Commissioner of Trade and Customs
{{Short description|A former cabinet position in Colonial Victoria}}
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| post = Commissioner of Trade and Customs
| body = Victoria
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| appointer = Governor
| appointer_qualified = on the recommendation of the premier
| termlength = At the governor's pleasure
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| precursor = Collector of Customs
| formation = 28 November 1855
| abolished = 31 December 1900 (federation)
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| inaugural = Hugh Childers {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}
| last = George Turner {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}
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The Commissioner of Trade and Customs was a ministerial portfolio in Colonial Victoria. The position replaced the collector of customs (a position created in 1951{{clarify|date=November 2024}}, prior to Victoria's establishment). Upon federation, the position was eventually abolished as the Commonwealth assumed responsibility for trade and customs under section 51(i) of the Constitution of Australia.{{cite web |title=Department of Trade and Customs |url=https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA606 |website=Public Record Office Victoria |access-date=18 November 2024 |language=en-AU}}
Commissioners
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!Order !MP !Term start !Term end !Time in office !Notes |
| 1
| Hugh Childers {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 28 November 1855 | 25 February 1857 | {{age in years and days|28 November 1855|25 February 1857}} |
| 2
| John Goodman {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 25 February 1857 | 11 March 1857 | {{age in years and days|25 February 1857|11 March 1857}} |
| 3
| Augustus Greeves {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | {{age in years and days|11 March 1857|29 April 1857}} |
| 4
| James McCulloch {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | {{age in years and days|29 April 1857|10 March 1858}} |
| 5
| 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | {{age in years and days|10 March 1858|27 October 1859}} |
| 6
| Vincent Pyke {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 27 October 1859 | 29 October 1860 | {{age in years and days|27 October 1859|29 October 1860}} |
| 7
| John Bailey {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 29 October 1860 | 26 November 1860 | {{age in years and days|29 October 1860|26 November 1860}} |
| 8
| Robert Stirling Hore Anderson {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 26 November 1860 | 20 February 1861 | {{age in years and days|26 November 1860|20 February 1861}} |
| 9
| Thomas Loader {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 6 March 1861 | 10 June 1861 | {{age in years and days|6 March 1861|10 June 1861}} |
| 10
| James Sullivan {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 10 June 1861 | 14 November 1861 | {{age in years and days|10 June 1861|14 November 1861}} |
| (8)
| Robert Stirling Hore Anderson {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | {{age in years and days|14 November 1861|27 June 1863}} |
| 11
| James Francis {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | {{age in years and days|27 June 1863|6 May 1868}} |
| 12
| William Bailes {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | {{age in years and days|6 May 1868|11 July 1868}} |
| 13
| William M K Vale {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 11 July 1868 | 25 May 1869 | {{age in years and days|11 July 1868|25 May 1869}} |
| 14
| 2 September 1869 | 20 September 1869 | {{age in years and days|2 September 1869|20 September 1869}} |
| 15
| Edward Cohen {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | {{age in years and days|20 September 1869|9 April 1870}} |
| 16
| 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | {{age in years and days|9 April 1870|19 June 1871}} |
| 17
| Graham Berry {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 19 June 1871 | 23 November 1871 | {{age in years and days|19 June 1871|23 November 1871}} |
| (13)
| William M K Vale {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 23 November 1871 | 10 June 1872 | {{age in years and days|23 November 1871|10 June 1872}} |
| (15)
| Edward Cohen {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 10 June 1872 | 7 August 1875 | {{age in years and days|10 June 1872|7 August 1875}} | {{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Francis Ministry |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/francis.txt |website=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive |publisher=Psephos |access-date=17 November 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Kerferd Ministry |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/kerferd.txt |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive |publisher=Psephos}} |
| 18
| Peter Lalor {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | {{age in years and days|7 August 1875|20 October 1875}} |
| (8)
| Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MLC | 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | {{age in years and days|20 October 1875|21 May 1877}} |
| (18)
| Peter Lalor {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 22 May 1877 | 3 July 1877 | {{age in years and days|22 May 1877|3 July 1877}} |
| 19
| 5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | {{age in years and days|5 March 1880|3 August 1880}} |
| 20
| Alfred T Clark {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | {{age in years and days|3 August 1880|9 July 1881}} |
| 21
| James Graves {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | {{age in years and days|9 July 1881|8 March 1883}} |
| 22
| George Langridge {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | {{age in years and days|8 March 1883|18 February 1886}} |
| 23
| William Froggatt Walker {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 18 February 1886 | 5 March 1889 | {{age in years and days|18 February 1886|5 March 1889}} |
| (19)
| 5 March 1889 | 16 April 1889 | {{age in years and days|5 March 1889|16 April 1889}} |
| 24
| James Patterson {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 16 April 1889 | 5 November 1890 | {{age in years and days|16 April 1889|5 November 1890}} |
| (22)
| George Langridge {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 5 November 1890 | 24 March 1891 | {{age in years and days|5 November 1890|24 March 1891}} |
| 25
| James Wheeler {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 26 March 1891 | 22 April 1891 | {{age in years and days|26 March 1891|22 April 1891}} |
| 26
| George Turner {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 22 April 1891 | 23 January 1893 | {{age in years and days|22 April 1891|23 January 1893}} | {{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Munro Ministry |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/munro.txt |website=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive |publisher=Psephos |access-date=17 November 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Shiels Ministry |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/shiels.txt |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive |publisher=Psephos}} |
| 27
| James Campbell {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 23 January 1893 | 16 September 1893 | {{age in years and days|23 January 1893|16 September 1893}} |
| 28
| Richard Baker {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 16 September 1893 | 27 September 1894 | {{age in years and days|16 September 1893|27 September 1894}} |
| 29
| Robert Best {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | {{age in years and days|27 September 1894|5 December 1899}} |
| 30
| James Whiteside McCay {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 5 December 1899 | 29 December 1899 | {{age in years and days|5 December 1899|29 December 1899}} |
| 31
| Carty Salmon {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 29 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | {{age in years and days|29 December 1899|19 November 1900}} |
| (26)
| George Turner {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | 19 November 1900 | 31 December 1900 | {{age in years and days|19 November 1900|31 December 1900}} |
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