Minister_for_Health_(Victoria)

Minister for Health Infrastructure of Victoria
Minister for Health Infrastructure of Victoria
	Victorian Coat of arms
	Flag of Victoria
	Incumbent; Mary-Anne Thomas MP; since 27 June 2022
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament; Executive council
Reports to	Premier
Nominator	Premier
Appointer	Governor; on the recommendation of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Mary-Anne Thomas MP
Formation	27 June 2022

Minister for Health of Victoria
Minister for Health of Victoria
	Victorian Coat of arms
	Flag of Victoria
	Incumbent; Mary-Anne Thomas MP; since 27 June 2022
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament; Cabinet; Executive council
Reports to	Premier
Nominator	Premier
Appointer	Governor; on the recommendation of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Precursor	Minister of Health; Minister of Public Health; Minister for Health Services;
Inaugural holder	Alfred Deakin
Formation	19 January 1890 ; (Minister of Health)

Minister for Health (Victoria)

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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.

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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.

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MP		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	^[2]
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	^[9]
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	^[10]
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	Commonwealth Liberal		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	^[18]
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	Labor		24 June 1931	19 May 1932	330 days	^[24]
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	United Country		8 January 1942	14 September 1943	1 year, 249 days	^[26]
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	Liberal		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	Labor		31 March 1955	7 June 1955	68 days	^[36]
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	^[38]
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	^[40]
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]
Marie Tehan MP		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, 306 days	^[47]^[48]

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Minister for Health of Victoria
Victorian Coat of arms
Flag of Victoria
Incumbent Mary-Anne Thomas MP since 27 June 2022
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive council
Reports to	Premier
Nominator	Premier
Appointer	Governor on the recommendation of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Precursor	Minister of Health Minister of Public Health Minister for Health Services
Inaugural holder	Alfred Deakin
Formation	19 January 1890 (Minister of Health)