Governor of Victoria

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The Governor of Victoria is the King’s representative in the Australian state of Victoria, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties on behalf of the Crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
vice-regal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Victoria ⓘ
appointedBy monarch of Australia ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf Premier of Victoria ⓘ
canBeExtended yes ⓘ
ceremonialFunction hosts visiting heads of state and dignitaries ⓘ
presides at state ceremonies ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Victoria ⓘ
communityFunction acts as patron of community organisations in Victoria ⓘ
constitutionalFunction acts on advice of the Victorian Executive Council ⓘ
appoints Premier of Victoria ⓘ
appoints ministers of the Victorian government ⓘ
dissolves Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
gives royal assent to Acts of the Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
issues writs for Victorian state elections ⓘ
prorogues Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
summons Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdBy colony of Victoria ⓘ
flag Flag of the Governor of Victoria ⓘ
hasDeputy Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria ⓘ
hasTitle Her Excellency the Honourable ⓘ
inception 1855 ⓘ
legalStatus part of the Crown in right of Victoria ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Melbourne ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
nominatingAuthority Premier of Victoria ⓘ
officeHeldBy Margaret Gardner ⓘ
officeStyle Governor of Victoria ⓘ
precedence highest-ranking public office in Victoria ⓘ
reportsTo monarch of Australia ⓘ
represents King of Australia ⓘ
monarch of Australia ⓘ
residence Government House, Melbourne ⓘ
residenceFunction uses Government House, Melbourne for official events ⓘ
residenceType official residence ⓘ
role King’s representative in Victoria ⓘ
ceremonial duties ⓘ
community engagement ⓘ
exercise of constitutional powers at state level ⓘ
symbolic head of state in Victoria ⓘ
termLength 5 years (customary) ⓘ
worksWith Cabinet of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
Premier of Victoria ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Premier of Victoria → appointedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament of Victoria → hasPart → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament of Victoria → headOfStateRole → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Victoria → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Victoria (Australia) → headOfStateTitle → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Crown in right of Victoria → representedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Crown of Australia → representedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Australian state governors → officeHoldersInclude → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Executive Council of Victoria → presidedOverBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Executive Council of Victoria → headedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Executive Council of Victoria → advises → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Executive Council of Victoria → chairTitle → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Cabinet of Victoria → appointingAuthority → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Cabinet of Victoria → advises → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution of Victoria → establishes → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Victorian Legislative Assembly → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) → regulates → office of the Governor of Victoria ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Victoria
VLA → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
John Landy → positionHeld → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John Landy → officeHeld → Governor of Victoria, Australia ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: Governor of Victoria
John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun → positionHeld → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Flag of Victoria → usedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ
Great Seal of Victoria → usedBy → Governor of Victoria ⓘ