Minister for Lands and Water

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Minister for Lands and Water
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Incumbent
Kevin Anderson
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Planning and Environment
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderMelinda Pavey as Minister for Water, Property and Housing
Formation2 April 2019

The New South Wales Minister for Lands and Water, previously the Minister for Water, Property and Housing is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development for water and crown lands in New South Wales, Australia.

The current minister is Kevin Anderson, since 21 December 2021.[1] The minister administers the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster, including the Department of Planning and Environment and a range of other government agencies.[2][3]

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

List of ministers[]

Lands and water[]

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Lands and Water or any precedent titles:

Ministerial title Minister [3] Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey   National Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		2 April 2019 21 December 2021 2 years, 263 days [4]
Minister for Lands and Water Kevin Anderson Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) incumbent 93 days [1]

Former ministerial titles[]

Water[]

Title Minister [3] Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Water Resources Bruce Cowan   Country 17 December 1975 14 May 1976 149 days
Lin Gordon   Labor 14 May 1976 2 October 1981 5 years, 141 days
Paul Landa 2 October 1981 1 February 1983 1 year, 122 days
Paul Whelan 1 February 1983 5 April 1984 1 year, 64 days
Minister for Water Resources Janice Crosio   Labor 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days
Minister for Water Resources Ian Causley   National 24 July 1990 6 June 1991 317 days
Minister for Land and Water Conservation George Souris   National 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Kim Yeadon   Labor 4 April 1995 1 December 1997 2 years, 241 days
Richard Amery 1 December 1997 21 November 2001 3 years, 355 days
John Aquilina 21 November 2001 2 April 2003 1 year, 132 days
Minister for Water Utilities David Campbell   Labor 17 February 2006 2 April 2007 1 year, 44 days
Nathan Rees 2 April 2007 27 February 2008 331 days
Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water Phil Koperberg
Minister for Water Nathan Rees 27 February 2008 5 September 2008 191 days
Phil Costa 8 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 201 days
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water Kevin Humphries   National 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 344 days
Minister for Lands and Water Niall Blair 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 3 years, 355 days
Minister for Regional Water 30 January 2017 23 March 2019

Lands[]

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Lands (New South Wales) § List of Secretaries and Ministers for Lands.[]
Ministerial title Minister [3] Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Secretary for Lands John Robertson No party 1 October 1859 26 October 1859 25 days [5]
John Black 27 October 1859 8 March 1860 133 days [6]
John Robertson [a] 9 March 1860 15 October 1863 3 years, 220 days [5]
Bowie Wilson 16 October 1863 2 February 1865 1 year, 109 days [7]
John Robertson 3 February 1865 19 October 1865 258 days [5]
William Arnold 20 October 1865 30 October 1865 10 days [8]
John Robertson 1 January 1866 21 January 1866 20 days [5]
Bowie Wilson 22 January 1866 26 October 1868 2 years, 278 days [7]
William Forster 27 October 1868 14 April 1870 1 year, 169 days [9]
John Robertson 13 August 1870 15 December 1870 124 days [5]
Bowie Wilson 16 December 1870 13 May 1872 1 year, 149 days [7]
James Farnell 14 May 1872 8 February 1875 2 years, 270 days [10]
Thomas Garrett 9 February 1875 5 February 1877 1 year, 362 days [11]
Ezekiel Baker 6 February 1877 21 March 1877 43 days [12]
Richard Driver 22 March 1877 16 August 1877 147 days [13]
Thomas Garrett 17 August 1877 19 November 1877 94 days [11]
Ezekiel Baker 20 November 1877 17 December 1877 27 days [12]
James Farnell 18 December 1877 20 December 1878 1 year, 2 days [10]
James Hoskins 21 December 1878 28 December 1881 3 years, 7 days [14]
Sir John Robertson 29 December 1881 4 January 1883 1 year, 6 days [5]
James Farnell 5 January 1883 6 October 1885 2 years, 274 days [10]
Joseph Abbott 7 October 1885 21 December 1885 75 days [15]
Gerald Spring 22 December 1885 25 February 1886 65 days [16]
Henry Copeland 26 February 1886 19 January 1887 327 days [17]
Thomas Garrett   Free Trade 20 January 1887 19 January 1888 364 days [11]
Sir Henry Parkes 26 July 1888 23 August 1888 28 days [18]
James Brunker 29 August 1888 16 January 1889 140 days [19]
William Lyne   Protectionist 17 January 1889 7 March 1889 49 days [20]
James Brunker   Free Trade 8 March 1889 22 October 1891 2 years, 228 days [19]
Henry Copeland   Protectionist 23 October 1891 2 August 1894 2 years, 283 days [17]
Joseph Carruthers   Free Trade 3 August 1894 3 July 1899 4 years, 334 days
James Young 3 July 1899 13 September 1899 72 days
Thomas Hassall   Protectionist 14 September 1899 9 April 1901 1 year, 207 days
Paddy Crick   Progressive 11 April 1901 14 June 1904 3 years, 64 days
Edward O'Sullivan 15 June 1904 29 August 1904 75 days
James Ashton   Liberal Reform 29 August 1904 1 October 1907 3 years, 33 days
Samuel Moore 2 October 1907 20 October 1910 3 years, 18 days
Niels Nielsen   Labor 21 October 1910 1 August 1911 284 days
Frederick Flowers 4 August 1911 26 November 1911 114 days
George Beeby 11 September 1911 9 December 1912 1 year, 89 days
John Treflé 10 December 1912 11 January 1915 2 years, 32 days
William Ashford 12 January 1915 15 November 1916 1 year, 308 days
  Nationalist 15 November 1916 12 April 1920 3 years, 149 days
Secretary for Lands
Minister for Forests 		Peter Loughlin   Labor 12 April 1920 20 December 1921 1 year, 252 days
Walter Wearne   Nationalist 20 December 1921 20 December 1921 7 hours
Peter Loughlin   Labor 20 December 1921 13 April 1922 114 days
Walter Wearne   Nationalist 13 April 1922 17 June 1925 3 years, 65 days
Peter Loughlin   Labor 17 June 1925 19 November 1926 1 year, 155 days
Jack Lang 25 November 1926 26 May 1927 182 days
Ted Horsington 27 May 1927 18 October 1927 144 days
Minister for Lands Richard Ball   Nationalist 18 October 1927 3 November 1930 3 years, 16 days
Secretary for Lands Jack Tully   Labor 4 November 1930 15 October 1931 345 days
  Labor (NSW) 15 October 1931 13 May 1932 211 days
Ernest Buttenshaw   Country 16 May 1932 31 January 1938 5 years, 260 days
Colin Sinclair 1 February 1938 6 November 1940 2 years, 279 days
Alfred Yeo 6 November 1940 16 May 1941 191 days
Jack Tully   Labor 16 May 1941 9 May 1946 4 years, 358 days
Bill Dunn 9 May 1946 19 May 1947 1 year, 10 days
Bill Sheahan 19 May 1947 30 June 1950 3 years, 42 days
Jack Renshaw 30 June 1950 2 April 1952 1 year, 277 days
Frank Hawkins 3 April 1952 15 March 1956 3 years, 347 days
Roger Nott 15 March 1956 22 November 1957 1 year, 252 days
William Gollan 22 November 1957 1 April 1959 1 year, 130 days
Minister for Lands John McMahon 1 April 1959 31 May 1960 1 year, 60 days
Jack Renshaw 31 May 1960 3 March 1961 276 days
Keith Compton 3 March 1961 13 May 1965 4 years, 71 days
Tom Lewis   Liberal 13 May 1965 3 January 1975 9 years, 235 days
Minister for Lands
Minister for Forests 		Milton Morris 3 January 1975 30 June 1975 178 days
John Mason 30 June 1975 23 January 1976 207 days
Col Fisher   Country 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 112 days
Minister for Lands Bill Crabtree   Labor 14 May 1976 29 February 1980 3 years, 291 days
Minister for Lands
Minister for Forests
Minister for Water Resources 		Lin Gordon 29 February 1980 5 April 1984 4 years, 65 days [21]
Minister for Lands Jack Hallam   Labor 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days [22]
Minister for Lands and Forests Garry West   National 24 July 1990 6 June 1991 317 days [23]
Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands) Tony Kelly   Labor 2 April 2003 3 May 2004 7 years, 360 days [24]
Minister for Lands 3 May 2004 28 March 2011
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water Kevin Humphries   National 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 1 year, 0 days
Minister for Lands and Water Niall Blair 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Minister for Lands and Forestry Paul Toole 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days
  1. ^ Concurrently Premier of New South Wales until 9 January 1861.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Sir John Robertson (1816–1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr John Black (1817-1879)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Mr John Bowie Wilson (1820-1883)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr William Munnings Arnold (1819-1875)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Mr James Squire Farnell (1825–1888)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "Mr Thomas Garrett (1830-1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Mr Ezekiel Alexander Baker (1823-1912)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Mr Richard Driver (junior) (1829-1880)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Mr James Hoskins (1823-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott (1842-1901)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Mr Gerald Spring (1830-1888)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  17. ^ a b "The Hon. Henry Copeland (1839-1904)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Mr James Nixon Brunker (1832-1910)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  20. ^ "Sir William John Lyne (1844–1913)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  21. ^ "The Hon. Alan Robert Lindsay Gordon". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  22. ^ "The Hon. Jack Rowland Hallam (1942– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Mr Garry Bruce West (1949- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  24. ^ "Mr (Tony) Anthony Bernard Kelly". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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