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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.

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.

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's 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.

List of Governors of Victoria

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.

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

Governors

Captain Sir Charles Hotham, 1855

Sir Henry Barkly, 1856-1863

Sir Charles Darling, 1863-1866

Sir John Manners-Sutton, 1866-1873

Sir George Bowen, 1873-1879

George Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, 1879-1884

Sir Henry Loch, 1884-1889

John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1889-1895

Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, 1895-1900

Sir George Clarke, 1901-1903

Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot, 1904-1908

Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1908-1911

Sir John Fuller, 1911-1914

Sir Arthur Stanley, 1914-1920

Colonel George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, 1921-1926

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, 1926-1931

Captain William Vannecke, 5th Baron Huntingfield, 1934-1939

Major General Sir Winston Dugan, 1939-1949

General Sir Dallas Brooks, 1949-1963

Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, 1963-1974

Sir Henry Winneke, 1974-1982

Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray, 1982-1985

The Reverend Dr Davis McCaughey, 1986-1992

Richard McGarvie, 1992-1997

Sir James Gobbo, 1997-2000

John Landy, 2001-2006

Professor David de Kretser, 2006-

Living former governors

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

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