Management
When first formed in 1857, the management of the Railways Department was initially vested in the President of the Board of Land and Works, this situation remaining until 1884. With the passing of the Victorian Railways Commissioners Act 1883, a board of four commissioners was put in charge, responsible to the Minister of Railways (the Minister of Transport from 1935 onwards).
The Chairman of Commissioners of the Victorian Railways were:
- Richard Speight: 1883 to 1892
- Richard Hodge Francis: 1892 to 1894
- James Syder: 1894 to 1896
- John Mathieson: 1896 to 1901
- William Francis Joseph Fitzpatrick: 1901 to 1903
- Thomas James Tait: 1903 to 1910
- William Francis Joseph Fitzpatrick: 1910 to 1915
- Charles Ernest Norman: 1915 to 1920
- Harold Winthrop Clapp: 1920 to 1939
- Norman Charles Harris: 1940 to 1950
- Robert George Wishart: 1950 to 1955
- Edgar Henry Brownbill: 1956 to 1967
- George Frederick Brown: 1967 to 1973
After the Bland Report of 1972, in May 1973 the Railways (Amendment) Act 1972 passed the management of the Railways from the Victorian Railways Commissioners to a Victorian Railways Board. The board could have up to seven members, with six being initially appointed. This remained until 1983 when the board was discontinued under the Transport Act 1983.
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