Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (Australia)

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Incumbent
Barnaby Joyce
since 18 September 2013
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on behalf of the Queen of Australia on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Victor Wilson
Formation 16 January 1925 (1925-01-16)

The Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources is the Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP, appointed on 18 July 2013. The minister is assisted by Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston, the Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, appointed on 21 September 2015.

In the Government of Australia, the ministers administer this portfolio through the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, and its component bodies.

Portfolio responsibilities

In addition to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, component bodies responsible to the minister include:

Other bodies within his portfolio are:

List of agriculture and water resources ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, or any of its precedent titles:[1][2]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Victor Wilson   Nationalist Bruce Minister for Markets and Migration 16 January 1925 18 June 1926 1 year, 153 days
2 Thomas Paterson Country 18 June 1926 19 January 1928 3 years, 126 days
Minister for Markets 19 January 1928 10 December 1928
Minister for Markets and Transport 10 December 1928 22 October 1929
3 Parker Moloney Labor Scullin 22 October 1929 21 April 1930 2 years, 76 days
Minister for Markets 21 April 1930 6 January 1932
4 Charles Hawker United Australia Lyons 6 January 1932 13 April 1932 261 days
Minister for Commerce 13 April 1932 23 September 1932
5 Joseph Lyons 3 October 1932 13 October 1932 10 days
6 Frederick Stewart 13 October 1932 9 November 1932 27 days
7 Earle Page Country 9 November 1932 7 April 1939 6 years, 149 days
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
8 George McLeay United Australia Menzies 26 April 1939 14 March 1940 323 days
9 Archie Cameron Country 14 March 1940 28 October 1940 228 days
n/a Earle Page 28 October 1940 29 August 1941 344 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
10 William Scully Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 22 December 1942 5 years, 25 days
Minister for Commerce and Agriculture 22 December 1942 6 July 1945
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 1 November 1946
11 Reginald Pollard 1 November 1946 19 December 1949 3 years, 48 days
12 John McEwen Country Menzies 19 December 1949 11 January 1956 6 years, 23 days
13 William McMahon Liberal Minister for Primary Industry 11 January 1956 10 December 1958 2 years, 333 days
14 Charles Adermann Country 10 December 1958 26 January 1966 8 years, 310 days
Holt 26 January 1966 16 October 1967
15 Doug Anthony 16 October 1967 19 December 1967 3 years, 112 days
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 5 February 1971
16 Ian Sinclair 5 February 1971 10 March 1971 1 year, 304 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972
17 Lance Barnard1 Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days
18 Ken Wriedt 19 December 1972 12 June 1974 2 years, 306 days
Minister for Agriculture 12 June 1974 21 October 1975
19 Rex Patterson 21 October 1975 11 November 1975 21 days
n/a Ian Sinclair National Country Fraser 11 November 1975 22 December 1975 3 years, 320 days
Minister for Primary Industry 22 December 1975 27 September 1979
20 Peter Nixon 27 September 1979 16 October 1982 3 years, 165 days
National 16 October 1982 11 March 1983
21 John Kerin Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 24 July 1987 8 years, 85 days
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy 24 July 1987 4 June 1991
22 Simon Crean 4 June 1991 20 December 1991 2 years, 202 days
Keating 20 December 1991 23 December 1993
23 Bob Collins 23 December 1993 11 March 1996 2 years, 79 days
24 John Anderson National Howard 11 March 1996 21 October 1998 2 years, 224 days
25 Mark Vaile Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 21 October 1998 20 July 1999 272 days
26 Warren Truss 20 July 1999 6 July 2005 5 years, 351 days
27 Peter McGauran 6 July 2005 3 December 2007 2 years, 150 days
28 Tony Burke Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 28 June 2010 2 years, 285 days
Gillard 28 June 2010 14 September 2010
29 Joe Ludwig 14 September 2010 1 July 2013 2 years, 290 days
30 Joel Fitzgibbon Rudd 1 July 2013 18 September 2013 79 days
31 Barnaby Joyce National Abbott Minister for Agriculture 18 September 2013 15 September 2015 2 years, 149 days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 21 September 2015
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources 21 September 2015 Incumbent

Notes

1 Barnard was part of a two-man ministry comprising Barnard and Gough Whitlam for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.

List of junior ministers within the portfolio

The following individuals have been appointed as junior ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.[1][2]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Wilson Tuckey   Liberal Howard Minister for Forestry and Conservation 21 October 1998 26 November 2001 3 years, 36 days
2 Ian Macdonald   26 November 2001 14 November 2002 4 years, 62 days
  Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation 14 November 2002 27 January 2006
3 Eric Abetz   27 January 2006 3 December 2007 1 year, 310 days
4 Anne Ruston   Liberal Turnbull Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources 21 September 2015 incumbent 146 days

References

  1. 1 2 "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Ministers". About us. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australian Government. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

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