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The Governor of Victoria is the representatives in the Australia n state of Victoria of Australia's head of state, 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. 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. See Governors Of The Australian States for a description and history of the office of Governor. Lieutenant-Governors
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- |
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