| Term
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
|---|
| Part of New South Wales
|
| Representing HM Queen Victoria
|
| 30 September 1839 to 15 July 1851 |
Charles Joseph La Trobe, Superintendent
|
| Victoria Colony |
Separated from New South Wales
|
| 15 July 1851 to 6 May 1854 |
Charles Joseph La Trobe, Lieutenant Governor
|
| 6 May 1854 to 22 June 1854 |
John Vesey Fitzgerald, acting Lieutenant Governor
|
| 22 June 1854 to 22 May 1855 |
Sir Charles Hotham, Lieutenant Governor
|
| 22 May 1855 to 1 January 1855 |
Sir Charles Hotham, Governor
|
| 1 January 1855 to 26 December 1856 |
Edward MacArthur, acting Governor
|
| 26 December 1856 to 11 September 1863 |
Sir Henry Barkly, Governor
|
| 11 September 1863 to 7 May 1866 |
Sir Charles Henry Darling, Governor
|
| 7 May 1866 to 15 August 1866 |
George Jackson Carey, acting Governor
|
| 15 August 1866 to 3 March 1873 |
Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, Governor
|
| 3 March 1873 to 30 July 1873 |
Sir John Ferguson Bowen, acting Governor
|
| 30 July 1873 to 29 April 1879 |
Sir John Ferguson Bowen, Governor
|
| 29 April 1879 to 18 April 1884 |
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, Governor
|
| 18 April 1884 to 15 July 1884 |
Sir William Foster Stawell, acting Governor
|
| 15 July 1884 to 16 November 1889 |
Sir Henry Brougham Loch, Governor
|
| 16 November 1889 to 28 November 1889 |
Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, acting Governor
|
| 28 November 1889 to 27 March 1895 |
John Adrian Louis Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, Governor
|
| 27 March 1895 to 25 October 1895 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
1st Term
|
| 25 October 1895 to 15 January 1900 |
Thomas Brassey, Baron Brassey, Governor
|
| 15 January 1900 to 1 January 1901 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
2nd Term
|
| The State of Victoria |
Within the Commonwealth of Australia
|
| 1 January 1901 to 22 January 1901 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
2nd Term (contd.)
|
| Representing HM King Edward VII
|
| 22 January 1901 to 10 December 1901 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
2nd Term (contd.)
|
| 10 December 1901 to 24 November 1903 |
Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor
|
| 24 November 1903 to 25 April 1904 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
3rd Term
|
| 25 April 1904 to 6 July 1908 |
Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, Governor
|
| 6 July 1908 to 26 July 1908 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
4th Term
|
| 27 July 1908 to 6 May 1910 |
Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Governor
|
| Representing HM King George V
|
| 6 May 1910 to 19 May 1911 |
Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Governor
|
| 19 May 1911 to 24 May 1911 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
5th Term
|
| 24 May 1911 to 28 August 1913 |
Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller
|
| 28 August 1913 to 23 February 1914 |
Sir John Madden, acting Governor |
6th Term
|
| 23 February 1914 to 30 January 1920 |
Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley, Governor
|
| 31 January 1920 to 24 February 1921 |
Sir William Hill Irvine, acting Governor |
1st Term
|
| 24 February 1921 to 7 April 1926 |
George Edward John Mowbray Rous, Earl of Stradbroke, Governor
|
| 8 April 1926 to 27 June 1926 |
Sir William Hill Irvine, acting Governor |
2nd Term
|
| 28 June 1926 to 23 June 1931 |
Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers Cocks, Baron Somers, Governor
|
| 24 June 1931 to 14 May 1934 |
Sir William Hill Irvine, acting Governor |
3rd Term
|
| 14 May 1934 to 20 January 1936 |
William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, Baron Huntingfield, Governor
|
| Representing HM King Edward VIII
|
| 20 January 1936 to 10 December 1936 |
William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, Baron Huntingfield, Governor
|
| Representing HM King George VI
|
| 10 December 1936 to 4 April 1939 |
William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, Baron Huntingfield, Governor
|
| 5 April 1939 to 16 July 1939 |
Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann, acting Governor
|
| 17 July 1939 to 20 February 1949 |
Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, Governor
|
| 21 February 1949 to 17 October 1949 |
Sir Edmund Francis Herring, acting Governor
|
| 18 October 1949 to 6 February 1952 |
Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks
|
| Representing HM Queen Elizabeth II
|
| 6 February 1952 to7 May 1963 |
Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks
|
| 8 May 1963 to 24 May 1974 |
Sir Rohan Delacombe, Governor
|
| 24 May 1974 to 31 May 1974 |
Sir Henry Arthur Winneke, acting Governor
|
| 31 May 1974 to 28 February 1982 |
Sir Henry Arthur Winneke, Governor
|
| 1 March 1982 to 3 October 1985 |
Sir Brian Stewart Murray, Governor
|
| 3 October 1985 to 18 February 1986 |
Sir John Mackintosh Young, acting Governor
|
| 18 February 1986 to 22 April 1992 |
John Davis McCaughey, Governor
|
| 23 April 1992 to 23 April 1997 |
Richard Elgin McGarvie, Governor
|
| 24 April 1997 to 1 January 2001 |
Sir James Augustine Gobbo, Governor
|
| 1 January 2001 to present |
John Michael Landy, Governor
|
