| 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 |