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Incumbent Peter Ryan |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointed by | David de Kretser as Governor of Victoria |
First | Sir Albert Dunstan |
Formation | Constitution of Victoria |
Term length | At the Governor's pleasure |
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The Deputy Premier of Victoria is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Victoria. The Deputy Premiership has been a ministerial portfolio since , and the Deputy Premier is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Premier.
The current Deputy Premier is the National Party's Peter Ryan.
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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).
If the Premier were to die, become incapacitated or resign, the Governor would normally appoint the Deputy Premier as 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.
Please note that this list may be incomplete due to lack of information
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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1 | Sir Albert Dunstan | March 1932 | 16 May 1932 | Country |
2 | Sir Robert Menzies | May 1932 | July 1934 | Nationalist |
3 | Sir Wilfrid Hughes | March 1935 | April 1935 | Nationalist |
4 | Sir Murray Bourchier | April 1935 | June 1936 | Country |
5 | Francis Old | June 1936 | October 1937 | Country |
6 | Sir Albert Lind | October 1937 | September 1943 | Country |
7 | Herbert Cremean | September 1943 | September 1943 | Labor |
8 | Thomas Hollway | September 1943 | October 1945 | United Australia |
9 | Sir Thomas Maltby | October 1945 | November 1945 | United Australia |
10 | Francis Field | November 1945 | November 1947 | Labor |
11 | Sir John McDonald | November 1947 | December 1948 | Country |
Sir Wilfrid Hughes | December 1948 | October 1949 | Liberal | |
12 | Trevor Oldham | November 1949 | June 1950 | Liberal |
13 | Keith Dodgshun | June 1950 | October 1952 | Country |
14 | Alexander Dennett | October 1952 | October 1952 | Electoral Reform |
Keith Dodgshun | October 1952 | December 1952 | Country | |
15 | Leslie Galvin | December 1952 | June 1955 | Labor |
16 | Sir Arthur Rylah | June 1955 | March 1971 | Liberal |
17 | Dick Hamer | March 1971 | August 1972 | Liberal |
18 | Lindsay Thompson | August 1972 | June 1981 | Liberal |
19 | Bill Borthwick | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | Liberal |
20 | Robert Fordham | 8 April 1982 | 31 January 1989 | Labor |
21 | Joan Kirner | 7 February 1989 | 10 August 1990 | Labor |
22 | Jim Kennan | 10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | Labor |
23 | Pat McNamara | 6 October 1992 | 21 October 1999 | National |
24 | John Thwaites | 21 October 1999 | 30 July 2007 | Labor |
25 | Rob Hulls | 30 July 2007 | 2 December 2010 | Labor |
26 | Peter Ryan | 2 December 2010 | Incumbent | National |
As of December 2010, there are five living former Deputy Premiers. The most recent Deputy Premier to die was Jim Kennan in August 2010, followed by former Premier Lindsay Thompson (1972–1981) on 16 July 2008 and by another former Premier, Sir Dick Hamer (1971–1972) on 23 March 2004.
Name | Term of office | Date of birth |
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Robert Fordham | 1982–1989 | 10 February 1942 |
Joan Kirner | 1989–1990 | 20 June 1938 |
Pat McNamara | 1992–1999 | 11 August 1949 |
John Thwaites | 1999–2007 | 15 October 1955 |
Rob Hulls | 2007–2010 | 23 January 1957 |
Among the most notable former Deputy Premiers of Victoria would most likely be Sir Robert Menzies (1932–1934) who left the State Parliament to pursue a Federal Parliament seat and eventually become the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia. Others include Sir Albert Dunstan (1932) who later became Premier for a then record of eleven years, Sir Dick Hamer (1971–1972) who later became a long serving Premier and Thomas Hollway (1943–1945) who was Premier on three different occasions.
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