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Secretary for Mines (New South Wales)
The Secretary for Mines was a ministry first established in 1874 in the first ministry of Henry Parkes. It went through various title changes, becoming the Minister for Mines in 1959 then variations on Minister for Mineral Resources .[1]
| Secretary for Mines of New South Wales | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Formation | 9 May 1874 |
| First holder | James Farnell |
| Final holder | Don Harwin |
| Abolished | 2 April 2019 |
| Succession | Minister for Energy and Environment |
Role and responsibilities
In 1872-3 there was a rush of application for mineral leases covering 750,000 acres (300,000 ha), which were required to be dealt with by the Secretary for Lands.[2] The ministry was created from the responsibilities of the Secretary for Lands and the first minister, James Farnell, was also the Secretary for Lands. The initial tasks for the minister were establishing the Board of Mines, a school of mines and mineralogical museum. The minister was responsible for the department of mines, which included mining wardens, registrars, bailiffs and surveyors. The department also included agricultural regulation, including sheep and cattle inspectors and the registration of brands.[3]
The agricultural responsibilities were recognised from 1890 when the title was changed to Secretary for Mines and Agriculture,[4] until 1907 when a separate Minister for Agriculture was created. In 1959 the ministry was renamed Minister for Mines.[5]
The resources portfolio was occasionally combined with the energy portfolio between 1984 and 2017.
List of ministers
| 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 | |||
References
- ^ a b Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Goodin, V W E. "Farnell, James Squire (1825–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "AGY-76 Department of Mines". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Designation of Secretary for Mines". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 116. 28 February 1890. p. 1783. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "PFO-54 Mines [II]]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 2 January 2021.