Ben Carroll

Ben Carroll
Carroll at a Melbourne Press Club lunch in October 2024
30th Deputy Premier of Victoria
Assumed office
2 October 2023
PremierJacinta Allan
Preceded byJacinta Allan
Deputy Leader of the Victorian Labor Party
Assumed office
27 September 2023
LeaderJacinta Allan
Preceded byJacinta Allan
Minister for Education
Assumed office
2 October 2023
PremierJacinta Allan
Preceded byNatalie Hutchins
Minister for Public Transport
In office
22 June 2020 – 2 October 2023
PremierDaniel Andrews
Jacinta Allan
Preceded byMelissa Horne
Succeeded byGabrielle Williams (as Minister for Public and Active Transport)
Minister for Industry and Innovation
In office
5 December 2022 – 2 October 2023
PremierDaniel Andrews
Jacinta Allan
Preceded byMartin Pakula (as Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade)
Succeeded byNatalie Hutchins (as Minister for Jobs and Industry)
Minister for Manufacturing Sovereignty
In office
5 December 2022 – 2 October 2023
PremierDaniel Andrews
Jacinta Allan
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister for Employment
In office
5 December 2022 – 2 October 2023
PremierDaniel Andrews
Jacinta Allan
Preceded byJaala Pulford
Succeeded byVicki Ward
Minister for Roads and Road Safety
In office
22 June 2020 – 5 December 2022
PremierDaniel Andrews
Preceded byJaala Pulford
Succeeded byMelissa Horne
Minister for Corrections, Youth Justice and Crime Prevention
In office
29 November 2018 – 22 June 2020
PremierDaniel Andrews
Preceded byGayle Tierney
Succeeded byNatalie Hutchins
Minister for Victim Support
In office
29 November 2018 – 22 June 2020
PremierDaniel Andrews
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byNatalie Hutchins
Minister for Industry and Employment
In office
16 October 2017 – 29 November 2018
PremierDaniel Andrews
Preceded byWade Noonan
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Niddrie
Assumed office
24 March 2012
Preceded byRob Hulls
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Alan Carroll

(1975-07-12) 12 July 1975 (age 49)
Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
Alma materLa Trobe University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitebencarroll.com.au

Benjamin Alan Carroll (born 12 July 1975) is an Australian politician and lawyer and has been the current deputy premier of Victoria since October 2023.[1][2] He has been the deputy leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Niddrie since 2012.

Carroll also currently holds the positions of Minister For Education and Deputy Premier of Victoria in the state government since the 2023 cabinet reshuffle which resulted in the First Allan Ministry. In addition to his ministerial portfolios, Carroll is a member of two parliamentary committees - the Legislative Assembly Standing Orders Committee and Dispute Resolution Committee.[3] He has previously held various ministerial portfolios since 2020 in Industry, employment, road safety and support, and Public Transport.

  1. ^ "Allan Ministry Sworn in". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Premier of Victoria". Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Ben Carroll | Parliament of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 9 April 2024.