List of Governors of Victoria
The Governor of Victoria is the representative of the British monarch , currently Queen Elizabeth II , in the Australian state of Victoria . The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the governor-general of Australia does at the national level.
In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system , the governor acts almost entirely on the advice of the head of the elected government, in this case the Prime Minister of Victoria . However, the governor has the right to dismiss the prime minister.
List of Governors of Victoria
Lieutenant governors
| governor | Taking office | Resignation |
|---|---|---|
| Charles La Trobe | 1851 | 1854 |
| Charles Hotham | 1854 | May 22, 1855 |
Governors
| governor | Taking office | Resignation |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Hotham | May 22, 1855 | December 31, 1855 |
| Henry Barkly | December 26, 1856 | September 10, 1863 |
| Charles Darling | September 11, 1863 | May 7, 1866 |
| John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury | August 15, 1866 | March 2, 1873 |
| George Ferguson Bowen | July 30, 1873 | February 22, 1879 |
| George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby | April 29, 1879 | April 18, 1884 |
| Henry Hole | July 15, 1884 | November 15, 1889 |
| John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun | November 28, 1889 | July 12, 1895 |
| Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey | October 25, 1895 | March 31, 1900 |
| George Sydenham Clarke | December 10, 1901 | November 24, 1903 |
| Reginald Talbot | April 25, 1904 | July 6, 1908 |
| Thomas Gibson-Carmichael | July 27, 1908 | May 19, 1911 |
| John Fuller, 1st Baronet | May 24, 1911 | January 31, 1914 |
| Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield | February 23, 1914 | January 30, 1920 |
| George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke | February 24, 1921 | April 7, 1926 |
| Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers | June 28, 1926 | June 23, 1931 |
| William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield | May 14, 1934 | April 4, 1939 |
| Winston Dugan | July 17, 1939 | February 20, 1949 |
| Edmund Herring | February 20, 1949 | October 18, 1949 |
| Dallas Brooks | October 18, 1949 | May 7, 1963 |
| Rohan Delacombe | May 8, 1963 | May 31, 1974 |
| Henry Winneke | June 1, 1974 | March 1, 1982 |
| Brian Murray | March 1, 1982 | 3rd October 1985 |
| Davis McCaughey | February 18, 1986 | March 31, 1992 |
| Richard McGarvie | April 23, 1992 | April 23, 1997 |
| James Gobbo | April 24, 1997 | December 31, 2000 |
| John Landy | January 1, 2001 | April 7, 2006 |
| David de Kretser | April 7, 2006 | April 7, 2011 |
| Alex Chernov | April 8, 2011 | June 30, 2015 |
| Linda Dessau | July 1, 2015 | today |
Web links
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