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.
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
Order
MP
Party affiliation
Ministerial title
Term start
Term end
Time in office
Notes
Alfred Deakin MP
Minister of Health
19 January 1890
5 November 1890
290 days
[ 1]
George Langridge MP
5 November 1890
24 March 1891
139 days
[ 2]
John M Davies MLC
26 March 1891
22 April 1891
27 days
George Turner MP
22 April 1891
23 January 1893
1 year, 276 days
[ 2] [ 3]
Robert Reid MLC
23 January 1893
27 September 1894
1 year, 247 days
[ 4]
Henry Cuthbert MLC
27 September 1894
14 May 1895
229 days
[ 5]
John William Taverner MP
14 May 1895
16 September 1895
125 days
Henry Roberts Williams MP
16 September 1895
5 December 1899
4 years, 80 days
Donald Melville MLC
5 December 1899
19 November 1900
349 days
[ 6]
William McCulloch MLC
19 November 1900
10 June 1902
1 year, 203 days
[ 7] [ 8]
Robert Reid MLC
Reform
10 June 1902
6 February 1903
241 days
[ 9]
Thomas Bent MP
6 February 1903
16 February 1904
1 year, 10 days
Ewen Hugh Cameron MP
Minister of Public Health
16 February 1904
31 October 1908
4 years, 258 days
[ 10]
Duncan McBryde MLC
31 October 1908
8 January 1909
69 days
William Baillieu MLC
Commonwealth Liberal
8 January 1909
27 February 1912
3 years, 50 days
[ 11]
William Edgar MLC
27 February 1912
21 June 1913
1 year, 114 days
[ 11] [ 12]
Frederick Hagelthorn MLC
21 June 1913
9 December 1913
171 days
[ 12]
William Evans MLC
Labor
9 December 1913
22 December 1913
13 days
[ 13]
James Drysdale Brown MLC
Commonwealth Liberal
22 December 1913
9 November 1915
1 year, 322 days
[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Donald McLeod MP
9 November 1915
29 November 1917
2 years, 20 days
[ 15]
Alfred Downward MP
Nationalist
29 November 1917
21 March 1918
112 days
[ 17]
John Bowser MP
21 March 1918
7 July 1919
1 year, 108 days
[ 18]
Matthew Baird MP
7 July 1919
7 September 1923
4 years, 62 days
Stanley Argyle MP
7 September 1923
18 July 1924
315 days
[ 18] [ 19]
John Percy Jones MLC
Labor
18 July 1924
18 November 1924
123 days
[ 20]
Stanley Argyle MP
Country
18 November 1924
20 May 1927
2 years, 183 days
[ 21]
William Beckett MLC
Labor
20 May 1927
22 November 1928
1 year, 186 days
[ 22]
Stanley Argyle MP
Nationalist
22 November 1928
12 December 1929
1 year, 20 days
[ 23]
William Beckett MLC
Labor
12 December 1929
24 June 1931
1 year, 194 days
[ 24]
Robert Williams MLC
24 June 1931
19 May 1932
330 days
Stanley Argyle MP
United Australia Party
19 May 1932
2 April 1935
2 years, 318 days
[ 25]
John Harris MLC
United Country
2 April 1935
1 January 1942
6 years, 274 days
[ 26]
Edwin Mackrell MP
8 January 1942
14 September 1943
1 year, 249 days
Percy Clarey MLC
Labor
14 September 1943
18 September 1943
4 days
[ 27]
Ian Macfarlan MP
United Country
18 September 1943
2 October 1945
2 years, 14 days
[ 28]
William Haworth MP
Liberal
Minister of Health
2 October 1945
21 November 1945
50 days
[ 29]
Bill Barry MP
Labor
21 November 1945
20 November 1947
1 year, 364 days
[ 30]
Albert Dunstan MP
Country
20 November 1947
3 December 1948
1 year, 13 days
[ 31]
Trevor Oldham MP
Liberal
3 December 1948
8 December 1948
5 days
Charles Gartside MLC
8 December 1948
27 June 1950
1 year, 201 days
Bill Fulton MP
Country
27 June 1950
28 October 1952
2 years, 123 days
[ 32]
William Dawnay-Mould MP
Electoral Reform League
28 October 1952
31 October 1952
3 days
[ 33]
Bill Fulton MP
Country
31 October 1952
17 December 1952
47 days
[ 34] [ 35]
Bill Barry MP
Labor
17 December 1952
31 March 1955
2 years, 104 days
[ 36]
Val Doube MP
31 March 1955
7 June 1955
68 days
Ewen Paul Cameron MLC
Liberal Country Party
7 June 1955
26 July 1961
6 years, 49 days
[ 37]
Ronald Mack MLC
26 July 1961
14 September 1965
4 years, 50 days
Arthur Rylah MP
15 September 1965
22 September 1965
7 days
Pat Dickie MLC
22 September 1965
11 June 1970
4 years, 262 days
John Rossiter MP
11 June 1970
30 May 1973
2 years, 353 days
[ 37] [ 38]
Alan Scanlan MP
Liberal
30 May 1973
31 March 1976
2 years, 306 days
[ 38]
Vasey Houghton MLC
31 March 1976
16 May 1979
3 years, 46 days
Bill Borthwick MP
16 May 1979
8 April 1982
2 years, 327 days
[ 38] [ 39]
Tom Roper MP
Labor
8 April 1982
2 May 1985
3 years, 24 days
[ 40]
David White MLC
2 May 1985
7 February 1989
3 years, 281 days
Caroline Hogg MLC
7 February 1989
18 January 1991
1 year, 345 days
[ 40] [ 41]
Maureen Lyster MLC
18 January 1991
6 October 1992
1 year, 262 days
[ 41]
Marie Tehan MP
Liberal
Minister for Health Services
6 October 1992
9 November 1992
34 days
[ 42]
Minister for Health
9 November 1992
3 April 1996
3 years, 146 days
Rob Knowles MLC
3 April 1996
20 October 1999
3 years, 200 days
John Thwaites MP
Labor
20 October 1999
5 December 2002
3 years, 46 days
[ 43]
Bronwyn Pike MP
5 December 2002
3 August 2007
4 years, 241 days
[ 43] [ 44]
Daniel Andrews MP
3 August 2007
2 December 2010
3 years, 121 days
[ 44]
David Davis MLC
Liberal
2 December 2010
4 December 2014
4 years, 2 days
[ 45] [ 46]
Jill Hennessy MP
Labor
4 December 2014
29 November 2018
3 years, 360 days
[ 47]
Jenny Mikakos MLC
29 November 2018
26 September 2020
1 year, 302 days
Martin Foley MP
29 September 2020
27 June 2022
1 year, 271 days
Mary-Anne Thomas MP
27 June 2022
Incumbent
2 years, 199 days
[ 47] [ 48]
Ministers for Health Infrastructure
Order
MP
Party affiliation
Ministerial title
Term start
Term end
Time in office
Notes
Mary-Anne Thomas MP
Labor
Minister for Health Infrastructure
5 December 2022
Incumbent
2 years, 38 days
[ 47] [ 48]
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