Minister for Local Government (Victoria)

Minister for Local Government of Victoria
Incumbent
Natalie Hutchins
since December 2014
Local Government branch of the Department of Planning and Community Development
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of Victoria, His Excellency Alex Chernov AC QC

The Victorian Minister for Local Government is the elected officer of the government in the Australian state of Victoria that is commissioned with responsibility for scrutinising councils, recommending allocation of grants to local governments for projects, assessing processes for redistributing municipal boundaries according to population, overseeing tendering processes for council services, airing any concerns of local governments at Cabinet meetings and co-ordinating council community and infrastructure work at a state level. The Minister achieves the Government's objectives through oversight of the Local Government branch of the Department of Planning and Community Development.

All ministers responsible for local government since 1964 have been known as the Minister for Local Government, apart from Caroline Hogg (1991-1992), whose title was Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs.[1]

The current Minister for Local Government is the Hon. Natalie Hutchins MLA, a representative of the Australian Labor Party.

List of Ministers for Local Government since 1964

MemberPartyTerm
  Rupert Hamer Liberal 1964-1971
  Alan Hunt Liberal 1971-1979
  Digby Crozier Liberal 1979-1981
  Lou Lieberman Liberal 1981-1982
  Frank Wilkes Labor 1982-1985
  Jim Simmonds Labor 1985-1988
  Andrew McCutcheon Labor 1988-1989
  Maureen Lyster Labor 1989-1991
  Caroline Hogg Labor 1991-1992
  Roger Hallam Liberal 1992-1996
  Rob Maclellan Liberal 1996-1999
  Bob Cameron Labor 1999-2002
  Candy Broad Labor 2002-2006
  Richard Wynne Labor 2006-2010
  Jeanette Powell National 2010-2014
  Tim Bull National 2014
  Natalie Hutchins Labor 2014–present

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (2002). A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1985-1999. Federation Press. p. 85.


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