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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 |
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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)
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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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