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| Deputy Premier of Victoria | |
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| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Premier of Victoria |
| Seat | 1 Treasury Place,Melbourne |
| Nominator | Premier of Victoria |
| Appointer | Governor of Victoria on theadvice of the premier |
| Term length | At the governor's pleasure contingent on serving as deputy leader of party or coalition commanding a majority of seats in theLegislative Assembly |
| Formation | 19 May 1932 |
| First holder | Robert Menzies |
| Salary | AU$395,738 (from 1 July 2022)[1] |
Thedeputy premier of Victoria is the second-most senior officer in theGovernment of Victoria. The deputy premier position was created in May 1932, withRobert Menzies being the first person to hold the position. The deputy premier is appointed by theGovernor on the advice of thepremier. The deputy premier is usually also a minister in the government.
When theLabor Party forms government, the deputy leader of the Labor parliamentary party typically becomes the deputy premier. The same was the case when theLiberal Party formed government on its own. When theLiberal-National coalition is in government, the deputy premier is usually the leader of the junior coalition partner, theNationals (or its predecessor, the Country Party). The current deputy premier isBen Carroll of the Labor Party, who has held the position since 2 October 2023.
The duties of the deputy premier are to act on behalf of the premier in his or her absence overseas or on leave. The deputy premier has always been a member of the Cabinet, and has always held at least one substantive portfolio (It would be technically possible for a minister to hold only the portfolio of Deputy Premier, but this has never happened).[citation needed]
If the premier were to die, become incapacitated or resign, theGovernor would normally appoint the deputy premier as acting Premier. If the governing or majority party had not yet elected a new leader, that appointment would be on an interim basis. Should a different leader emerge, that person would then be appointed Premier.[citation needed]
| No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–death) | Term of office | Party | Premier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | |||||||
| 1 |  | Robert Menzies MP forNunawading (1894–1978) | 19 May 1932 | 31 July 1934 | United Australia | Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia (1932–1935) | ||
| 2 |  | Ian Macfarlan MP forBrighton (1881–1964) | 31 July 1934 | 12 March 1935 | United Australia | |||
| 3 | .jpg) | Albert Dunstan MP forKorong and Eaglehawk (1882–1950) | 12 March 1935 | 20 March 1935 | Country | |||
| 4 |  | Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP forKew (1895–1970) | 20 March 1935 | 2 April 1935 | United Australia | |||
| 5 |  | Murray Bourchier MP forGoulbourn Valley (1881–1937) | 2 April 1935 | 24 June 1936 | United Country | Albert Dunstan United Country (1935–1943) | ||
| 6 |  | Francis Old MP forSwan Hill (1875–1950) | 30 June 1936 | 14 October 1937 | United Country | |||
| 7 |  | Albert Lind MP forGippsland East (1878–1964) | 14 October 1937 | 14 September 1943 | United Country | |||
| 8 |  | Bert Cremean MP forClifton Hill (1900–1945) | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | Labor | John Cain (Sr.) Labor (1943) | ||
| 9 |  | Thomas Hollway MP forBallarat (1906–1971) | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | United Australia (until 1945) | Albert Dunstan United Country (1943–1945) | ||
| Liberal (from 1945) | ||||||||
| 10 |  | Thomas Maltby MP forBallarat (1890–1976) | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | Liberal | Ian Macfarlan Liberal (1945) | ||
| 11 |  | Frank Field MP forDandenong (1904–1985) | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | Labor | John Cain (Sr.) Labor (1945–1947) | ||
| 12 |  | John McDonald MP forShepparton (1896–1977) | 20 November 1947 | 3 December 1948 | Country | Thomas Hollway Liberal (until 1949) Liberal and Country (from 1949) (1947–1950) | ||
| (4) | | Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP forKew (1895–1970) | 3 December 1948 | 28 October 1949 | Liberal (until 1949) | |||
| Liberal and Country (from 1949) | ||||||||
| 13 |  | Trevor Oldham MP forMalvern (1900–1953) | 8 November 1949 | 27 June 1950 | Liberal and Country | |||
| 14 |  | Keith Dodgshun MP forRainbow (1893–1971) | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | Country | John McDonald Country (1950–1952) | ||
| 15 |  | Alexander Dennett MP forCaulfield (1894–1956) | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | Electoral Reform | Thomas Hollway Electoral Reform (1952) | ||
| (14) | | Keith Dodgshun MP forRainbow (1893–1971) | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | Country | John McDonald Country (1952) | ||
| 16 |  | Bill Galvin MP forBendigo (1903–1966) | 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | Labor | John Cain (Sr.) Labor (1952–1955) | ||
| 17 |  | SirArthur Rylah MP forKew (1909–1974) | 7 June 1955 | 5 March 1971 | Liberal and Country (until 1965) | Sir Henry Bolte Liberal and Country(until 1965) Liberal (from 1965) (1955–1972) | ||
| Liberal (from 1965) | ||||||||
| 18 |  | Rupert Hamer MP forKew (1916–2004) | 21 April 1971 | 23 August 1972 | Liberal | |||
| 19 | .jpg) | Lindsay Thompson MP forMalvern (1923–2008) | 23 August 1972 | 5 June 1981 | Liberal | Rupert Hamer Liberal (1972–1981) | ||
| 20 | .jpg) | Bill Borthwick MP forMonbulk (1924–2001) | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | Liberal | Lindsay Thompson Liberal (1981–1982) | ||
| 21 | Robert Fordham MP forFootscray (born 1942) | 8 April 1982 | 31 January 1989 | Labor | John Cain (Jr.) Labor (1982–1990) | |||
| 22 |  | Joan Kirner MP forWilliamstown (1938–2015) | 7 February 1989 | 10 August 1990 | Labor | |||
| 23 | Jim Kennan MP forBroadmeadows (1946–2010) | 10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | Labor | Joan Kirner Labor (1990–1992) | |||
| 24 | Pat McNamara MP forBenalla (born 1949) | 6 October 1992 | 21 October 1999 | National | Jeff Kennett Liberal (1992–1999) | |||
| 25 |  | John Thwaites MP forAlbert Park (born 1955) | 21 October 1999 | 30 July 2007 | Labor | Steve Bracks Labor (1999–2007) | ||
| 26 |  | Rob Hulls MP forNiddrie (born 1957) | 30 July 2007 | 2 December 2010 | Labor | John Brumby Labor (2007–2010) | ||
| 27 |  | Peter Ryan MP forGippsland South (born 1950) | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2014 | National | Ted Baillieu Liberal (2010–2013) | ||
| Denis Napthine Liberal (2013–2014) | ||||||||
| 28 | _2.jpg) | James Merlino MP forMonbulk (born 1972) | 4 December 2014 | 27 June 2022 | Labor | Daniel Andrews Labor (2014–2023) | ||
| 29 | .jpg) | Jacinta Allan MP forBendigo East (born 1973) | 27 June 2022 | 27 September 2023 | Labor | |||
| 30 | | Ben Carroll MP forNiddrie (born 1975) | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Jacinta Allan Labor (since 2023) | ||
Among the most notable former deputy premiers of Victoria have beenRobert Menzies (1932–1934) who went on to become the longest servingprime minister of Australia.One of Menzies' federal ministers wasWilfrid Kent Hughes who like Menzies had served as deputy premier of Victoria prior to switching to federal politics. Others includeAlbert Dunstan (1935) who subsequently became Premier for a then record of ten years,Rupert Hamer (1971–1972) who later became a long serving premier,Thomas Hollway (1943–1945) who was Premier on three occasions and Joan Kirner became the first female deputy premier in 1989 before becoming the first female premier in 1990.
