years, 1 day [69]
Denis Napthine MP 7 October 1999 20 October 1999 13 days
Steve Bracks MP Labor 20 October 1999 22 May 2000 215 days [70]
John Brumby MP 22 May 2000 3 August 2007 7 years, 73 days [70][71]
John Lenders MLC 3 August 2007 2 December 2010 3 years, 121 days [71]
Kim Wells MP Liberal 2 December 2010 13 March 2013 2 years, 101 days [72][73]
Michael O'Brien MP 13 March 2013 4 December 2014 1 year, 266 days [73]
Tim Pallas MP Labor 4 December 2014 19 December 2024 10 years, 15 days [74][75]
Jaclyn Symes MLC 19 December 2024 Incumbent 8 days
  1. ^ Charles Sladen was acting treasurer from December 1854.[7]

See also

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