Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)

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Minister for Corrections
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Incumbent
Geoff Lee
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Communities and Justice
StyleThe Honourable
Inaugural holderBill Haigh (as the Minister for Corrective Services)
Formation30 January 2017

The New South Wales Minister for Corrections is a minister of the Government of New South Wales who is commissioned with responsibility for the administration of correctional services, juvenile justice, and prisons in the state of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]

The current Minister for Corrections is Geoff Lee, since 21 December 2021.[3] The minister administers the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.[4]

Ultimately the minister is responsible to Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers[]

Minister [5] Party Title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Bill Haigh   Labor Minister for Corrective Services 19 October 1978 2 October 1981 2 years, 348 days
Rex Jackson 2 October 1981 27 October 1983 2 years, 25 days
Peter Anderson 27 October 1983 5 April 1984 161 days
John Akister 5 April 1984 21 March 1988 3 years, 351 days
Ray Aston   Liberal       25 March 1988 23 May 1988 63 days
John Fahey 23 May 1988 8 June 1988 16 days
Michael Yabsley 8 June 1988 6 June 1991 2 years, 363 days
Terry Griffiths Minister for Courts Administration
and Corrective Services 		6 June 1991 28 June 1991 22 days
Bob Debus   Labor Minister for Corrective Services 4 April 1995 12 January 2001 5 years, 283 days
John Watkins 12 January 2001 21 November 2001 313 days
Richard Amery 21 November 2001 2 April 2003 1 year, 132 days
John Robertson   Labor Minister for Corrective Services 30 January 2009 4 December 2009 308 days
Phil Costa 8 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 110 days
David Elliott   Liberal Minister for Corrections 2 April 2015 23 March 2019 3 years, 355 days [6][5]
Anthony Roberts Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) 2 years, 356 days [7]
Geoff Lee Minister for Corrections 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) incumbent 93 days [3]

Former ministerial titles[]

Counter Terrorism[]

Title Minister [5] Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Counter Terrorism
Minister for Corrections 		David Elliott   Liberal 30 January 2017 2 April 2019 2 years, 62 days
Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections Anthony Roberts 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) 2 years, 356 days [7]

Justice[]

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Justice (New South Wales) § List of Ministers for Justice.[]
Title Minister [5] Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister of Justice Francis Suttor None 1 May 1880 10 August 1880 101 days
Sir Joseph Innes 11 August 1880 13 October 1881 63 days
William Foster 14 October 1881 4 January 1883 1 year, 82 days
Henry Cohen 5 January 1883 6 October 1885 2 years, 274 days
James Farnell 7 October 1885 9 October 1885 2 days
Thomas Slattery 2 November 1885 21 December 1885 49 days
Louis Heydon 22 December 1885 4 February 1886 44 days
James Garvan   Protectionist 26 February 1886 19 January 1887 327 days
William Clarke   Free Trade 20 January 1887 16 January 1889 1 year, 362 days
Thomas Slattery   Protectionist 17 January 1889 7 March 1889 49 days
Albert Gould   Free Trade 8 March 1889 22 October 1891 2 years, 228 days
Richard O'Connor   Protectionist 23 October 1891 14 December 1893 2 years, 52 days
Thomas Slattery 15 December 1893 2 August 1894 230 days
Albert Gould   Free Trade 3 August 1894 15 August 1898 4 years, 12 days
Charles Lee 17 August 1898 3 July 1899 320 days
John Hughes 3 July 1899 13 September 1899 72 days
William Wood   Protectionist 14 September 1899 9 April 1901 1 year, 207 days
Robert Fitzgerald   Progressive 11 April 1901 16 July 1901 96 days
Bernhard Wise [a] 22 July 1901 14 June 1904 2 years, 328 days
Thomas Waddell   Progressive 15 June 1904 29 August 1904 75 days
Charles Wade   Liberal Reform 29 August 1904 20 December 1909 5 years, 113 days
John Garland 21 December 1909 20 October 1910 303 days
William Holman   Labor 21 October 1910 1 April 1912 1 year, 163 days
David Hall 2 April 1912 15 November 1916 4 years, 227 days
John Garland   Nationalist 15 November 1916 23 July 1919 2 years, 250 days
Jack FitzGerald 23 July 1919 12 April 1920 264 days
Edward McTiernan   Labor 12 April 1920 21 December 1920 253 days
William McKell [b] 22 December 1920 10 October 1921 292 days [9]
Thomas Bavin   Nationalist 20 December 1921 20 December 1921 7 hours
William McKell   Labor 20 December 1921 13 April 1922 114 days
Thomas Ley   Nationalist 13 April 1922 17 June 1925 3 years, 65 days
William McKell   Labor 17 June 1925 7 June 1927 1 year, 355 days
Andrew Lysaght 8 June 1927 18 October 1927 132 days
Minister for Justice John Lee   Nationalist 18 October 1927 3 November 1930 3 years, 16 days
Joseph Lamaro   Labor 4 November 1930 17 June 1931 225 days
William McKell 17 June 1931 13 May 1932 331 days
Sir Daniel Levy   United Australia 16 May 1932 17 June 1932 32 days
Lewis Martin 18 June 1932 16 August 1939 7 years, 59 days
Vernon Treatt 16 August 1939 16 May 1941 1 year, 273 days
Reg Downing   Labor 19 May 1941 31 May 1960 19 years, 12 days
Jack Mannix 31 May 1960 13 May 1965 4 years, 347 days
John Maddison   Liberal 13 May 1965 11 May 1976 10 years, 364 days
Ron Mulock   Labor 14 May 1976 19 October 1978 2 years, 158 days
Frank Walker 19 October 1978 1 February 1983 4 years, 105 days
Paul Landa 1 February 1983 5 April 1984 1 year, 64 days
Minister for Justice Terry Griffiths [c]   Liberal 28 June 1991 23 September 1992 1 year, 87 days [5]
Ted Pickering 23 September 1992 22 October 1992 29 days
Wayne Merton 22 October 1992 26 May 1993 216 days
John Hannaford 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Minister for Justice John Hatzistergos   Labor 2 April 2003 3 August 2005 2 years, 123 days [5]
Tony Kelly 3 August 2005 2 April 2007 1 year, 242 days
John Hatzistergos 2 April 2007 30 January 2009 1 year, 303 days
Minister for Justice Greg Smith   Liberal 3 April 2011 17 April 2014 3 years, 14 days [5]
Brad Hazzard 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 344 days
Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant   National 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days

Juvenile Justice[]

Title Minister [5] Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Juvenile Justice Carmel Tebbutt   Labor       8 April 1999 2 April 2003 3 years, 359 days
Diane Beamer 2 April 2003 3 August 2005 2 years, 123 days
Tony Kelly 3 August 2005 2 April 2007 1 year, 242 days
John Hatzistergos 2 April 2007 11 April 2007 9 days
Barbara Perry 11 April 2007 5 September 2008 1 year, 147 days
Graham West 8 September 2008 5 June 2010 1 year, 270 days
Barbara Perry 5 June 2010 28 March 2011 296 days

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Bernhard Wise was the Attorney General and took on the additional responsibilities following the electoral defeat of Robert Fitzgerald.
  2. ^ William McKell was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio to be Assistant Minister of Justice from 12 April 1920,[8] and appointed Minister on 22 December 1920.
  3. ^ Known for 22 days as the Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services.

References[]

  1. ^ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ Sas, Nick (31 March 2019). "Gladys Berejiklian says Liberal Party has no women problem as re-elected NSW Premier shuffles Cabinet". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Appointment of Assistant Minister of Justice (73)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 12 April 1920. p. 2286. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Appointment of Minister of Justice (218)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 31 December 1920. p. 7685. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.
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