| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Ben Carroll | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office1: | 30th Deputy Premier of Victoria |
| Premier1: | Jacinta Allan |
| Term Start1: | 2 October 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Jacinta Allan |
| Office2: | Deputy Leader of the Victorian Labor Party |
| Term Start2: | 27 September 2023 |
| Leader2: | Jacinta Allan |
| Predecessor2: | Jacinta Allan |
| Office3: | Minister for Education |
| Termstart3: | 2 October 2023 |
| Premier3: | Jacinta Allan |
| Predecessor3: | Natalie Hutchins |
| Office4: | Minister for Public Transport |
| Premier4: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
| Term Start4: | 22 June 2020 |
| Term End4: | 2 October 2023 |
| Predecessor4: | Melissa Horne |
| Successor4: | Gabrielle Williams (as Minister for Public and Active Transport) |
| Office5: | Minister for Industry and Innovation |
| Premier5: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
| Term Start5: | 5 December 2022 |
| Term End5: | 2 October 2023 |
| Predecessor5: | Martin Pakula (as Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade) |
| Successor5: | Natalie Hutchins (as Minister for Jobs and Industry) |
| Office6: | Minister for Manufacturing Sovereignty |
| Premier6: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
| Term Start6: | 5 December 2022 |
| Term End6: | 2 October 2023 |
| Predecessor6: | Position created |
| Successor6: | Position abolished |
| Office7: | Minister for Employment |
| Premier7: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
| Term Start7: | 5 December 2022 |
| Term End7: | 2 October 2023 |
| Predecessor7: | Jaala Pulford |
| Successor7: | Vicki Ward |
| Office8: | Minister for Roads and Road Safety |
| Premier8: | Daniel Andrews |
| Term Start8: | 22 June 2020 |
| Term End8: | 5 December 2022 |
| Predecessor8: | Jaala Pulford |
| Successor8: | Melissa Horne |
| Office9: | Minister for Corrections, Youth Justice and Crime Prevention |
| Premier9: | Daniel Andrews |
| Term Start9: | 29 November 2018 |
| Term End9: | 22 June 2020 |
| Predecessor9: | Gayle Tierney |
| Successor9: | Natalie Hutchins |
| Office10: | Minister for Victim Support |
| Premier10: | Daniel Andrews |
| Term Start10: | 29 November 2018 |
| Term End10: | 22 June 2020 |
| Predecessor10: | Position created |
| Successor10: | Natalie Hutchins |
| Office11: | Minister for Industry and Employment |
| Premier11: | Daniel Andrews |
| Term Start11: | 16 October 2017 |
| Term End11: | 29 November 2018 |
| Predecessor11: | Wade Noonan |
| Successor11: | Position abolished |
| Constituency Am12: | Niddrie |
| Assembly12: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start12: | 24 March 2012 |
| Predecessor12: | Rob Hulls |
| Birth Date: | 1975 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia |
| Birthname: | Benjamin Alan Carroll |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Labor Party |
| Alma Mater: | La Trobe University |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
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.
Carroll was born in Airport West, Victoria.[4] His father was an electrician, and his mother worked at Glenroy West Primary School.[5] Carroll attended primary school at St Christopher's Primary School, and high school at St Bernard's College in Essendon. From his teenage years into his early twenties, Carroll worked as a sales assistant for Kmart in Airport West.
Carroll studied law at La Trobe University, graduating with honours in 2000. He was admitted as a legal solicitor in 2010. He holds a Master's in Law from La Trobe University, having commenced the degree subsequent to his 2012 election.
Caroll worked for the insurance company AAMI in its motor vehicles division, and for the Victorian Government Solicitor between 2009 and 2010.[6]
Carroll has worked as a political adviser to Steve Bracks, Justin Madden, and Stephen Conroy.
In 2012, Carroll was elected to the seat of Niddrie in a by-election following the resignation of Rob Hulls, and was re-elected in 2014 and 2018.
In December 2014, Carroll was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Justice in the incoming Andrews Labor Government. In October 2017, he was appointed Minister for Industry and Employment, after the resignation of Wade Noonan from cabinet.[7] In September 2023, Carroll was elected deputy party leader following the resignation of Daniel Andrews as Premier and incumbent deputy Jacinta Allan's ascension to the position.[8]