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**David de Kretser**
Governor of Victoria
	Viceroy
	Provincial/State
	; Badge of the Governor
	Incumbent:; David de Kretser;
Style:;	His Excellency
Appointed by:;	Elizabeth II; as Queen of Australia
First viceroy:;	Sir Charles Hotham
Formation:;	22 May 1855

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.

[edit] Powers

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.^[1]

[edit] Related offices

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.

[edit] Australian-born governors

The first Australian- (and Victorian-) born Governor of Victoria was Sir Henry Winneke (appointed 1974). All subsequent governors have been Australian-born, except for Dr Davis McCaughey (born in Ireland) and the incumbent, Professor David de Kretser (born in Ceylon), who both emigrated to Australia at an early age.

[edit] List of Governors of Victoria

Standard of the Governor of Victoria

[edit] Lieutenant-Governors

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.^[2]

No.	Lieutenant-Governor	From	To
1	Captain Charles La Trobe	1851	1854
2	Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB RN	1854	1855

[edit] Governors

No.	Governor	From	To
1	Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB RN	22 May 1855	31 December 1855
2	Sir Henry Barkly GCMG KCB FRS FRGS	26 December 1856	10 September 1863
3	Sir Charles Darling KCB	11 September 1863	7 May 1866
4	The Rt Hon. Viscount Canterbury GCMG KB	15 August 1866	2 March 1873
5	The Rt Hon. Sir George Bowen GCMG	30 July 1873	22 February 1879
6	The Most Hon. Marquess of Normanby GCB GCMG PC	29 April 1879	18 April 1884
7	The Rt Hon. Lord Loch GCMG, KCB	15 July 1884	15 November 1889
8	The Most Hon. Earl of Hopetoun (later Marquess of Linlithgow) KT GCMG GCVO PC	28 November 1889	12 July 1895
9	The Rt Hon. Earl Brassey GCB JP DL TD	25 October 1895	31 March 1900
10	The Rt Hon. Baron Sydenham of Combe GCSI GCIE GCMG GBE	10 December 1901	24 November 1903
11	The Hon. Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot KCB	25 April 1904	6 July 1908
12	The Rt Hon. Lord Carmichael GCSI GCIE KCMG DL	27 July 1908	19 May 1911
13	The Rt Hon. Sir John Fuller Bt KCMG	24 May 1911	24 November 1913
14	The Rt Hon. Lord Sheffield KCMG	23 February 1914	30 January 1920
15	The Rt Hon. Earl of Stradbroke KCMG CB CVO CBE VD TD	24 February 1921	7 April 1926
16	The Rt Hon. Lord Somers KCMG DSO MC	28 June 1926	23 June 1931
17	The Rt Hon. Lord Huntingfield KCMG	14 May 1934	4 April 1939
18	The Rt Hon. Major General The Lord Dugan GCMG CB KStJ DSO	17 July 1939	20 February 1949
19	General Sir Reginald Brooks GCMG KCB KCVO DSO KStJ	18 October 1949	7 May 1963
20	Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe KCMG KBE CB DSO KStJ	8 May 1963	31 May 1974
21	The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke AC KCMG KCVO OBE KStJ KC	3 June 1974	28 February 1982
22	Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray KCMG AO KStJ	1 March 1982	3 October 1985
23	The Reverend Dr Davis McCaughey AC KStJ	18 February 1986	22 April 1992
24	The Hon. Richard McGarvie AC KStJ QC	23 April 1992	23 April 1997
25	The Hon. Sir James Gobbo AC CVO KStJ QC	24 April 1997	31 December 2000
26	Mr. John Landy AC CVO MBE	1 January 2001	7 April 2006
27	Professor David de Kretser AC KStJ	7 April 2006	Present

[edit] Living former governors

As of November 2007^[update], 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 25 March 2005. The most recently-serving governor to die was Richard McGarvie (1992–1997), on 24 May 2003.

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

[edit] References

^ Constitution of Victoria (1975), Part 1.
^ Twomey, Anne (2006). The chameleon Crown: The Queen and her Australian governors. Sydney: The Federation Press. ISBN 978-1-86287-629-3. http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862876293.

[edit] External links

[0] 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. http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862876293.

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