Vice-President of the Executive Council
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The Vice-President of the Executive Council is a position in Australian governments, whose holder acts as presiding officer of the Federal Executive Council in the absence of the Governor-General or Governor.[1]
The Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Vice-President is usually a senior minister and may summon executive councillors and preside at Council meetings when the Governor-General is not present. However the Vice-President cannot sign Executive Council documents on behalf of the Governor-General.
As the duties of the post are not rigorous it is usually given to a government minister who holds another portfolio. In this sense, it is usually not a 'Minister without portfolio' such as the equivalent position, Lord President of the Council, is in the United Kingdom, although it has sometimes been used thus in the past (Enid Lyons in the First Menzies Ministry and Jim Killen in the Third Fraser Ministry served in the post without holding another portfolio simultaneously).
The current Vice-President of the Executive Council is Senator John Faulkner, who is also Special Minister of State.[2]
[edit] Australian Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council
Minister | Party affiliation | Period |
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Richard O'Connor | Protectionist Party | 1901–1903 |
Thomas Playford | Protectionist Party | 1903–1904 |
Gregor McGregor | Australian Labor Party | 1904 |
James Drake | Free Trade Party | 1904–1905 |
Thomas Ewing | Protectionist Party | 1905–1906 |
John Keating | Protectionist Party | 1906–1907 |
Robert Best | Protectionist Party | 1907–1908 |
Gregor McGregor | Australian Labor Party | 1908–1909 |
Edward Millen | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1909–1910 |
Gregor McGregor | Australian Labor Party | 1910–1913 |
James McColl | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1913–1914 |
Albert Gardiner | Australian Labor Party | 1914–1916 |
William Spence | National Labor Party | 1916–1917 |
Edward Millen | Nationalist Party | 1917 |
Littleton Groom | Nationalist Party | 1917–1918 |
Edward Russell | Nationalist Party | 1918–1921 |
John Earle | Nationalist Party | 1921–1923 |
Llewellyn Atkinson | Country Party | 1923–1926 |
George Pearce | Nationalist Party | 1926–1929 |
John Daly | Australian Labor Party | 1929–1931 |
John Barnes | Australian Labor Party | 1931–1932 |
Alexander McLachlan | United Australia Party | 1932–1934 |
Billy Hughes | United Australia Party | 1934–1935 |
Joseph Lyons | United Australia Party | 1935–1937 |
Billy Hughes | United Australia Party | 1937–1938 |
George McLeay | United Australia Party | 1938–1939 |
James Fairbairn | United Australia Party | 1939–1940 |
Percy Spender | United Australia Party | 1940 |
Henry Gullett | United Australia Party | 1940 |
Herbert Collett | United Australia Party | 1940 |
George McLeay | United Australia Party | 1940–1941 |
Richard Keane | Australian Labor Party | 1941–1943 |
William Ashley | Australian Labor Party | 1943–1945 |
Jack Beasley | Australian Labor Party | 1945 |
Joseph Collings | Australian Labor Party | 1945–1946 |
William Scully | Australian Labor Party | 1946–1949 |
Enid Lyons | Liberal Party | 1949–1951 |
Robert Menzies | Liberal Party | 1951 |
Eric Harrison | Liberal Party | 1951–1956 |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal Party | 1956–1958 |
William Spooner | Liberal Party | 1958–1964 |
William McMahon | Liberal Party | 1964–1966 |
Alan Hulme | Liberal Party | 1966–1972 |
Don Willesee | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1973 |
Frank Stewart | Australian Labor Party | 1973–1975 |
Reg Withers | Liberal Party | 1975–1978 |
John Carrick | Liberal Party | 1978–1982 |
James Killen | Liberal Party | 1982–1983 |
Mick Young | Australian Labor Party | 1983 |
Lionel Bowen | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1987 |
Mick Young | Australian Labor Party | 1987–1988 |
Kim Beazley | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1991 |
Graham Richardson | Australian Labor Party | 1991–1992 |
Ralph Willis | Australian Labor Party | 1992–1993 |
Frank Walker | Australian Labor Party | 1993–1994 |
Gary Johns | Australian Labor Party | 1994–1996 |
John Moore | Liberal Party | 1996–1998 |
David Kemp | Liberal Party | 1998–2004 |
Nick Minchin | Liberal Party | 2004–2007 |
John Faulkner | Australian Labor Party | 2007– |
[edit] References
- ^ Federal Executive Council Handbook. Government of Australia (June 2005). Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
- ^ Rudd Ministry (PDF). Government of Australia. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.