The Governor of Victoria is the representatives in the Australian state of Victoria of Australia's head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.

In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the Governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of Victoria. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier.

There is also a Lieutenant-Governor and an Administrator. The Chief Justice of Victoria is ex-officio the Administrator, unless he or she is the Lieutenant-Governor, in which case, the next most senior judge is the Administrator. The Lieutenant-Governor takes on the responsibilities of the Governor when that post is vacant or when the Governor is out of the State or unable to act. The Administrator takes on those duties if both the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor are not able to act for the above reasons.

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

Lieutenant-Governors

• Charles La Trobe, 1851-1854 (La Trobe was Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales 1839-1851)
• Captain Sir Charles Hotham, 1854-1855

Governors

1. Captain Sir Charles Hotham, 1855
2. Sir Henry Barkly, 1856-1863
3. Sir Charles Darling, 1863-1866
4. Sir John Manners-Sutton, 1866-1873
5. Sir George Bowen, 1873-1879
6. George Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, 1879-1884
7. Sir Henry Loch, 1884-1889
8. John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1889-1895
9. Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, 1895-1900
10. Sir George Clarke, 1901-1903
11. Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot, 1904-1908
12. Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1908-1911
13. Sir John Fuller, 1911-1914
14. Sir Arthur Stanley, 1914-1920
15. Colonel George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, 1921-1926
16. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, 1926-1931
17. Captain William Vannecke, 5th Baron Huntingfield, 1934-1939
18. Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1939-1949
19. General Sir Dallas Brooks, 1949-1963
20. Major-General Sir Rohan Delacombe, 1963-1974
21. Sir Henry Winneke, 1974-1982
22. Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray, 1982-1985
23. The Reverend Dr Davis McCaughey, 1986-1992
24. Richard McGarvie, 1992-1997
25. Sir James Gobbo, 1997-2000
26. John Landy, 2001-2006
27. Professor David de Kretser, 2006-

References

• Constitution of Victoria (1975) Part 1

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