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.

Minister for Health of Victoria
Incumbent
Mary-Anne Thomas MP
since 27 June 2022
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofParliament
Cabinet
Executive council
Reports toPremier
NominatorPremier
AppointerGovernor
on the recommendation of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Precursor
  • Minister of Health
  • Minister of Public Health
  • Minister for Health Services
Inaugural holderAlfred Deakin
Formation19 January 1890
(Minister of Health)

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 edit

Order MP Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Alfred Deakin MP Minister of Health 19 January 1890 5 November 1890 290 days [1]
George Langridge MP 5 November 1890 24 March 1891 139 days [2]
John M Davies MLC 26 March 1891 22 April 1891 27 days
George Turner MP 22 April 1891 23 January 1893 1 year, 276 days [2][3]
Robert Reid MLC 23 January 1893 27 September 1894 1 year, 247 days [4]
Henry Cuthbert MLC 27 September 1894 14 May 1895 229 days [5]
John William Taverner MP 14 May 1895 16 September 1895 125 days
Henry Roberts Williams MP 16 September 1895 5 December 1899 4 years, 80 days
Donald Melville MLC 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 349 days [6]
William McCulloch MLC 19 November 1900 10 June 1902 1 year, 203 days [7][8]
Robert Reid MLC Reform 10 June 1902 6 February 1903 241 days [9]
Thomas Bent MP 6 February 1903 16 February 1904 1 year, 10 days
Ewen Hugh Cameron MP Minister of Public Health 16 February 1904 31 October 1908 4 years, 258 days [10]
Duncan McBryde MLC 31 October 1908 8 January 1909 69 days
William Baillieu MLC Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 1909 27 February 1912 3 years, 50 days [11]
William Edgar MLC 27 February 1912 21 June 1913 1 year, 114 days [11][12]
Frederick Hagelthorn MLC 21 June 1913 9 December 1913 171 days [12]
William Evans MLC Labor 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 13 days [13]
James Drysdale Brown MLC Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 1913 9 November 1915 1 year, 322 days [14][15][16]
Donald McLeod MP 9 November 1915 29 November 1917 2 years, 20 days [15]
Alfred Downward MP Nationalist 29 November 1917 21 March 1918 112 days [17]
John Bowser MP 21 March 1918 7 July 1919 1 year, 108 days [18]
Matthew Baird MP 7 July 1919 7 September 1923 4 years, 62 days
Stanley Argyle MP 7 September 1923 18 July 1924 315 days [18][19]
John Percy Jones MLC Labor 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 123 days [20]
Stanley Argyle MP Country 18 November 1924 20 May 1927 2 years, 183 days [21]
William Beckett MLC Labor 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 1 year, 186 days [22]
Stanley Argyle MP Nationalist 22 November 1928 12 December 1929 1 year, 20 days [23]
William Beckett MLC Labor 12 December 1929 24 June 1931 1 year, 194 days [24]
Robert Williams MLC 24 June 1931 19 May 1932 330 days
Stanley Argyle MP United Australia Party 19 May 1932 2 April 1935 2 years, 318 days [25]
John Harris MLC United Country 2 April 1935 1 January 1942 6 years, 274 days [26]
Edwin Mackrell MP 8 January 1942 14 September 1943 1 year, 249 days
Percy Clarey MLC Labor 14 September 1943 18 September 1943 4 days [27]
Ian Macfarlan MP United Country 18 September 1943 2 October 1945 2 years, 14 days [28]
William Haworth MP Liberal Minister of Health 2 October 1945 21 November 1945 50 days [29]
Bill Barry MP Labor 21 November 1945 20 November 1947 1 year, 364 days [30]
Albert Dunstan MP Country 20 November 1947 3 December 1948 1 year, 13 days [31]
Trevor Oldham MP Liberal 3 December 1948 8 December 1948 5 days
Charles Gartside MLC 8 December 1948 27 June 1950 1 year, 201 days
Bill Fulton MP Country 27 June 1950 28 October 1952 2 years, 123 days [32]
William Dawnay-Mould MP Electoral Reform League 28 October 1952 31 October 1952 3 days [33]
Bill Fulton MP Country 31 October 1952 17 December 1952 47 days [34][35]
Bill Barry MP Labor 17 December 1952 31 March 1955 2 years, 104 days [36]
Val Doube MP 31 March 1955 7 June 1955 68 days
Ewen Paul Cameron MLC Liberal Country Party 7 June 1955 26 July 1961 6 years, 49 days [37]
Ronald Mack MLC 26 July 1961 14 September 1965 4 years, 50 days
Arthur Rylah MP 15 September 1965 22 September 1965 7 days
Pat Dickie MLC 22 September 1965 11 June 1970 4 years, 262 days
John Rossiter MP 11 June 1970 30 May 1973 2 years, 353 days [37][38]
Alan Scanlan MP Liberal 30 May 1973 31 March 1976 2 years, 306 days [38]
Vasey Houghton MLC 31 March 1976 16 May 1979 3 years, 46 days
Bill Borthwick MP 16 May 1979 8 April 1982 2 years, 327 days [38][39]
Tom Roper MP Labor 8 April 1982 2 May 1985 3 years, 24 days [40]
David White MLC 2 May 1985 7 February 1989 3 years, 281 days
Caroline Hogg MLC 7 February 1989 18 January 1991 1 year, 345 days [40][41]
Maureen Lyster MLC 18 January 1991 6 October 1992 1 year, 262 days [41]
Marie Tehan MP Liberal Minister for Health Services 6 October 1992 9 November 1992 34 days [42]
Minister for Health 9 November 1992 3 April 1996 3 years, 146 days
Rob Knowles MLC 3 April 1996 20 October 1999 3 years, 200 days
John Thwaites MP Labor 20 October 1999 5 December 2002 3 years, 46 days [43]
Bronwyn Pike MP 5 December 2002 3 August 2007 4 years, 241 days [43][44]
Daniel Andrews MP 3 August 2007 2 December 2010 3 years, 121 days [44]
David Davis MLC Liberal 2 December 2010 4 December 2014 4 years, 2 days [45][46]
Jill Hennessy MP Labor 4 December 2014 29 November 2018 3 years, 360 days [47]
Jenny Mikakos MLC 29 November 2018 26 September 2020 1 year, 302 days
Martin Foley MP 29 September 2020 27 June 2022 1 year, 271 days
Mary-Anne Thomas MP 27 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 305 days [47][48]

Ministers for Health Infrastructure edit

Minister for Health Infrastructure of Victoria
 
 
Incumbent
Mary-Anne Thomas MP
since 27 June 2022
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofParliament
Executive council
Reports toPremier
NominatorPremier
AppointerGovernor
on the recommendation of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Inaugural holderMary-Anne Thomas MP
Formation27 June 2022
Order MP 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 1 year, 144 days [47][48]


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