The Minister of Railways, formerly Commissioner of Railways, was a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia.

Commissioners

Order MP Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 Thomas Loader MP Commissioner of Railways 26 November 1860 4 December 1860 8 days [1]
2 William Henry Fancourt Mitchell MLC Commissioner of Railways and Roads 30 December 1861 27 June 1863 1 year, 179 days [2]
3 James M Grant MP 27 June 1863 5 September 1864 1 year, 70 days [3]
4 Henry Miller MLC 18 July 1866 16 January 1867 182 days
5 John MacGregor MP 21 January 1867 4 March 1867 42 days
6 James Sullivan MP 4 March 1867 6 May 1868 1 year, 63 days
7 Charles Jones MP Commissioner of Roads and Railways 11 July 1868 9 March 1869 241 days [4]
(6) James Sullivan MP 12 April 1869 2 September 1869 143 days
8 William Wilson MP Commissioner of Railways and Roads 2 September 1869 20 September 1869 18 days
9 Francis Longmore MP 20 September 1869 9 April 1870 201 days [5]
(8) William Wilson MP 9 April 1870 19 June 1871 1 year, 71 days [6]
(9) Francis Longmore MP 19 June 1871 10 June 1872 357 days [7]
10 Duncan Gillies MP Commissioner of Roads and Railways 10 June 1872 7 August 1875 3 years, 58 days [8][9]
11 John Woods MP 7 August 1875 20 October 1875 74 days [10]
12 Joseph Jones MP 20 October 1875 21 May 1877 1 year, 213 days [11]
(11) John Woods MP 22 May 1877 5 March 1880 2 years, 288 days [12]
(10) Duncan Gillies MP Commissioner of Railways 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 151 days [13]
13 James Patterson MP 3 August 1880 9 July 1881 340 days [14]
14 Thomas Bent MP 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 1 year, 242 days [15]
(10) Duncan Gillies MP 8 March 1883 18 February 1886 2 years, 347 days [16]

Ministers

Order MP Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Duncan Gillies MP Minister of Railways 18 February 1886 5 November 1890 4 years, 260 days [17]
William Shiels MP 5 November 1890 16 February 1892 1 year, 103 days [18]
James Wheeler MP 16 February 1892 23 January 1893 342 days [19]
James Patterson MP 23 January 1893 14 August 1893 203 days [20]
Richard Richardson MP 14 August 1893 27 September 1894 1 year, 44 days
Henry Roberts Williams MP 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 5 years, 69 days [21]
Alfred Richard Outtrim MP 5 December 1899 19 November 1900 349 days [22]
William Trenwith MP 19 November 1900 10 June 1902 1 year, 203 days [23][24]
William Shiels MP Reform 10 June 1902 21 July 1903 1 year, 41 days [25]
Thomas Bent MP 21 July 1903 8 January 1909 5 years, 171 days [25][26]
Alfred Billson MP Commonwealth Liberal 8 January 1909 18 May 1912 3 years, 131 days [27]
Peter McBride MP 18 May 1912 19 February 1913 277 days [28][29]
Alfred Billson MP 19 February 1913 9 December 1913 293 days [30]
John Billson MP Labor 9 December 1913 22 December 1913 13 days [31]
Donald Mackinnon MP Commonwealth Liberal 22 December 1913 9 November 1915 1 year, 322 days [32][33]
Hugh McKenzie MP 9 November 1915 29 November 1917 2 years, 20 days [34]
Agar Wynne MP Nationalist 29 November 1917 21 March 1918 112 days [35]
Samuel Barnes MP 21 March 1918 7 September 1923 5 years, 170 days [36]
Francis Old MP Country 7 September 1923 19 March 1924 194 days
Frederic Eggleston MP Nationalist 19 March 1924 18 July 1924 121 days [36][37]
Edmond Hogan MP Labor 18 July 1924 18 November 1924 123 days [38]
Frederic Eggleston MP Nationals 18 November 1924 20 May 1927 2 years, 183 days [39]
Thomas Tunnecliffe MP Labor 20 May 1927 22 November 1928 1 year, 186 days [40]
Frank Groves MP Nationalist 22 November 1928 10 December 1929 1 year, 18 days [41]
Henry Beardmore MP 10 December 1929 12 December 1929 2 days [41]
John Cain MP Labor 12 December 1929 19 May 1932 2 years, 159 days [42]
Robert Menzies MP United Australia Party 19 May 1932 25 July 1934 2 years, 67 days [43]
Wilfrid Kent Hughes MP 25 July 1934 2 April 1935 251 days

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