Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales
The New South Wales Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development for agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, state forests, biosecurity, and crown lands in New South Wales, Australia.
Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales | |
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Department of Regional NSW | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder | Sydney Smith (as the Secretary for Mines and the Minister for Agriculture) |
Formation | 8 March 1889 |
The current minister is Adam Marshall, since 2 April 2019.[1] The minister administers the portfolio through the Regional NSW cluster, including the Department of Regional NSW and a range of other government agencies such as the Department of Primary Industries.[2]
Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers
Agriculture
The following individuals have served as Minister for Agriculture, or any precedent titles:
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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Sydney Smith | Free Trade | Secretary for Mines Minister for Agriculture |
8 March 1889 | 22 October 1891 | 2 years, 228 days | [3] |
Thomas Slattery | Protectionist | 23 October 1891 | 2 August 1894 | |||
Sydney Smith | Free Trade | 3 August 1894 | 15 August 1898 | |||
Joseph Cook | 27 August 1898 | 13 September 1899 | ||||
John Fegan | Protectionist | 15 September 1899 | 8 April 1901 | |||
John Kidd | Progressive | 10 April 1901 | 29 August 1904 | |||
Samuel Wilkinson Moore | Liberal Reform | 29 August 1904 | 1 October 1907 | |||
John Perry | Liberal Reform | Minister for Agriculture | 22 January 1908 | 20 October 1910 | [3] | |
Donald Macdonell | Labor | 21 October 1910 | 10 September 1911 | |||
John Treflé | 11 September 1911 | 29 January 1914 | ||||
William Ashford | 29 January 1914 | 23 February 1915 | ||||
George Black | 23 February 1915 | 15 March 1915 | ||||
William Ashford | 15 March 1915 | 1 June 1915 | ||||
W. C. Grahame | 1 June 1915 | 15 November 1916 | 4 years, 227 days | |||
Nationalist | 15 November 1916 | 14 January 1920 | ||||
William Ashford | 9 February 1920 | 12 April 1920 | ||||
Bill Dunn | Labor | 12 April 1920 | 20 December 1921 | |||
Frank Chaffey | Nationalist | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | |||
Bill Dunn | Labor | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | |||
Richard Ball | Nationalist | 13 April 1922 | 28 June 1922 | |||
Frank Chaffey | 28 June 1922 | 17 June 1925 | ||||
Bill Dunn | Labor | 17 June 1925 | 26 May 1927 | |||
Paddy Stokes | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | ||||
Harold Thorby | Country | 18 October 1927 | 3 November 1930 | |||
Bill Dunn | Labor | 4 November 1930 | 15 October 1931 | |||
Labor (NSW) | 15 October 1931 | 13 May 1932 | ||||
Hugh Main | Country | 16 May 1932 | 1 April 1938 | |||
Roy Vincent | 2 April 1938 | 13 April 1938 | ||||
Albert Reid | 13 April 1938 | 16 May 1941 | ||||
Bill Dunn | Labor | 16 May 1941 | 8 June 1944 | |||
Eddie Graham | 8 June 1944 | 6 February 1947 | ||||
James McGirr | 6 February 1947 | 13 February 1947 | ||||
Eddie Graham | 13 February 1947 | 23 February 1953 | 6 years, 17 days | |||
Minister for Agriculture Minister for Food Production |
23 February 1953 | 13 November 1957 | ||||
Roger Nott | 14 November 1957 | 1 April 1959 | 3 years, 109 days | |||
Minister for Agriculture | 1 April 1959 | 3 March 1961 | ||||
Jack Renshaw | 3 March 1961 | 14 March 1962 | ||||
George Enticknap | 14 March 1962 | 13 May 1965 | ||||
Bill Chaffey | Country | 13 May 1965 | 5 March 1968 | |||
Geoff Crawford | 5 March 1968 | 17 December 1975 | 7 years, 287 days | |||
Bruce Cowan | 17 December 1975 | 14 May 1976 | ||||
Don Day | Labor | Minister for Primary Industries | 14 May 1976 | 19 October 1978 | 3 years, 291 days | |
Minister for Agriculture | 19 October 1978 | 29 February 1980 | ||||
Jack Hallam | 29 February 1980 | 2 October 1981 | 8 years, 21 days | |||
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 2 October 1981 | 4 July 1986 | ||||
Minister for Agriculture | 4 July 1986 | 21 March 1988 | ||||
Ian Armstrong | National | Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 25 March 1988 | 26 May 1993 | 5 years, 66 days | |
Ian Causley | Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | ||
Richard Amery | Labor | Minister for Agriculture | 4 April 1995 | 2 April 2003 | 7 years, 363 days | |
Ian Macdonald | Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 2 April 2003 | 3 May 2004 | 6 years, 229 days | ||
Minister for Primary Industries | 3 May 2004 | 17 November 2009 | ||||
Tony Kelly | 17 November 2009 | 8 December 2009 | 21 days | |||
Steve Whan | 8 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 110 days | |||
Katrina Hodgkinson | National | 3 April 2011 | 2 April 2015 | 3 years, 364 days | ||
Niall Blair | 2 April 2015 | 23 March 2019 | 3 years, 355 days | [4] | ||
Adam Marshall | Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales | 2 April 2019 | incumbent | 1 year, 299 days | [1] |
Western New South Wales
The following individuals have served as Minister for Western New South Wales, or any precedent titles:
Minister | Party Affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Humphries | National | Minister for Western New South Wales | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | 3 years, 20 days | |
23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | |||||
Adam Marshall | National | Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales | 2 April 2019 | incumbent | 1 year, 299 days | [1] |
Former ministerial titles
Fisheries
Minister[3] | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||
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Jack Hallam | Labor | Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 2 October 1981 | 4 July 1986 | 4 years, 275 days | |||
Ian Causley | National | Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | ||||
Bob Martin | Labor | Minister for Fisheries | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | ||||
Eddie Obeid | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days | |||||
Ian Macdonald | Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 2 April 2003 | 3 May 2004 | |||||
Natural resources
Minister[3] | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||
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Janice Crosio | Labor | Minister for Natural Resources | 5 April 1984 | 6 February 1986 | ||||
John Aquilina | 6 February 1986 | 4 July 1986 | ||||||
Ian Causley | National | Minister for Natural Resources | 25 March 1988 | 26 May 1993 | 5 years, 62 days | |||
Craig Knowles | Labor | Minister for Natural Resources | 2 April 2003 | 3 August 2005 | ||||
Ian Macdonald | 3 August 2005 | 2 April 2007 | ||||||
Kevin Humphries | National | Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | ||||
Forests
Minister[3] | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||
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William Ashford | Nationalist | Minister for Forests | 15 November 1916 | 12 April 1920 | ||||
Peter Loughlin | Labor | 12 April 1920 | 20 December 1921 | |||||
Walter Wearne | Nationalist | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | |||||
Peter Loughlin | Labor | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | |||||
Walter Wearne | Nationalist | 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | |||||
Peter Loughlin | Labor | 17 June 1925 | 19 November 1926 | |||||
Jack Lang | 25 November 1926 | 26 May 1927 | ||||||
Ted Horsington | 26 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | ||||||
Frank Chaffey | Nationalist | 18 October 1927 | 15 April 1929 | |||||
Reginald Weaver | 15 April 1929 | 3 November 1930 | ||||||
Bill Dunn | Labor | 4 November 1930 | 15 October 1931 | |||||
Labor (NSW) | 15 October 1931 | 13 May 1932 | ||||||
Hugh Main | Country | 16 May 1932 | 17 June 1932 | |||||
Roy Vincent | 18 June 1932 | 16 May 1941 | 8 years, 332 days | |||||
Bill Dunn | Labor | Minister for Agriculture and Forests | 16 May 1941 | 8 June 1944 | ||||
Milton Morris | Liberal | Minister for Forests | 3 January 1975 | 30 June 1975 | ||||
John Mason | 30 June 1975 | 23 January 1976 | ||||||
Col Fisher | Country | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | |||||
Lin Gordon | Labor | Minister for Forests | 29 February 1980 | 2 October 1981 | ||||
Paul Whelan | Labor | Minister for Forests | 1 February 1983 | 5 April 1984 | ||||
Jack Hallam | Labor | Minister for Forests | 5 November 1986 | 21 March 1988 | ||||
Garry West | National | Minister for Lands and Forests | 24 July 1990 | 6 June 1991 | ||||
Kim Yeadon | Labor | Minister for Forestry | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | 5 years, 122 days | |||
Michael Costa | Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Forests) | 2 April 2003 | 1 July 2004 | |||||
Ian Macdonald | Labor | Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources | 4 December 2009 | 4 June 2010 | ||||
Paul McLeay | 4 June 2010 | 1 September 2010 | ||||||
Steve Whan | 6 September 2010 | 28 March 2011 | ||||||
Lands and forestry
Minister[3] | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||
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Terence Aubrey Murray | No party | Secretary for Lands and Works | 26 August 1856 | 2 October 1856 | ||||
John Hay | 3 October 1856 | 7 September 1857 | ||||||
Terence Aubrey Murray | 7 September 1857 | 12 January 1858 | ||||||
John Robertson | 13 January 1858 | 30 September 1859 | 1 year, 286 days | |||||
Secretary for Lands | 1 October 1859 | 26 October 1859 | ||||||
John Black | 27 October 1859 | 8 March 1860 | ||||||
John Robertson | 9 March 1860 | 15 October 1863 | ||||||
Bowie Wilson | 16 October 1863 | 2 February 1865 | ||||||
John Robertson | 3 February 1865 | 19 October 1865 | ||||||
William Arnold | 20 October 1865 | 30 October 1865 | ||||||
John Robertson | 1 January 1866 | 21 January 1866 | ||||||
John Wilson | 22 January 1866 | 26 October 1868 | ||||||
William Forster | 13 January 1870 | 14 April 1870 | ||||||
John Robertson | 13 August 1870 | 15 December 1870 | ||||||
John Wilson | 16 December 1870 | 13 May 1872 | ||||||
James Farnell | 14 May 1872 | 8 February 1875 | ||||||
Thomas Garrett | 9 February 1875 | 5 February 1877 | ||||||
Ezekiel Baker | 6 February 1877 | 21 March 1877 | ||||||
Richard Driver | 22 March 1877 | 16 August 1877 | ||||||
Thomas Garrett | 17 August 1877 | 19 November 1877 | ||||||
Ezekiel Baker | 20 November 1877 | 17 December 1877 | ||||||
James Farnell | 18 December 1877 | 20 December 1878 | ||||||
James Hoskins | 21 December 1878 | 28 December 1881 | ||||||
Sir John Robertson | 29 December 1881 | 4 January 1883 | ||||||
James Farnell | 5 January 1883 | 6 October 1885 | ||||||
Joseph Palmer Abbott | 7 October 1885 | 21 December 1885 | ||||||
Gerald Spring | 22 December 1885 | 25 February 1886 | ||||||
Henry Copeland | 26 February 1886 | 19 January 1887 | ||||||
Thomas Garrett | Free Trade | Secretary for Lands | 20 January 1887 | 19 January 1888 | ||||
Sir Henry Parkes | 26 July 1888 | 23 August 1888 | ||||||
James Brunker | 29 August 1888 | 16 January 1889 | ||||||
William Lyne | Protectionist | 17 January 1889 | 7 March 1889 | |||||
James Brunker | Free Trade | 8 March 1889 | 22 October 1891 | |||||
Henry Copeland | Protectionist | 23 October 1891 | 2 August 1894 | |||||
Joseph Carruthers | Free Trade | 3 August 1894 | 3 July 1899 | |||||
James Young | 3 July 1899 | 13 September 1899 | ||||||
Thomas Hassall | Protectionist | 14 September 1899 | 9 April 1901 | |||||
Paddy Crick | Progressive | 11 April 1901 | 14 June 1904 | |||||
Edward O'Sullivan | 15 June 1904 | 29 August 1904 | ||||||
James Ashton | Liberal Reform | 29 August 1904 | 1 October 1907 | |||||
Samuel Moore | 2 October 1907 | 20 October 1910 | ||||||
Niels Neilsen | Labor | 21 October 1910 | 1 August 1911 | |||||
Fred Flowers | 4 August 1911 | 26 November 1911 | ||||||
George Beeby | 11 September 1911 | 9 December 1912 | ||||||
John Treflé | 10 December 1912 | 11 January 1915 | ||||||
William Ashford | 12 January 1915 | 15 November 1916 | ||||||
Nationalist | 15 November 1916 | 12 April 1920 | ||||||
Peter Loughlin | Labor | Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests |
12 April 1920 | 20 December 1921 | ||||
Walter Wearne | Nationalist | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | |||||
Peter Loughlin | Labor | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | |||||
Walter Wearne | Nationalist | 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | |||||
Peter Loughlin | Labor | 17 June 1925 | 19 November 1926 | |||||
Jack Lang | 25 November 1926 | 26 May 1927 | ||||||
Ted Horsington | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | ||||||
Richard Ball | Nationalist | Minister for Lands | 18 October 1927 | 3 November 1930 | ||||
Jack Tully | Labor | Secretary for Lands | 4 November 1930 | 15 October 1931 | ||||
Labor (NSW) | 15 October 1931 | 13 May 1932 | ||||||
Ernest Buttenshaw | Country | 16 May 1932 | 31 January 1938 | |||||
Colin Sinclair | 1 February 1938 | 6 November 1940 | ||||||
Alfred Yeo | 6 November 1940 | 16 May 1941 | ||||||
Jack Tully | Labor | 16 May 1941 | 9 May 1946 | |||||
Bill Dunn | 9 May 1946 | 19 May 1947 | ||||||
Bill Sheahan | 19 May 1947 | 30 June 1950 | ||||||
Jack Renshaw | 30 June 1950 | 2 April 1952 | ||||||
Frank Hawkins | 3 April 1952 | 15 March 1956 | ||||||
Roger Nott | 15 March 1956 | 22 November 1957 | ||||||
William Gollan | 22 November 1957 | 1 April 1959 | ||||||
John McMahon | Minister for Lands | 1 April 1959 | 31 May 1960 | |||||
Jack Renshaw | 31 May 1960 | 3 March 1961 | ||||||
Keith Compton | 3 March 1961 | 13 May 1965 | ||||||
Tom Lewis | Liberal | 13 May 1965 | 3 January 1975 | 9 years, 235 days | ||||
Milton Morris | Minister for Lands Minister for Forests |
3 January 1975 | 30 June 1975 | |||||
John Mason | 30 June 1975 | 23 January 1976 | ||||||
Col Fisher | Country | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | |||||
Bill Crabtree | Labor | Minister for Lands | 14 May 1976 | 29 February 1980 | ||||
Lin Gordon | 29 February 1980 | 5 April 1984 | 4 years, 65 days | |||||
Jack Hallam | Labor | Minister for Lands | 4 July 1986 | 21 March 1988 | 1 year, 261 days | |||
Garry West | National | Minister for Lands and Forests | 24 July 1990 | 6 June 1991 | 317 days | |||
Tony Kelly | Labor | Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands) | 2 April 2003 | 3 May 2004 | 7 years, 360 days | |||
Minister for Lands | 3 May 2004 | 28 March 2011 | ||||||
Kevin Humphries | National | Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 1 year, 0 days | |||
Niall Blair | Minister for Lands and Water | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | ||||
Paul Toole | Minister for Lands and Forestry | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | ||||
Rural affairs
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | |||
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Ian Armstrong | National | Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 25 March 1988 | 26 May 1993 | 5 years, 93 days | |||
Ray Chappell | Minister for Regional Development | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 282 days | ||||
Carl Scully | Labor | Minister for Small Business and Regional Development | 4 April 1995 | 15 December 1995 | 255 days | |||
Michael Egan | Minister for State and Regional Development | 15 December 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 1 year, 351 days | ||||
Harry Woods | Minister for Rural Affairs | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | 5 years, 122 days | ||||
Tony Kelly | 2 April 2003 | 5 September 2008 | 5 years, 156 days | |||||
Phil Costa | 8 September 2008 | 30 January 2009 | 144 days | |||||
Tony Kelly | 30 January 2009 | 14 September 2009 | 227 days | |||||
Steve Whan | 14 September 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 195 days | |||||
References
- "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- "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.
- "NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)". VIII (first ed.). Parliament of New South Wales. November 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2011. Cite journal requires
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