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The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of Australia's monarch, 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. The Governor's office and official residence is Government House in central Melbourne.

Contents 1 Powers 2 Related offices 3 List of Governors of Victoria 3.1 Lieutenant-Governors 3.2 Governors 4 Living former governors 5 References

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.

Until Victoria obtained responsible government in 1855, the Governor-General of New South Wales appointed Lieutenant-Governors to Victoria. The Governor-General of New South Wales was reverted to Governor in 1861.^[1]

• 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

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-

As of November 2007, two former governors are alive, the oldest being John Landy (2001–06, born 1930). The most recent governor to die was Davis McCaughey (1986–92), on March 25, 2005. The most recently-serving governor to die was Richard McGarvie (1992–1997), on May 24, 2003.

Name	Term as governor	Date of birth
Sir James Gobbo	1997–2000	March 22, 1931
John Landy	2001–2006	April 12, 1930

• Constitution of Victoria (1975) Part 1

1. ^ Twomey, Anne (2006). The chameleon Crown: The Queen and her Australian governors. Sydney: The Federation Press. ISBN 978-1-86287-629-3. 

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