Minister for Transport (New South Wales)
Minister for Transport | |
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Department of Transport | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder | James McGirr |
Formation | 22 March 1932 |
Minister for Metropolitan Roads | |
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Department of Transport | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
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Minister for Regional Transport and Roads | |
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Department of Transport | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder | Paul Toole |
Formation | 2 April 2019 |
Minister for Active Transport | |
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Department of Transport | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder | Rob Stokes |
Formation | 21 December 2021 |
The New South Wales Minister for Transport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which include transport policy and regulation, to setting of fares and concessions for rail, ferry, bus and light rail transport, and the administration of maritime facilities in New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales Minister for Metropolitan Roads and New South Wales Minister for Regional Transport and Roads are ministers who have responsibilities of the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation in the metropolitan and regional parts of the state respectively. The New South Wales Minister for Active Transport is the minister responsible for active transport (cycling and pedestrian movement) including cycleways and footpaths.[1][2]
The current Minister for Transport is the Hon. David Elliott MP. He is assisted in the management of the portfolio by the current Minister for Metropolitan Roads, the Hon. Natalie Ward MLC, the current Minister for Regional Transport and Roads: Sam Farraway MLC, and the Minister for Active Transport, the Hon. Rob Stokes MP. All ministers were sworn in on 21 December 2021.[3]
Together they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.[4]
List of ministers[]
Transport[]
The portfolio of New South Wales Minister for Transport was created under Act No. 3, 1932.[5] The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Transport, or similar titles.[5]
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term being | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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James McGirr | Labor | Minister for Transport | 22 March 1932 | 13 May 1932 | 52 days | |
Michael Bruxner | Country | 16 May 1932 | 16 May 1941 | 9 years, 3 days | ||
Maurice O'Sullivan | Labor | 16 May 1941 | 30 June 1950 | 9 years, 45 days | ||
William Sheahan | 30 June 1950 | 23 February 1953 | 2 years, 238 days | |||
Clarrie Martin | 23 February 1953 | 5 September 1953 | 194 days | |||
Joseph Cahill | 7 September 1953 | 16 September 1953 | 9 days | |||
Ernest Wetherell | 16 September 1953 | 15 March 1956 | 2 years, 181 days | |||
George Enticknap | 15 March 1956 | 31 May 1960 | 4 years, 76 days | |||
John McMahon | 31 May 1960 | 13 May 1965 | 4 years, 348 days | |||
Milton Morris | Liberal | 13 May 1965 | 3 January 1975 | 9 years, 235 days | ||
Wal Fife | 3 January 1975 | 10 October 1975 | 280 days | |||
Max Ruddock | 10 October 1975 | 23 January 1976 | 105 days | |||
Tim Bruxner | Country | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 112 days | ||
Peter Cox | Labor | 14 May 1976 | 5 April 1984 | 7 years, 327 days | ||
Barrie Unsworth | 5 April 1984 | 6 February 1986 | 1 year, 307 days | |||
Ron Mulock | 6 February 1986 | 26 November 1987 | 1 year, 293 days | |||
Terry Sheahan | 26 November 1987 | 21 March 1988 | 116 days | |||
Bruce Baird | Liberal | 25 March 1988 | 4 April 1995 | 7 years, 14 days | ||
Brian Langton | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 2 years, 241 days | ||
Carl Scully | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | 5 years, 122 days | |||
Michael Costa | Minister for Transport Services | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | 1 year, 294 days | ||
John Watkins | Minister for Transport | 21 January 2005 | 8 December 2009 | 4 years, 321 days | ||
David Campbell | 8 September 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1 year, 254 days | |||
Minister for Transport and Roads | 8 December 2009 | 20 May 2010 | ||||
John Robertson | Minister for Transport | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 311 days | ||
Gladys Berejiklian | Liberal | 4 April 2011 | 1 April 2015 | 3 years, 362 days | ||
Andrew Constance | Minister for Transport and Infrastructure | 2 April 2015 | 23 March 2019 | 6 years, 186 days | ||
Minister for Transport and Roads | 2 April 2019 | 5 October 2021 | ||||
Rob Stokes | 6 October 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 76 days | |||
David Elliott | Minister for Transport | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 42 days | [3] |
Metropolitan roads[]
The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Metropolitan Roads, or any precedent title.[5]
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term begin | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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Jack Renshaw | Labor | Minister for Highways | 15 March 1956 | 28 October 1959 | 3 years, 227 days | |||
Pat Hills | 28 October 1959 | 13 May 1965 | 5 years, 197 days | |||||
Pat Morton | Liberal | 13 May 1965 | 19 June 1972 | 7 years, 37 days | ||||
Sir Charles Cutler | Country | 19 June 1972 | 3 January 1975 | 2 years, 198 days | ||||
Wal Fife | Liberal | 3 January 1975 | 10 October 1975 | 280 days | ||||
Max Ruddock | 10 October 1975 | 23 January 1976 | 105 days | |||||
Tim Bruxner | Country | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 112 days | ||||
Peter Cox | Labor | 14 May 1976 | 19 October 1978 | 2 years, 158 days | ||||
Harry Jensen | Minister for Roads | 19 October 1978 | 2 October 1981 | 2 years, 348 days | ||||
Paul Whelan | 2 October 1981 | 1 February 1983 | 1 year, 122 days | |||||
Rex Jackson | 1 February 1983 | 27 October 1983 | 268 days | |||||
Laurie Brereton | 27 October 1983 | 10 November 1983 | 14 days | |||||
George Paciullo | 10 November 1983 | 10 February 1984 | 92 days | |||||
Pat Hills | 10 February 1984 | 5 April 1984 | 55 days | |||||
Laurie Brereton | 5 April 1984 | 26 November 1987 | 3 years, 235 days | |||||
Wal Murray | National | Minister for Roads | 24 July 1990 | 26 May 1993 | 2 years, 306 days | |||
Bruce Baird | Liberal | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | ||||
Michael Knight | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 28 November 1996 | 1 year, 238 days | ||||
Carl Scully | 28 November 1996 | 21 January 2005 | 8 years, 54 days | |||||
Michael Costa | 21 January 2005 | 3 August 2005 | 194 days | |||||
Joe Tripodi | 3 August 2005 | 17 February 2006 | 198 days | |||||
Eric Roozendaal | Labor | Minister for Roads | 2 April 2007 | 8 September 2008 | 2 years, 159 days | |||
Michael Daley | 8 September 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1 year, 6 days | |||||
David Campbell | Minister for Transport and Roads | 8 December 2009 | 20 May 2010 | 163 days | ||||
David Borger | Minister for Roads | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 318 days | ||||
Duncan Gay | National | Minister for Roads and Ports | 4 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | 5 years, 301 days | |||
Minister for Roads and Freight | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | ||||||
Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | ||||||
Melinda Pavey | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | |||||
Andrew Constance | Liberal | Minister for Transport and Roads | 2 April 2019 | 5 October 2021 | 2 years, 186 days | |||
Rob Stokes | 6 October 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 76 days | |||||
Natalie Ward | Minister for Metropolitan Roads | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 42 days | [3] |
Regional transport and roads[]
The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Regional Transport and Roads, or any precedent title.[5]
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term begin | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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Paul Toole | National | Minister for Regional Transport and Roads | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | |
Sam Farraway | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 42 days | [3] |
Active transport[]
The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Active Transport, or any precedent title.[5]
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term begin | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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Rob Stokes | Liberal | Minister for Active Transport | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 42 days | [3] |
Former ministerial titles[]
Ports and waterways[]
Title | Minister [6] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |||
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Minister for Ports | Leon Punch | Country | Lewis (1) (2) | 3 January 1975 | 14 May 1976 | 1 year, 132 days | ||||
Jack Ferguson | Labor | Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) | 14 May 1976 | 10 February 1984 | 7 years, 272 days | |||||
Lin Gordon | Wran (5) (6) | 10 February 1984 | 5 April 1984 | 55 days | ||||||
Minister for Public Works and Ports | Laurie Brereton | Wran (7) (8) Unsworth |
5 April 1984 | 26 November 1987 | 3 years, 235 days | |||||
Minister for Ports | Ian Armstrong | National | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | ||||
Carl Scully | Labor | Carr (1) | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 2 years, 241 days | |||||
Kim Yeadon | Carr (2) | 1 December 1997 | 8 April 1999 | 1 year, 128 days | ||||||
Minister for Ports | Michael Costa | Labor | Carr (4) | 21 January 2005 | 3 August 2005 | 194 days | ||||
Minister for Ports and Waterways | Iemma (1) | 3 August 2005 | 10 August 2005 | 7 days | ||||||
Eric Roozendaal | 10 August 2005 | 17 February 2006 | 191 days | |||||||
Joe Tripodi | Iemma (1) (2) Rees | 17 February 2006 | 17 November 2009 | 3 years, 273 days | ||||||
Paul McLeay | Keneally | 8 December 2009 | 1 September 2010 | 267 days | ||||||
Eric Roozendaal | 6 September 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 203 days | |||||||
Railways[]
Title | Minister [6] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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Minister for Railways | Richard Ball | Nationalist | Holman (2) | 15 November 1919 | 12 April 1920 | 149 days | ||
John Estell | Labor | Storey Dooley (1) |
12 April 1920 | 20 December 1921 | 1 year, 252 days | |||
Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | Fuller (1) | 20 December 1921 a.m. | 20 December 1921 p.m. | 7 hours | |||
John Estell | Labor | Dooley (2) | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | 114 days | |||
Minister for Railways and State Industrial Enterprises |
Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | Fuller (2) | 13 April 1922 | 19 June 1922 | 67 days | ||
Richard Ball | 28 June 1922 | 17 June 1925 | 2 years, 354 days | |||||
Minister for Railways | Martin Flannery | Labor | Lang (1) | 17 June 1925 | 26 May 1927 | 1 year, 343 days | ||
Bill Ratcliffe | Lang (2) | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days | ||||
Ernest Buttenshaw | Country | Bavin | 18 October 1927 | 16 April 1929 | 1 year, 180 days | |||
Assistant ministers[]
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Ministers with responsibility for assisting or advising the Minister for Transport.[5] At various times this portfolio has been left vacant.
Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Title | |||||
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Arthur Bridges | Liberal | 13 May 1965 – 22 May 1968 | Advisory Minister for Transport | |||||
Terry Sheahan | Labor | 29 February 1980 – 2 October 1981 | Assistant Minister for Transport | |||||
Janice Crosio | Labor | 4 July 1986 – 21 March 1988 | Assistant Minister for Transport | |||||
John Akister | ||||||||
Tim Moore | Liberal | 25 March 1988 – 18 September 1989 | ||||||
Matt Singleton | Nationals | 25 March 1988 – 24 January 1989 | ||||||
Robert Webster | 24 January 1989 – 24 July 1990 | |||||||
Bob Rowland Smith | 18 September 1989 – 24 May 1991 | |||||||
Wendy Machin | Nationals | 26 May 1993 – 4 April 1995 | Minister Assisting the Minister for Roads | |||||
6 October 1993 – 4 April 1995 | Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport | |||||||
Eric Roozendaal | Labor | 26 October 2006 – 2 April 2007 | Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport | |||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Four ministers tasked with troubled NSW roads and transport sector". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "New look NSW cabinet brings in fresh blood". The North West Star. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e f "NSW Parliamentary Record Part 6 : Ministries 1856 to the present" (PDF). Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
External links[]
- Ministers of the New South Wales state government