Minister of Forests
{{Short description|Former ministry within the Cabinet of Victoria}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}}
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| post = Minister of Forests
| body = Victoria
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| style = The Honourable
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| reports_to = Premier
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| nominator = Premier
| appointer = Governor
| appointer_qualified = on the recommendation of the premier
| termlength = At the governor's pleasure
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| formation = 5 December 1899
| abolished = 10 August 1990
| succession = Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands
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| inaugural = James McColl {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}
| last = Kay Setches {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}}
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The Minister of Forests was a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria.
Ministers
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!Order !MP ! colspan="2" |Party affiliation !Ministerial title !Term start !Term end !Time in office !Notes |
| 1
| James McColl {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | colspan="2" | | rowspan="41" | Minister of Forests | 5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | {{age in years and days|1899|12|5|1900|11|19}} |
| 2
| | |16 February 1904 |8 January 1909 |4 years, 327 days |
| 3
| Peter McBride {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}} | | rowspan="2" | Commonwealth Liberal | 8 January 1909 | 19 February 1913 | {{age in years and days|1909|1|8|1913|2|19}} | {{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Murray|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/murray.txt |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}}{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Watt1|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/watt1.txt |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} |
| 4
| Alfred Billson {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}} | | 19 February 1913 | 9 December 1913 | {{age in years and days|1913|2|19|1913|12|9}} |
| 5
| Alfred Richard Outtrim {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Labor | 9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | {{age in years and days|1913|12|9|1913|12|22}} |
| 6
| {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}} | | rowspan="2" | Commonwealth Liberal | 22 December 1913 | 9 November 1915 | {{age in years and days|1913|12|22|1915|11|9}} | {{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Watt2|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/watt2.txt |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}}{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Peacock2|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/peacock2.txt |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}}{{Gazette VIC|year=1915|page=4377|title=Ministers of the Crown|last=Mabbot|first=F. W.|date=9 November 1915|access-date=24 September 2023}} |
| 8
| Thomas Livingston {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|commonwealth liberal}} | | 9 November 1915 | 29 November 1917 | {{age in years and days|1915|11|9|1917|11|29}} |
| 9
| Alfred Downward {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | rowspan="4" | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | {{age in years and days|1917|11|29|1918|3|21}} |
| 10
| William Hutchinson {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | 21 March 1918 | 1 November 1920 | {{age in years and days|1918|3|21|1920|11|1}} |
| 11
| Alexander Peacock {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | 4 November 1920 | 28 April 1924 | {{age in years and days|1920|11|4|1924|4|28}} |
| 12
| Richard Toutcher {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | 28 April 1924 | 18 July 1924 | {{age in years and days|1924|4|28|1924|7|18}} |
| 13
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Labor | 18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | {{age in years and days|1924|7|18|1924|11|18}} |
| 14
| {{Australian party style|Country}} | | 18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | {{age in years and days|1924|11|18|1927|5|20}} |
| 15
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Labor | 20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | {{age in years and days|1927|5|20|1928|11|22}} |
| 16
| John Pennington {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | 22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | {{age in years and days|1928|11|22|1929|12|12}} |
| (15)
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan="2" | Labor | 12 December 1929 | 24 June 1931 | {{age in years and days|1929|12|12|1931|6|24}} |
| 17
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | 24 June 1931 | 19 May 1932 | {{age in years and days|1931|6|24|1932|5|19}} |
| 18
|Albert Dunstan {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Country}} | |19 May 1932 |20 March 1935 |{{age in years and days|1932|5|19|1935|3|20}} |
| 19
| Thomas Maltby {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|uap}} | | 20 March 1935 | 2 April 1935 | {{age in years and days|1935|3|20|1935|4|2}} |
| 20
| Albert Lind {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Country}} | | 2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | {{age in years and days|1935|4|2|1943|9|14}} |
| (13)
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Labor | 14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | {{age in years and days|1943|9|14|1943|9|18}} |
| (20)
| Albert Lind {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Country}} | | 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | {{age in years and days|1943|9|18|1945|10|2}} |
| 21
| William Everard {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | Liberal | 2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | {{age in years and days|1945|10|2|1945|11|21}} |
| 22
| Bill Barry {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Labor | 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | {{age in years and days|1945|11|21|1947|11|20}} |
| 23
| Alexander Dennett {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | Liberal | 20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | {{age in years and days|1947|11|20|1950|6|27}} |
| (20)
| Albert Lind {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Country}} | | Country | 27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | {{age in years and days|1950|6|27|1952|10|28}} |
| (23)
| Alexander Dennett {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | {{age in years and days|1952|10|28|1952|10|31}} |
| (20)
| Albert Lind {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Country}} | | Country | 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | {{age in years and days|1952|10|31|1952|12|17}} | {{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Mcdonald2|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/mcdonald2.txt |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}}{{Gazette VIC|year=1952|page=6155|title=Ministers of the Crown|date=31 October 1952}} |
| 24
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan="3" | Labor | 17 December 1952 | 7 July 1954 | {{age in years and days|1952|12|17|1954|7|7}} |
| 24
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | 7 July 1954 | 31 March 1955 | {{age in years and days|1954|7|7|1955|3|31}} |
| 26
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | 31 March 1955 | 7 June 1955 | {{age in years and days|1955|3|31|1955|6|7}} |
| 27
| Robert Whately {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | rowspan="7" | Liberal Country Party | 7 June 1955 | 17 March 1956 | {{age in years and days|1955|6|7|1956|3|17}} |
| 28
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 21 March 1956 | 10 April 1956 | {{age in years and days|1956|3|21|1956|4|10}} |
| 29
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 10 April 1956 | 8 July 1958 | {{age in years and days|1956|4|10|1958|7|8}} |
| 30
| Alexander Fraser {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 16 July 1958 | 20 January 1959 | {{age in years and days|1958|7|16|1959|1|20}} |
| 31
| Murray Porter {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 20 January 1959 | 26 July 1961 | {{age in years and days|1959|1|20|1961|7|26}} | {{Cite Gazette VIC|year=1959|page=113|title=Ministers of the Crown|last=Mahlstedt|first=A|date=20 January 1959|access-date=24 September 2023}} |
| 32
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 26 July 1961 | 9 May 1967 | {{age in years and days|1961|7|26|1967|5|9}} |
| 33
| Edward Meagher {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 9 May 1967 | 22 June 1973 | {{age in years and days|1967|5|9|1973|6|22}} | {{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Victorian Ministries - Hamer|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/hamer.txt |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive}} |
| 34
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | rowspan="2" | Liberal | 22 June 1973 | 5 June 1981 | {{age in years and days|1973|6|22|1981|6|5}} |
| 35
| Tom Austin {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | 5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | {{age in years and days|1981|6|5|1982|4|8}} |
| rowspan="2" |36
| rowspan="2" | Rod Mackenzie MLC | {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan="4" | Labor | 8 April 1982 | 1 September 1983 | {{age in years and days|1982|4|8|1983|9|1}} |
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan="3" | Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands From the 1 September 1983 the Forests Act (1958) was administered under an amalgamated Departmental structure. The Minister was still responsible for all the functions of the Act and remained the Minister for Forests for the purposes of legislation. | 1 September 1983 | 2 May 1985 | {{age in years and days|1983|9|1|1985|5|2}} |
| 37
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | 2 May 1985 | 13 October 1988 | {{age in years and days|1985|5|2|1988|10|13}} |
| 38
| Kay Setches {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} | {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | 13 October 1988 | 2 April 1990 | {{age in years and days|1988|10|13|1990|8|10}} |
| 39
| |Minister for Conservation and Environment |2 April 1990 |21 January 1992 |1 year, 294 days |
| 40
| |Minister for Conservation and Environment |21 January 1992 |6 October 1992 |259 days |
| 41
Birrell MLC | |Minister for Conservation and Environment |6 October 1992 |23 March 1996 |7 years, 2 weeks, 6 days |
| 42
| |Minister for Conservation and Land Management |23 March 1996 |21 October 1999 | |
| 43
| |Minister for Environment and Conservation |21 October 1999 |1 December 2006 | |
| 44
| |Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change |1 December 2006 |30 July 2007 | |
| 45
| |Minister for Environment and Climate Change |30 July 2007 |2 December 2010 | |
| 46
| |Minister for Environment and Climate Change |2 December 2010 |November 2014 | |
| 47
| |Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |November 2014 |2016 | |
| 48
| |Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action |2016 | | |