Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
| Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | |
|---|---|
| Department of Immigration and Citizenship | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Arthur Calwell |
| Formation | 13 July 1945 |
| Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | |
|---|---|
| Department of Immigration and Citizenship | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Clyde Holding |
| Formation | 2 September 1988 |
The Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection is the Hon. Peter Dutton MP. The Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection is Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash.
In the Government of Australia, the above Ministers administer these portfolios through the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
Scope
The portfolio and department was created in July 1945, during the last months of World War II. Previously, immigration affairs were handled by the Minister for Home Affairs (1901–1932) and the Minister for the Interior (1932–1945), except that between January 1925 and January 1928 Reginald Wilson and Thomas Paterson were Ministers for Markets and Migration.[1]
The Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship is usually one of the senior members of Cabinet, although between the Tenth Menzies Ministry and the Third Fraser Ministry, the post was downgraded to that of a junior minister. The minister and department have on several occasions been responsible for another portfolio in addition to immigration, such as ethnic/multicultural affairs, local government[2] or border protection.
List of Ministers of Immigration
The following individuals have been Ministers for Immigration and Border Protection, or any precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Calwell | Labor | Chifley | Minister for Immigration | 13 July 1945 | 19 December 1949 | 4 years, 159 days | |
| 2 | Harold Holt | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 24 October 1956 | 6 years, 310 days | ||
| 3 | Athol Townley | 24 October 1956 | 19 March 1958 | 1 years, 146 days | ||||
| 4 | Alec Downer | 19 March 1958 | 18 December 1963 | 5 years, 274 days | ||||
| 5 | Hubert Opperman | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | 2 years, 361 days | ||||
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 14 December 1966 | ||||||
| 6 | Billy Snedden | 14 December 1966 | 19 December 1967 | 2 years, 333 days | ||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 12 November 1969 | ||||||
| 7 | Phillip Lynch | McMahon | 12 November 1969 | 22 March 1971 | 1 years, 130 days | |||
| 8 | Jim Forbes | 22 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 years, 258 days | ||||
| 9 | Lance Barnard1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 10 | Al Grassby | 19 December 1972 | 12 June 1974 | 1 years, 175 days | ||||
| 11 | Clyde Cameron | Minister for Labour and Immigration | 12 June 1974 | 6 June 1975 | 359 days | |||
| 12 | Jim McClelland | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
| 13 | Tony Street | Liberal | Fraser | 12 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 40 days | ||
| 14 | Michael MacKellar | Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 22 December 1975 | 8 December 1979 | 3 years, 351 days | |||
| 15 | Ian Macphee | 8 December 1979 | 7 May 1982 | 2 years, 150 days | ||||
| 16 | John Hodges | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | ||||
| 17 | Stewart West | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 years, 277 days | ||
| 18 | Chris Hurford | 13 December 1984 | 16 February 1987 | 2 years, 65 days | ||||
| 19 | Mick Young | Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs | 16 February 1987 | 12 February 1988 | 361 days | |||
| 20 | Clyde Holding | 12 February 1988 | 2 September 1988 | 203 days | ||||
| 21 | Robert Ray | 2 September 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 1 years, 214 days | ||||
| 22 | Gerry Hand | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 354 days | ||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 23 | Nick Bolkus | Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 353 days | |||
| 24 | Philip Ruddock | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 26 November 2001 | 7 years, 210 days | |
| Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs | 26 November 2001 | 7 October 2003 | ||||||
| 25 | Amanda Vanstone | 7 October 2003 | 27 January 2006 | 3 years, 115 days | ||||
| Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | 27 January 2006 | 30 January 2007 | ||||||
| 26 | Kevin Andrews | Minister for Immigration and Citizenship | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 307 days | |||
| 27 | Chris Evans | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | ||
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 28 | Chris Bowen | 14 September 2010 | 4 February 2013 | 2 years, 143 days | ||||
| 29 | Brendan O'Connor | 4 February 2013 | 1 July 2013 | 147 days | ||||
| 30 | Tony Burke | Rudd | Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
| 31 | Scott Morrison | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 years, 96 days | |
| 32 | Peter Dutton | Liberal National | 23 December 2014 | Incumbent | 128 days | |||
Notes
- 1 Barnard was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Gough Whitlam for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
List of Assistant Ministers of Immigration and Border Protection
On 24 July 1987 the third Hawke ministry implemented a two-level ministerial structure, with distinctions drawn between senior and junior ministers. This arrangement has been continued by subsequent governments; although there has not always been a junior minister in the immigration portfolio. Senior ministers are shown above. Junior ministers are shown below. The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, or any precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clyde Holding | Labor | Hawke | Minister Assisting the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs | 2 September 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 1 years, 214 days | |
| 2 | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | 2 years, 335 days | |
| 3 | Peter McGauran | National | 26 October 2004 | 6 July 2005 | 253 days | |||
| 4 | John Cobb | 6 July 2005 | 27 January 2006 | 205 days | ||||
| 5 | Kate Lundy | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Multicultural Affairs | 5 March 2012 | 27 June 2013 | 1 years, 197 days | |
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 6 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | 18 September 2013 | incumbent | 1 years, 224 days | |
See also
References
- ↑ "From Calwell Onward: Immigration Ministers in the Library’s Oral History Collection". National Library of Australia. June 2005.
- ↑ "Immigration Ministers in Manuscripts". National Library of Australia. August 2005.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
