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, 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.
Commissioners OrderMPTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes 1 Hugh Childers 28 November 1855 25 February 1857 2 John Goodman 25 February 1857 11 March 1857 3 Augustus Greeves 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 4 James McCulloch 29 April 1857 10 March 1858 5 Henry Miller MLC 10 March 1858 27 October 1859 6 Vincent Pyke 27 October 1859 29 October 1860 7 John Bailey 29 October 1860 26 November 1860 8 Robert Stirling Hore Anderson 26 November 1860 20 February 1861 9 Thomas Loader 6 March 1861 10 June 1861 10 James Sullivan 10 June 1861 14 November 1861 (8) Robert Stirling Hore Anderson 14 November 1861 27 June 1863 11 James Francis 27 June 1863 6 May 1868 12 William Bailes 6 May 1868 11 July 1868 13 William M K Vale 11 July 1868 25 May 1869 14 George Rolfe MLC 2 September 1869 20 September 1869 15 Edward Cohen 20 September 1869 9 April 1870 16 Thomas Turner à Beckett MLC 9 April 1870 19 June 1871 17 Graham Berry 19 June 1871 23 November 1871 (13) William M K Vale 23 November 1871 10 June 1872 (15) Edward Cohen 10 June 1872 7 August 1875 18 Peter Lalor 7 August 1875 20 October 1875 (8) Robert Stirling Hore Anderson MLC 20 October 1875 21 May 1877 (18) Peter Lalor 22 May 1877 3 July 1877 19 Henry Cuthbert MLC 5 March 1880 3 August 1880 20 Alfred T Clark 3 August 1880 9 July 1881 21 James Graves 9 July 1881 8 March 1883 22 George Langridge 8 March 1883 18 February 1886 23 William Froggatt Walker 18 February 1886 5 March 1889 (19) Henry Cuthbert MLC 5 March 1889 16 April 1889 24 James Patterson 16 April 1889 5 November 1890 (22) George Langridge 5 November 1890 24 March 1891 25 James Wheeler 26 March 1891 22 April 1891 26 George Turner 22 April 1891 23 January 1893 27 James Campbell 23 January 1893 16 September 1893 28 Richard Baker 16 September 1893 27 September 1894 29 Robert Best 27 September 1894 5 December 1899 30 James Whiteside McCay 5 December 1899 29 December 1899 31 Carty Salmon 29 December 1899 19 November 1900 (26) George Turner 19 November 1900 31 December 1900
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