Minister for Health (Victoria)

The Minister for Health is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's health and hospital laws and initiatives.

Minister for Health of Victoria
Incumbent
Mary-Anne Thomas MP
since 27 June 2022
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofParliament
Cabinet
Executive council
Reports toPremier
NominatorPremier
AppointerGovernor
on the recommendation of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Precursor
  • Minister of Health
  • Minister of Public Health
  • Minister for Health Services
Inaugural holderAlfred Deakin
Formation19 January 1890
(Minister of Health)

Following the 2022 Victorian state election, the Andrews Government created the Minister for Health Infrastructure portfolio alongside the Minister for Health portfolio.

Mary-Anne Thomas has been the minister since June 2022.

Ministers for Health

OrderMPParty affiliationMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Alfred Deakin MPMinister of Health19 January 18905 November 1890290 days[1]
George Langridge MP5 November 189024 March 1891139 days[2]
John M Davies MLC26 March 189122 April 189127 days
George Turner MP22 April 189123 January 18931 year, 276 days[2][3]
Robert Reid MLC23 January 189327 September 18941 year, 247 days[4]
Henry Cuthbert MLC27 September 189414 May 1895229 days[5]
John William Taverner MP14 May 189516 September 1895125 days
Henry Roberts Williams MP16 September 18955 December 18994 years, 80 days
Donald Melville MLC5 December 189919 November 1900349 days[6]
William McCulloch MLC19 November 190010 June 19021 year, 203 days[7][8]
Robert Reid MLCReform10 June 19026 February 1903241 days[9]
Thomas Bent MP6 February 190316 February 19041 year, 10 days
Ewen Hugh Cameron MPMinister of Public Health16 February 190431 October 19084 years, 258 days[10]
Duncan McBryde MLC31 October 19088 January 190969 days
William Baillieu MLCCommonwealth Liberal8 January 190927 February 19123 years, 50 days[11]
William Edgar MLC27 February 191221 June 19131 year, 114 days[11][12]
Frederick Hagelthorn MLC21 June 19139 December 1913171 days[12]
William Evans MLCLabor9 December 191322 December 191313 days[13]
James Drysdale Brown MLCCommonwealth Liberal22 December 19139 November 19151 year, 322 days[14][15][16]
Donald McLeod MP9 November 191529 November 19172 years, 20 days[15]
Alfred Downward MP Nationalist29 November 191721 March 1918112 days[17]
John Bowser MP21 March 19187 July 19191 year, 108 days[18]
Matthew Baird MP7 July 19197 September 19234 years, 62 days
Stanley Argyle MP7 September 192318 July 1924315 days[18][19]
John Percy Jones MLCLabor18 July 192418 November 1924123 days[20]
Stanley Argyle MPCountry18 November 192420 May 19272 years, 183 days[21]
William Beckett MLCLabor20 May 192722 November 19281 year, 186 days[22]
Stanley Argyle MP Nationalist22 November 192812 December 19291 year, 20 days[23]
William Beckett MLCLabor12 December 192924 June 19311 year, 194 days[24]
Robert Williams MLC24 June 193119 May 1932330 days
Stanley Argyle MPUnited Australia Party19 May 19322 April 19352 years, 318 days[25]
John Harris MLCUnited Country2 April 19351 January 19426 years, 274 days[26]
Edwin Mackrell MP8 January 194214 September 19431 year, 249 days
Percy Clarey MLCLabor14 September 194318 September 19434 days[27]
Ian Macfarlan MPUnited Country18 September 19432 October 19452 years, 14 days[28]
William Haworth MPLiberalMinister of Health2 October 194521 November 194550 days[29]
Bill Barry MPLabor21 November 194520 November 19471 year, 364 days[30]
Albert Dunstan MPCountry20 November 19473 December 19481 year, 13 days[31]
Trevor Oldham MPLiberal3 December 19488 December 19485 days
Charles Gartside MLC8 December 194827 June 19501 year, 201 days
Bill Fulton MPCountry27 June 195028 October 19522 years, 123 days[32]
William Dawnay-Mould MPElectoral Reform League28 October 195231 October 19523 days[33]
Bill Fulton MPCountry31 October 195217 December 195247 days[34][35]
Bill Barry MPLabor17 December 195231 March 19552 years, 104 days[36]
Val Doube MP31 March 19557 June 195568 days
Ewen Paul Cameron MLCLiberal Country Party7 June 195526 July 19616 years, 49 days[37]
Ronald Mack MLC26 July 196114 September 19654 years, 50 days
Arthur Rylah MP15 September 196522 September 19657 days
Pat Dickie MLC22 September 196511 June 19704 years, 262 days
John Rossiter MP11 June 197030 May 19732 years, 353 days[37][38]
Alan Scanlan MPLiberal30 May 197331 March 19762 years, 306 days[38]
Vasey Houghton MLC31 March 197616 May 19793 years, 46 days
Bill Borthwick MP16 May 19798 April 19822 years, 327 days[38][39]
Tom Roper MPLabor8 April 19822 May 19853 years, 24 days[40]
David White MLC2 May 19857 February 19893 years, 281 days
Caroline Hogg MLC7 February 198918 January 19911 year, 345 days[40][41]
Maureen Lyster MLC18 January 19916 October 19921 year, 262 days[41]
Marie Tehan MPLiberalMinister for Health Services6 October 19929 November 199234 days[42]
Minister for Health9 November 19923 April 19963 years, 146 days
Rob Knowles MLC3 April 199620 October 19993 years, 200 days
John Thwaites MPLabor20 October 19995 December 20023 years, 46 days[43]
Bronwyn Pike MP5 December 20023 August 20074 years, 241 days[43][44]
Daniel Andrews MP3 August 20072 December 20103 years, 121 days[44]
David Davis MLCLiberal2 December 20104 December 20144 years, 2 days[45][46]
Jill Hennessy MPLabor4 December 201429 November 20183 years, 360 days[47]
Jenny Mikakos MLC29 November 201826 September 20201 year, 302 days
Martin Foley MP29 September 202027 June 20221 year, 271 days
Mary-Anne Thomas MP27 June 2022Incumbent1 year, 342 days[47][48]

Ministers for Health Infrastructure

Minister for Health Infrastructure of Victoria
Incumbent
Mary-Anne Thomas MP
since 27 June 2022
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofParliament
Executive council
Reports toPremier
NominatorPremier
AppointerGovernor
on the recommendation of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Inaugural holderMary-Anne Thomas MP
Formation27 June 2022
OrderMPParty affiliationMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Mary-Anne Thomas MPLaborMinister for Health Infrastructure5 December 2022Incumbent1 year, 181 days[47][48]


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