Minister_of_Forests

Minister of Forests of Victoria
Minister of Forests of Victoria
	Victorian Coat of arms
	Flag of Victoria
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	James McColl MP
Formation	5 December 1899
Final holder	Kay Setches MP
Abolished	10 August 1990
Succession	Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands

Minister of Forests

Former ministry within the Cabinet of Victoria

The Minister of Forests was a former ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria.

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Order	MP		Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	James McColl MP		Minister of Forests	5 December 1899	19 November 1900	349 days	^[1]
2	Donald McLeod			16 February 1904	8 January 1909	4 years, 327 days	.^[2]
3	Peter McBride MP	Commonwealth Liberal		8 January 1909	19 February 1913	4 years, 42 days	^[3]^[4]
4	Alfred Billson MP	Commonwealth Liberal		19 February 1913	9 December 1913	293 days	^[4]
5	Alfred Richard Outtrim MP	Labor		9 December 1913	22 December 1913	13 days	^[5]
6	James Drysdale Brown MLC	Commonwealth Liberal		22 December 1913	9 November 1915	1 year, 322 days	^[6]^[7]^[8]
8	Thomas Livingston MP	Commonwealth Liberal		9 November 1915	29 November 1917	2 years, 20 days	^[7]
9	Alfred Downward MP	Nationalist		29 November 1917	21 March 1918	112 days	^[9]
10	William Hutchinson MP			21 March 1918	1 November 1920	2 years, 225 days	^[10]
11	Alexander Peacock MP			4 November 1920	28 April 1924	3 years, 176 days	^[10]
12	Richard Toutcher MP			28 April 1924	18 July 1924	81 days	^[11]
13	Daniel McNamara MLC	Labor		18 July 1924	18 November 1924	123 days	^[12]
14	Horace Richardson MLC	Nationals		18 November 1924	20 May 1927	2 years, 183 days	^[13]
15	William Beckett MLC	Labor		20 May 1927	22 November 1928	1 year, 186 days	^[14]
16	John Pennington MP	Nationalist		22 November 1928	12 December 1929	1 year, 20 days	^[15]
(15)	William Beckett MLC	Labor		12 December 1929	24 June 1931	1 year, 194 days	^[16]
17	Robert Williams MLC	Labor		24 June 1931	19 May 1932	330 days	^[16]
18	Albert Dunstan MP	United Country		19 May 1932	20 March 1935	2 years, 305 days	^[17]
19	Thomas Maltby MP	United Australia Party		20 March 1935	2 April 1935	13 days	^[17]
20	Albert Lind MP	United Country		2 April 1935	14 September 1943	8 years, 165 days	^[18]
(13)	Daniel McNamara MLC	Labor		14 September 1943	18 September 1943	4 days	^[19]
(20)	Albert Lind MP	United Country		18 September 1943	2 October 1945	2 years, 14 days	^[20]
21	William Everard MP	Liberal		2 October 1945	21 November 1945	50 days	^[21]
22	Bill Barry MP	Labor		21 November 1945	20 November 1947	1 year, 364 days	^[22]
23	Alexander Dennett MP	Liberal		20 November 1947	27 June 1950	2 years, 219 days	^[23]
(20)	Albert Lind MP	Country		27 June 1950	28 October 1952	2 years, 123 days	^[24]
(23)	Alexander Dennett MP	Electoral Reform League		28 October 1952	31 October 1952	3 days	^[25]
(20)	Albert Lind MP	Country		31 October 1952	17 December 1952	47 days	^[26]^[27]
24	John Galbally MLC	Labor		17 December 1952	7 July 1954	1 year, 202 days	^[28]
24	Don Ferguson MLC			7 July 1954	31 March 1955	267 days
26	George Tilley MLC			31 March 1955	7 June 1955	68 days
27	Robert Whately MP	Liberal Country Party		7 June 1955	17 March 1956	284 days	^[29]
28	Gilbert Chandler MLC			21 March 1956	10 April 1956	20 days
29	Gordon McArthur MLC			10 April 1956	8 July 1958	2 years, 89 days
30	Alexander Fraser MP			16 July 1958	20 January 1959	188 days
31	Murray Porter MP			20 January 1959	26 July 1961	2 years, 187 days	^[29]^[30]
32	Lindsay Thompson MLC			26 July 1961	9 May 1967	5 years, 287 days	^[29]
33	Edward Meagher MP			9 May 1967	22 June 1973	6 years, 44 days	^[29]^[31]
34	Jock Granter MLC	Liberal		22 June 1973	5 June 1981	7 years, 348 days	^[31]
35	Tom Austin MP	Liberal		5 June 1981	8 April 1982	307 days	^[32]
36	Rod Mackenzie MLC	Labor		8 April 1982	1 September 1983	1 year, 146 days	^[33]
36	Rod Mackenzie MLC		Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands From the 1 September 1983 the Forests Act (1958) was administered under an amalgamated Departmental structure. The Minister was still responsible for all the functions of the Act and remained the Minister for Forests for the purposes of legislation.	1 September 1983	2 May 1985	1 year, 243 days
37	Joan Kirner MLC			2 May 1985	13 October 1988	3 years, 164 days
38	Kay Setches MP			13 October 1988	2 April 1990	1 year, 301 days
39	Steve Crabb	Labor	Minister for Conservation and Environment	2 April 1990	21 January 1992	1 year, 294 days	^[2]
40	Barry Pullen	Liberal	Minister for Conservation and Environment	21 January 1992	6 October 1992	259 days	^[2]
41	Mark A Birrell MLC	Liberal	Minister for Conservation and Environment	6 October 1992	23 March 1996	7 years, 2 weeks, 6 days	.^[2]
42	Marie T Tehan	Liberal	Minister for Conservation and Land Management	23 March 1996	21 October 1999		.^[2]
43	Sherryl M Garbutt	Labor	Minister for Environment and Conservation	21 October 1999	1 December 2006		.^[2]
44	Johnstone (John) W Thwaites	Labor	Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change	1 December 2006	30 July 2007		.^[2]
45	Gavin W Jennings MLC	Labor	Minister for Environment and Climate Change	30 July 2007	2 December 2010		.^[2]
46	Ryan J Smith	Liberal	Minister for Environment and Climate Change	2 December 2010	November 2014		.^[2]
47	Jaala Pulford	Labor	Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning	November 2014	2016		.^[2]
48	Lily D'Ambrosio	Labor	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	2016			.^[2]

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