Minister for Tourism and Sport (New South Wales)
Minister for Tourism and Sport | |
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Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
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The New South Wales Minister for Tourism and Sport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the administration and support for all sporting bodies and tourism in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The current Minister for Tourism and Sport is Stuart Ayres, who also serves as the Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade and the Minister for Western Sydney. The minister is assisted in the management of the portfolio by the Minister for Hospitality and Racing, currently Kevin Anderson, who also serves as the Minister for Lands and Water. Both ministers serve in the Perrottet ministry, with effect from 21 December 2021.[1]
The ministers administers the portfolio through the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster, in particular throughout the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and through a range of other agencies including the Office of Sport.
List of ministers[]
Tourism and sport[]
The following individuals have been appointed Minister for Tourism and Sport or any precedent titles:
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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Eric Willis | Liberal | Minister for Tourism and Sport | 11 March 1971 | 19 June 1972 | [2] | |
Ian Griffith | Minister for Sport | 19 June 1972 | 3 January 1975 | 2 years, 198 days | ||
John Barraclough | Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | |||
David Arblaster | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | ||||
Ken Booth | Labor | Minister for Sport and Recreation | 14 May 1976 | 2 October 1981 | ||
Michael Cleary | 2 October 1981 | 26 May 1982 | 6 years, 171 days | |||
Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism | 26 May 1982 | 10 February 1984 | ||||
Minister for Sport and Recreation | 10 February 1984 | 21 March 1988 | ||||
Bob Rowland Smith | National | Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing | 25 March 1988 | 18 September 1989 | 3 years, 60 days | |
Minister for Sport and Recreation | 18 September 1989 | 24 May 1991 | ||||
George Souris | Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing | 6 June 1991 | 3 July 1992 | |||
Joe Schipp | Liberal | 3 July 1992 | 26 May 1993 | |||
Christopher Downy | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | ||||
Gabrielle Harrison | Labor | Minister for Sport and Recreation | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | ||
John Watkins | 8 April 1999 | 21 November 2001 | ||||
Morris Iemma | 21 November 2001 | 2 April 2003 | ||||
Sandra Nori | Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | |||
Graham West | Minister for Sport and Recreation | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | |||
Kevin Greene | 5 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | ||||
Graham Annesley | Liberal | 3 April 2011 | 28 August 2013 | |||
Gabrielle Upton | 30 August 2013 | 23 April 2014 | ||||
Stuart Ayres | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 4 years, 334 days | |||
Minister for Sport | 2 April 2015 | 23 March 2019 | ||||
John Sidoti | Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans | 2 April 2019 | 17 September 2019 | 168 days | [3] | |
Dr. Geoff Lee (acting) | 17 September 2019 | 27 May 2021 | 1 year, 252 days | |||
Natalie Ward | 27 May 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 76 days | [4] | ||
Stuart Ayres | Minister for Tourism and Sport | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 93 days | [1] |
Former ministerial titles[]
Major events[]
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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Michael Knight | Labor | Minister for the Olympics | 4 April 1995 | 12 January 2001 | 5 years, 283 days | |||
Kevin Greene | Labor | Minister for Major Events | 5 June 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 296 days | |||
Tourism[]
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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Clive Evatt | Labor | Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration | 9 May 1946 | 6 February 1947 | ||||
Frank Finnan | 6 February 1947 | 9 March 1948 | ||||||
Claude Matthews | 9 March 1948 | 21 September 1949 | ||||||
Joshua Arthur | 21 September 1949 | 30 June 1950 | ||||||
Gus Kelly | Labor | Minister for Tourist Activities | 1 April 1959 | 13 May 1965 | 6 years, 42 days | |||
Eric Willis | Liberal | 13 May 1965 | 5 March 1968 | 7 years, 37 days | ||||
Minister for Tourism | 5 March 1968 | 11 March 1971 | ||||||
Minister for Tourism and Sport | 11 March 1971 | 19 June 1972 | ||||||
Tom Lewis | Minister for Tourism | 19 June 1972 | 3 January 1975 | |||||
Charles Cutler | Country | 3 January 1975 | 16 December 1975 | |||||
Tim Bruxner | 17 December 1975 | 23 January 1976 | ||||||
David Arblaster | Liberal | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | |||||
Ken Booth | Labor | 14 May 1976 | 2 October 1981 | |||||
Michael Cleary | 2 October 1981 | 26 May 1982 | 6 years, 175 days | |||||
Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism | 26 May 1982 | 10 February 1984 | ||||||
Minister for Tourism | 10 February 1984 | 25 March 1988 | ||||||
Garry West | National | 25 March 1988 | 6 June 1991 | |||||
Michael Yabsley | Liberal | 6 June 1991 | 24 June 1992 | |||||
Robert Webster | National | 24 June 1992 | 3 July 1992 | |||||
Bruce Baird | Liberal | 3 July 1992 | 26 May 1993 | |||||
Virginia Chadwick | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | ||||||
Brian Langton | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | |||||
Bob Debus | 1 December 1997 | 8 April 1999 | ||||||
Sandra Nori | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 7 years, 359 days | |||||
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | ||||||
Matt Brown | Minister for Tourism | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | |||||
Jodi McKay | 8 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | ||||||
George Souris | Nationals | Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing | 4 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | ||||
Andrew Stoner | Minister for Tourism and Major Events | 23 April 2014 | 17 October 2014 | |||||
Troy Grant | 17 October 2014 | 2 April 2015 | [5] | |||||
Stuart Ayres | Liberal | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | [6] | ||
Adam Marshall | Nationals | Minister for Tourism and Major Events | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | |||
Stuart Ayres | Liberal | Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 356 days | [7] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
- ^ "NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)" (PDF). Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. VIII. November 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Smith, Alexandra (17 September 2019). "Sports Minister John Sidoti to stand aside pending ICAC inquiry". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Smith, Alexandra. "Berejiklian fills cabinet vacancies after ministers forced to quit". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "The Hon. Troy Wayne GRANT, MP". Current Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
External links[]
- Ministers of the New South Wales state government
- Tourism in New South Wales
- Sport in New South Wales