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On 7 and 8 June
1955, the Governor, Sir Dallas
Brooks, appointed the following ministers
to the portfolios indicated. Some
changes resulted from the departure of William
Leggatt, who was appointed Agent-General for Victoria in
London in February 1956, the death of Robert
Whately the following
month, and the appointment of Gordon
McArthur as President
of the Victorian Legislative Council.
However, the ministry was stable from 1956
until its reconstitution after the 1961
election.
The list below is
ordered by decreasing seniority within the
Cabinet, as indicated by the Government Gazette
and the Victorian Year Book.
| Office |
Minister |
|
Premier and Treasurer
Minister for Conservation
|
Henry Bolte, MLA |
|
Deputy Premier
Chief Secretary
Leader of the Government in the
Legislative Assembly
Attorney-General
|
Arthur Rylah, BA, LL.B.,
MLA |
|
Minister
for Transport
Leader of the Government in the
Legislative Council
|
Arthur Warner, MLC |
|
Minister for
Agriculture
(21 March
1956 – 10 April 1956:)
- Minister for Forests
- Minister for State
Development and Decentralisation
- Minister for Immigration
|
Gilbert Chandler,
MLC |
|
Minister for Education
Minister for Immigration
|
Col. William
Leggatt, DSO, MC, BA, LL.B. MLA
(until 2 February 1956) |
|
Commissioner
of Public Works
|
Sir Thomas
Maltby, MLA |
|
Minister for
Health
|
Ewen Paul Cameron,
MLC |
|
Minister
for Water Supply
Minister for Mines
|
Wilfred Mibus, MLA |
|
Minister
for Forests
Minister for State Development and
Decentralisation
Minister for Immigration (from 14 February
1956)
|
Robert Whately, MA, Dip.Ed.,
MLA
(until 17 March 1956) |
|
(until 14
February 1956:)
- Minister for Labour and
Industry
- Minister for Electrical
Undertakings
Minister for Education (from
14 February 1956)
|
John Bloomfield,
LL.B., MLA |
|
Minister
for Housing
Minister for Immigration (from 10 April
1956)
|
Horace Petty, B.Com.,
MLA |
|
Minister
for Soldier Settlement
Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey
President of the Board of Land of Works
|
Keith Turnbull, MLA |
|
Minister
without portfolio (until 14 February 1956)
(from 14
February 1956:)
- Minister for Labour and
Industry
- Minister for Electrical
Undertakings
|
George Reid, LL.B.,
MLA |
|
Minister
without portfolio (until 10 April 1956)
(from 10
April 1956:)
- Minister for Forests
- Minister for State
Development and Decentralisation
|
Gordon McArthur, BA
(Hons), MLC
(until 8 July 1958) |
|
Minister
without portfolio (until 16 July 1958)
Minister for Forests (16 July 1958 – 21
January 1959)
Minister for Local Government (from 16
December 1958)
|
Murray
Porter, MLA
(from 14 February 1956) |
|
Minister
without portfolio (until 21 January 1959)
(from 21
January 1959:)
- Minister for Forests
- Minister for State
Development
|
Alexander Fraser,
MLA
(from 27 March 1956) |
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Minister
without portfolio
|
Lindsay Thompson, BA
(Hons), BEd, MLC
(from 16 July 1958) |
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