| Minister for Justice |
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Arms of Her Majesty's Government |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Inaugural holder | George Wigram Allen |
| Formation | 9 December 1873 |
The New South Wales Minister for Justice is The Honourable Greg Smith SC MP. The position supports the Attorney General and is typically held concurrently with that office.
He administers his portfolio through the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice and has responsibilities for Juvenile Justice, Prisons and Corrective Services.
Contents |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
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| George Wigram Allen | None | 1873–1875 | Minister for Justice and Public Instruction |
| Joseph Docker | 1875–1877 | ||
| Francis Suttor | 1877 | ||
| John Lackey | 1877 | ||
| Joseph Leary | 1877–1878 | ||
| Francis Suttor | 1878–1880 | ||
| 1880 | Minister for Justice | ||
| Sir Joseph Innes | 1880–1881 | ||
| William Foster | 1881–1883 | ||
| Henry Cohen | 1883–1885 | ||
| James Farnell | 1885 | ||
| Thomas Slattery | 1885 | ||
| Louis Heydon | 1885–1886 | ||
| James Garvan | Protectionist | 1886–1887 | |
| William Clarke | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |
| Thomas Slattery | Protectionist | 1889 | |
| Albert Gould | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | |
| Richard O'Connor | Protectionist | 1891–1893 | |
| Thomas Slattery | 1893–1894 | ||
| Albert Gould | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
| Charles Lee | 1898–1899 | ||
| John Hughes | 1899 | ||
| William Wood | Protectionist | 1899–1901 | |
| Robert FitzGerald | 1901 | ||
| Post abolished | 1901–1904 | ||
| Thomas Waddell | 1904 | Minister for Justice | |
| Charles Wade | Free Trade | 1904 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1904–1909 | ||
| John Garland | 1909–1910 | ||
| William Holman | Labor | 1910–1912 | |
| David Hall | 1912–1916 | ||
| John Garland | Nationalist | 1916–1919 | |
| John FitzGerald | 1919–1920 | ||
| Edward McTiernan | Labor | 1920 | |
| William McKell | 1920–1921 | ||
| Thomas Bavin | Nationalist | 1921 | |
| William McKell | Labor | 1921–1922 | |
| Thomas Ley | Nationalist | 1922–1925 | |
| William McKell | Labor | 1925–1927 | |
| Andrew Lysaght | 1927 | ||
| John Lee | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
| Joseph Lamaro | Labor | 1930–1931 | |
| William McKell | 1931–1932 | ||
| Daniel Levy | United Australia | 1932 | |
| Lewis Martin | 1932–1939 | ||
| Vernon Treatt | 1939–1941 | ||
| Reg Downing | Labor | 1941–1960 | |
| Jack Mannix | 1960–1965 | ||
| John Maddison | Liberal | 1965–1976 | |
| Ron Mulock | Labor | 1976–1978 | |
| Frank Walker | 1978–1983 | ||
| Paul Landa | 1983–1984 | ||
| Post abolished | 1984–1988 | ||
| Liberal | 1988–1991 | ||
| Terry Griffiths | 1991–1992 | Minister for Justice | |
| Ted Pickering | 1992 | ||
| Wayne Merton | 1992–1993 | ||
| John Hannaford | 1993–1995 | ||
| Post abolished | Labor | 1995–2003 | |
| John Hatzistergos | 2003–2005 | Minister for Justice | |
| Tony Kelly | 2005–2007 | ||
| John Hatzistergos | 2007–2011 | ||
| Greg Smith | Liberal | 2011–present |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
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| Carmel Tebbutt | Labor | 1999–2003 | Minister for Juvenile Justice |
| Diane Beamer | 2003–2005 | ||
| Tony Kelly | 2005–2007 | ||
| John Hatzistergos | 2007 | ||
| Barbara Perry | 2007–2008 | ||
| Graham West | 2008–2010 | ||
| Barbara Perry | 2010–2011 |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
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| Bill Haigh | Labor | 1978–1981 | Minister for Corrective Services |
| Rex Jackson | 1981–1983 | ||
| Peter Anderson | 1983–1984 | ||
| John Akister | 1984–1988 | ||
| John Fahey | Liberal | 1988 | |
| Michael Yabsley | 1988–1991 | ||
| Terry Griffiths | 1991 | Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services | |
| Post abolished | 1991–1995 | ||
| Bob Debus | Labor | 1995–2003 | Minister for Corrective Services |
| Post abolished | 2003–2009 | ||
| John Robertson | 2009 | Minister for Corrective Services | |
| Phillip Costa | 2009–2011 |
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