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Minister for Energy (New South Wales)
The New South Wales Minister for Energy is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibilities for matters relating to resources, energy, and utilities.[1][2] The minister manages the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster.[3]
| Minister for Energy | |
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| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
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Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers edit
Energy edit
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Energy, or any precedent titles:
| Ministerial title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Power | Wal Fife | Liberal | Askin (4) (5) (6) | 19 June 1972 | 3 January 1975 | 2 years, 198 days | ||
| Minister for Energy | George Freudenstein | Country | Lewis (1) (2) Willis | 3 January 1975 | 14 May 1976 | 1 year, 132 days | ||
| Pat Hills | Labor | Wran (1) (2) (3) | 14 May 1976 | 2 October 1981 | 5 years, 141 days | |||
| Paul Landa | Wran (4) | 2 October 1981 | 1 February 1983 | 1 year, 122 days | ||||
| Terry Sheahan | Wran (5) | 1 February 1983 | 10 February 1984 | 1 year, 9 days | ||||
| Rodney Cavalier | Wran (6) | 10 February 1984 | 5 April 1984 | 55 days | ||||
| Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy | Peter Cox | Wran (7) | 5 April 1984 | 6 February 1986 | 3 years, 235 days | |||
| Minister for Energy and Technology | Wran (8) Unsworth | 6 February 1986 | 26 November 1987 | |||||
| Minister for Minerals and Energy | Ken Gabb | Unsworth | 26 November 1987 | 21 March 1988 | 116 days | |||
| Minister for Energy | Neil Pickard | Liberal | Greiner (1) | 25 March 1988 | 19 October 1988 | 3 years, 73 days | ||
| Minister for Minerals and Energy | 19 October 1988 | 6 June 1991 | ||||||
| Minister for Energy | Robert Webster | National | Greiner (2) Fahey (1) | 6 June 1991 | 3 July 1992 | 1 year, 27 days | ||
| Garry West | Fahey (2) (3) | 3 July 1992 | 27 June 1994 | 1 year, 359 days | ||||
| Ted Pickering | Liberal | Fahey (3) | 27 June 1994 | 4 April 1995 | 281 days | |||
| Michael Egan | Labor | Carr (1) | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 2 years, 241 days | |||
| Bob Debus | Carr (2) | 1 December 1997 | 8 April 1999 | 1 year, 128 days | ||||
| Kim Yeadon | Carr (3) | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days | ||||
| Minister for Energy and Utilities | Frank Sartor | Carr (4) | 2 April 2003 | 3 August 2005 | 2 years, 123 days | |||
| Minister for Utilities | Carl Scully | Iemma (1) | 3 August 2005 | 17 February 2006 | 198 days | |||
| Minister for Energy | Joe Tripodi | 17 February 2006 | 2 April 2007 | 1 year, 44 days | ||||
| Ian Macdonald | Iemma (2) Rees | 2 April 2007 | 14 September 2009 | 2 years, 165 days | ||||
| John Robertson | Rees Keneally | 14 September 2009 | 21 May 2010 | 249 days | ||||
| Paul Lynch | Keneally | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 311 days | ||||
| Minister for Resources and Energy | Chris Hartcher | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 4 December 2013 | 2 years, 245 days | ||
| Anthony Roberts | O'Farrell Baird (1) | 4 December 2013 | 2 April 2015 | 3 years, 57 days | ||||
| Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | |||||
| Minister for Energy and Utilities | Don Harwin | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | |||
| Minister for Energy and Environment | Matt Kean | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 3 years, 360 days | |||
| Minister for Energy | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 28 March 2023 | |||||
| Minister for the Environment | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 1 year, 56 days | ||
| Minister for Energy | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | ||||||
Former ministerial titles edit
Mines or Resources edit
| Title | Minister [1] | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary for Lands and Secretary for Mines | James Farnell | No party | 9 May 1874 | 26 July 1874 | 78 days | ||
| Secretary for Mines | Robert Abbott | 27 July 1874 | 8 February 1875 | 196 days | |||
| John Lucas | 9 February 1875 | 5 February 1877 | 1 year, 362 days | ||||
| George Lloyd | 6 February 1877 | 16 August 1877 | 191 days | ||||
| Ezekiel Baker | 17 August 1877 | 19 November 1877 | 94 days | ||||
| Archibald Jacob | 20 November 1877 | 17 December 1877 | 27 days | ||||
| William Suttor Jr. | 18 December 1877 | 20 December 1878 | 1 year, 2 days | ||||
| Ezekiel Baker | 21 December 1878 | 11 October 1881 | 2 years, 294 days | ||||
| Arthur Renwick | 12 October 1881 | 4 January 1883 | 1 year, 84 days | ||||
| Joseph Abbott | 5 January 1883 | 6 October 1885 | 2 years, 274 days | ||||
| Francis Wright | 7 October 1885 | 17 October 1885 | 10 days | ||||
| George Thornton | 13 November 1885 | 21 December 1885 | 38 days | ||||
| Robert Vaughn | 22 December 1885 | 25 February 1886 | 65 days | ||||
| James Fletcher | 26 February 1886 | 23 December 1886 | 300 days | ||||
| Charles Mackellar | 24 December 1886 | 19 January 1887 | 26 days | ||||
| Francis Abigail | Free Trade | 20 January 1887 | 16 January 1889 | 1 year, 362 days | |||
| John Chanter | Protectionist | 17 January 1889 | 7 March 1889 | 49 days | |||
| Sydney Smith | Free Trade | 8 March 1889 | 27 February 1890 | 2 years, 228 days | |||
| Secretary for Mines and Agriculture | 28 February 1890 | 22 October 1891 | [4] | ||||
| Thomas Slattery | Protectionist | 23 October 1891 | 2 August 1894 | 2 years, 283 days | |||
| Sydney Smith | Free Trade | 3 August 1894 | 15 August 1898 | 4 years, 12 days | |||
| Joseph Cook | 27 August 1898 | 13 September 1899 | 1 year, 17 days | ||||
| John Fegan | Protectionist | 15 September 1899 | 8 April 1901 | 1 year, 205 days | |||
| John Kidd | Progressive | 10 April 1901 | 29 August 1904 | 3 years, 141 days | |||
| Samuel Moore | Liberal Reform | 29 August 1904 | 1 October 1907 | 3 years, 33 days | |||
| John Perry | 2 October 1907 | 21 January 1908 | 111 days | ||||
| Secretary for Mines | William Wood | 22 January 1908 | 20 October 1910 | 2 years, 271 days | |||
| Alfred Edden | Labor | 21 October 1910 | 29 January 1914 | 3 years, 100 days | |||
| John Cann | 29 January 1914 | 15 March 1915 | 1 year, 45 days | ||||
| John Estell | 15 March 1915 | 31 October 1916 | 1 year, 230 days | ||||
| Henry Hoyle | 31 October 1916 | 15 November 1916 | 15 days | ||||
| John Fitzpatrick | Nationalist | 15 November 1916 | 12 April 1920 | 3 years, 149 days | |||
| George Cann | Labor | 12 April 1920 | 20 December 1921 | 1 year, 252 days | |||
| John Fitzpatrick | Nationalist | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | 7 hours | |||
| George Cann | Labor | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | 113 days | |||
| John Fitzpatrick | Nationalist | 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | 3 years, 65 days | |||
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | 17 June 1925 | 18 October 1927 | 2 years, 123 days | |||
| Frank Chaffey | Nationalist | 18 October 1927 | 15 April 1929 | 1 year, 179 days | |||
| Reginald Weaver | 16 April 1929 | 3 November 1930 | 1 year, 202 days | ||||
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | 4 November 1930 | 15 October 1931 | 1 year, 191 days | |||
| Labor (NSW) | 15 October 1931 | 13 May 1932 | |||||
| Frank Chaffey | United Australia | 16 May 1932 | 17 June 1932 | 32 days | |||
| Roy Vincent | Country | 18 June 1932 | 16 May 1941 | 8 years, 332 days | |||
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | 16 May 1941 | 8 September 1949 | 8 years, 115 days | |||
| James McGirr | 8 September 1949 | 21 September 1949 | 13 days | ||||
| William Dickson | 21 September 1949 | 30 June 1950 | 282 days | ||||
| Joshua Arthur | 30 June 1950 | 23 February 1953 | 2 years, 238 days | ||||
| Bob Heffron | 23 February 1953 | 16 September 1953 | 205 days | ||||
| Francis Buckley | 16 September 1953 | 30 June 1954 | 2 years, 88 days | ||||
| William Gollan | 1 July 1954 | 15 March 1956 | 1 year, 259 days | ||||
| Roger Nott | 15 March 1956 | 14 November 1957 | 1 year, 244 days | ||||
| Jim Simpson | 14 November 1957 | 1 April 1959 | 7 years, 180 days | ||||
| Minister for Mines | 1 April 1959 | 13 May 1965 | |||||
| Tom Lewis | Liberal | 13 May 1965 | 27 June 1967 | 2 years, 45 days | |||
| Wal Fife | 27 June 1967 | 3 January 1975 | 7 years, 190 days | ||||
| George Freudenstein | Country | 3 January 1975 | 14 May 1976 | 1 year, 131 days | |||
| Pat Hills | Labor | 14 May 1976 | 19 October 1978 | 2 years, 158 days | |||
| Minister for Mineral Resources and Development | Ron Mulock | 19 October 1978 | 29 February 1980 | 2 years, 348 days | |||
| Minister for Mineral Resources | 29 February 1980 | 2 October 1981 | |||||
| Neville Wran | 2 October 1981 | 1 February 1983 | 1 year, 122 days | ||||
| Kevin Stewart | 1 February 1983 | 10 February 1984 | 1 year, 9 days | ||||
| Don Day | 10 February 1984 | 5 April 1984 | 55 days | ||||
| Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy | Peter Cox | 5 April 1984 | 6 February 1986 | 1 year, 307 days | |||
| Minister for Mineral Resources | Ken Gabb | 4 July 1986 | 26 November 1987 | 2 years, 44 days | |||
| Minister for Minerals and Energy | 26 November 1987 | 21 March 1988 | |||||
| Minister for Mineral Resources | Neil Pickard | Liberal | 21 March 1988 | 19 October 1988 | 3 years, 73 days | ||
| Minister for Minerals and Energy | 19 October 1988 | 6 June 1991 | |||||
| Minister of Natural Resources | Ian Causley | National | 6 June 1991 | 26 May 1993 | 3 years, 306 days | ||
| Minister for Mines | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | |||||
| Minister for Mineral Resources | Bob Martin | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | 4 years, 4 days | ||
| Eddie Obeid | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days | ||||
| Kerry Hickey | 2 April 2003 | 3 August 2005 | 2 years, 123 days | ||||
| Ian Macdonald | 3 August 2005 | 4 December 2009 | 4 years, 305 days | ||||
| Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources | 4 December 2009 | 4 June 2010 | |||||
| Paul McLeay | 4 June 2010 | 1 September 2010 | 89 days | ||||
| Steve Whan | 6 September 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 209 days | ||||
| Minister for Resources and Energy | Chris Hartcher | Liberal | 3 April 2011 | 4 December 2013 | 2 years, 245 days | ||
| Anthony Roberts | 4 December 2013 | 2 April 2015 | 3 years, 57 days | ||||
| Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | |||||
| Minister for Resources | Don Harwin | 30 January 2017 | 2 April 2019 | 2 years, 62 days | |||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "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 (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". 21 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Designation of Secretary for Mines". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 116. 28 February 1890. p. 1783. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Trove.
External links edit
- NSW Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development (NSW Department of Industry)