Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water (New South Wales)

Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Regional Water

Incumbent Niall Blair since 2 April 2015
Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Sydney Smith (as the Secretary for Mines and the Minister for Agriculture)
Formation	8 March 1889

Minister for Lands and Forestry

Incumbent Paul Toole since 30 January 2017
Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Terence Aubrey Murray (as the Secretary for Lands and Works) William Ashford (as the Minister for Forests)
Formation	26 August 1856 (Lands) 15 November 1916 (Forests)

The New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries and the Minister for Regional Water is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development for agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, state forests, biosecurity, and crown lands in New South Wales, Australia.

The current minister is Niall Blair, since 2 April 2015. He is assisted by the Minister for Lands and Forestry and Minister for Racing, Paul Toole, since 30 January 2017.^[1] Together, the ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development and a range of smaller government agencies.

List of ministers

Primary Industries

Minister^[2]	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Sydney Smith	Free Trade	Secretary for Mines Minister for Agriculture	8 March 1889	22 October 1891
Thomas Slattery	Protectionist		23 October 1891	2 August 1894
Sydney Smith	Free Trade		3 August 1894	15 August 1898
Joseph Cook	Free Trade		27 August 1898	13 September 1899
John Fegan	Protectionist		15 September 1899	8 April 1901
John Kidd	Progressive		10 April 1901	29 August 1904
Samuel Wilkinson Moore	Liberal Reform		29 August 1904	1 October 1907

John Perry	Liberal Reform	Minister for Agriculture	22 January 1908	20 October 1910
Donald Macdonell	Labor		21 October 1910	10 September 1911
John Treflé			11 September 1911	29 January 1914
William Ashford			29 January 1914	23 February 1915
George Black			23 February 1915	15 March 1915
William Ashford			15 March 1915	1 June 1915
W. C. Grahame			1 June 1915	15 November 1916	7003168800000000000♠4 years, 227 days
W. C. Grahame	Nationalist		15 November 1916	14 January 1920	7003168800000000000♠4 years, 227 days
William Ashford	Nationalist		9 February 1920	12 April 1920
Bill Dunn	Labor		12 April 1920	20 December 1921
Frank Chaffey	Nationalist		20 December 1921	20 December 1921
Bill Dunn	Labor		20 December 1921	13 April 1922
Richard Ball	Nationalist		13 April 1922	28 June 1922
Frank Chaffey	Nationalist		28 June 1922	17 June 1925
Bill Dunn	Labor		17 June 1925	26 May 1927
Paddy Stokes	Labor		27 May 1927	18 October 1927
Harold Thorby	Country		18 October 1927	3 November 1930
Bill Dunn	Labor		4 November 1930	15 October 1931
Bill Dunn	Labor (NSW)		15 October 1931	13 May 1932
Hugh Main	Country		16 May 1932	1 April 1938
Roy Vincent			2 April 1938	13 April 1938
Albert Reid			13 April 1938	16 May 1941
Bill Dunn	Labor		16 May 1941	8 June 1944
Eddie Graham			8 June 1944	6 February 1947
James McGirr			6 February 1947	13 February 1947
Eddie Graham			13 February 1947	23 February 1953	7003220900000000000♠6 years, 17 days
Eddie Graham		Minister for Agriculture Minister for Food Production	23 February 1953	13 November 1957	7003220900000000000♠6 years, 17 days
Roger Nott		Minister for Agriculture Minister for Food Production	14 November 1957	1 April 1959	7003120500000000000♠3 years, 109 days
Roger Nott		Minister for Agriculture	1 April 1959	3 March 1961	7003120500000000000♠3 years, 109 days
Jack Renshaw			3 March 1961	14 March 1962
George Enticknap			14 March 1962	13 May 1965
Bill Chaffey	Country		13 May 1965	5 March 1968
Geoff Crawford			5 March 1968	17 December 1975	7003284300000000000♠7 years, 287 days
Bruce Cowan			17 December 1975	14 May 1976
Don Day	Labor	Minister for Primary Industries	14 May 1976	19 October 1978	7003138600000000000♠3 years, 291 days
Don Day		Minister for Agriculture	19 October 1978	29 February 1980	7003138600000000000♠3 years, 291 days
Jack Hallam		Minister for Agriculture	29 February 1980	2 October 1981	7003294300000000000♠8 years, 21 days
		Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	2 October 1981	4 July 1986
		Minister for Agriculture	4 July 1986	21 March 1988
Ian Armstrong	National	Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs	25 March 1988	26 May 1993	7003189200000000000♠5 years, 66 days
Ian Causley	National	Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	7002678000000000000♠1 year, 313 days
Richard Amery	Labor	Minister for Agriculture	4 April 1995	2 April 2003	7003292000000000000♠7 years, 363 days
Ian Macdonald		Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	2 April 2003	3 May 2004	7003242100000000000♠6 years, 229 days
Ian Macdonald		Minister for Primary Industries	3 May 2004	17 November 2009	7003242100000000000♠6 years, 229 days
Tony Kelly			17 November 2009	8 December 2009	7001210000000000000♠21 days
Steve Whan			8 December 2009	28 March 2011	7002475000000000000♠1 year, 110 days
Katrina Hodgkinson	National		3 April 2011	2 April 2015	7003146000000000000♠3 years, 364 days
Niall Blair	National		2 April 2015	incumbent	7002873000000000000♠2 years, 142 days

Lands and Forestry

Minister^[2]	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Terence Aubrey Murray	No party	Secretary for Lands and Works	26 August 1856	2 October 1856
John Hay			3 October 1856	7 September 1857
Terence Aubrey Murray			7 September 1857	12 January 1858
John Robertson			13 January 1858	30 September 1859	7002651000000000000♠1 year, 286 days
John Robertson		Secretary for Lands	1 October 1859	26 October 1859	7002651000000000000♠1 year, 286 days
John Black			27 October 1859	8 March 1860
John Robertson			9 March 1860	15 October 1863
John Wilson			16 October 1863	2 February 1865
John Robertson			3 February 1865	19 October 1865
William Arnold			20 October 1865	30 October 1865
John Robertson			1 January 1866	21 January 1866
John Wilson			22 January 1866	26 October 1868
William Forster			13 January 1870	14 April 1870
John Robertson			13 August 1870	15 December 1870
John Wilson			16 December 1870	13 May 1872
James Farnell			14 May 1872	8 February 1875
Thomas Garrett			9 February 1875	5 February 1877
Ezekiel Baker			6 February 1877	21 March 1877
Richard Driver			22 March 1877	16 August 1877
Thomas Garrett			17 August 1877	19 November 1877
Ezekiel Baker			20 November 1877	17 December 1877
James Farnell			18 December 1877	20 December 1878
James Hoskins			21 December 1878	28 December 1881
Sir John Robertson			29 December 1881	4 January 1883
James Farnell			5 January 1883	6 October 1885
Joseph Palmer Abbott			7 October 1885	21 December 1885
Gerald Spring			22 December 1885	25 February 1886
Henry Copeland			26 February 1886	19 January 1887
Thomas Garrett	Free Trade	Secretary for Lands	20 January 1887	19 January 1888
Sir Henry Parkes			26 July 1888	23 August 1888
James Brunker			29 August 1888	16 January 1889
William Lyne	Protectionist		17 January 1889	7 March 1889
James Brunker	Free Trade		8 March 1889	22 October 1891
Henry Copeland	Protectionist		23 October 1891	2 August 1894
Joseph Carruthers	Free Trade		3 August 1894	3 July 1899
James Young	Free Trade		3 July 1899	13 September 1899
Thomas Hassall	Protectionist		14 September 1899	9 April 1901
Paddy Crick	Progressive		11 April 1901	14 June 1904
Edward O'Sullivan	Progressive		15 June 1904	29 August 1904
James Ashton	Liberal Reform		29 August 1904	1 October 1907
Samuel Moore	Liberal Reform		2 October 1907	20 October 1910
Neils Neilsen	Labor		21 October 1910	1 August 1911
Fred Flowers			4 August 1911	26 November 1911
George Beeby			11 September 1911	9 December 1912
John Treflé			10 December 1912	11 January 1915
William Ashford			12 January 1915	15 November 1916
William Ashford	Nationalist		15 November 1916	12 April 1920
Peter Loughlin	Labor	Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests	12 April 1920	20 December 1921
Walter Wearne	Nationalist		20 December 1921	20 December 1921
Peter Loughlin	Labor		20 December 1921	13 April 1922
Walter Wearne	Nationalist		13 April 1922	17 June 1925
Peter Loughlin	Labor		17 June 1925	19 November 1926
Jack Lang			25 November 1926	26 May 1927
Ted Horsington			27 May 1927	18 October 1927
Richard Ball	Nationalist	Minister for Lands	18 October 1927	3 November 1930
Jack Tully	Labor	Secretary for Lands	4 November 1930	15 October 1931
Jack Tully	Labor (NSW)		15 October 1931	13 May 1932
Ernest Buttenshaw	Country		16 May 1932	31 January 1938
Colin Sinclair			1 February 1938	6 November 1940
Alfred Yeo			6 November 1940	16 May 1941
Jack Tully	Labor		16 May 1941	9 May 1946
Bill Dunn			9 May 1946	19 May 1947
Bill Sheahan			19 May 1947	30 June 1950
Jack Renshaw			30 June 1950	2 April 1952
Frank Hawkins			3 April 1952	15 March 1956
Roger Nott			15 March 1956	22 November 1957
William Gollan			22 November 1957	1 April 1959
John McMahon		Minister for Lands	1 April 1959	31 May 1960
Jack Renshaw			31 May 1960	3 March 1961
Keith Compton			3 March 1961	13 May 1965
Tom Lewis	Liberal		13 May 1965	3 January 1975	7003352200000000000♠9 years, 235 days
Milton Morris		Minister for Lands Minister for Forests	3 January 1975	30 June 1975
John Mason			30 June 1975	23 January 1976
Col Fisher	Country		23 January 1976	14 May 1976
Bill Crabtree	Labor	Minister for Lands	14 May 1976	29 February 1980
Lin Gordon	Labor	Minister for Lands	29 February 1980	5 April 1984	7003152600000000000♠4 years, 65 days

Jack Hallam	Labor	Minister for Lands	4 July 1986	21 March 1988	7002626000000000000♠1 year, 261 days

Garry West	National	Minister for Lands and Forests	24 July 1990	6 June 1991	7002317000000000000♠317 days

Tony Kelly	Labor	Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands)	2 April 2003	3 May 2004	7003291700000000000♠7 years, 360 days
Tony Kelly	Labor	Minister for Lands	3 May 2004	28 March 2011	7003291700000000000♠7 years, 360 days

Kevin Humphries	National	Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	7002365000000000000♠1 year, 0 days
Niall Blair		Minister for Lands and Water	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	7002669000000000000♠1 year, 303 days
Paul Toole		Minister for Lands and Forestry	30 January 2017	incumbent	7002204000000000000♠204 days

Regional Water

Minister^[2]	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Bruce Cowan	Country	Minister for Water Resources	17 December 1975	14 May 1976	7002149000000000000♠149 days
Lin Gordon	Labor		14 May 1976	2 October 1981	7003196700000000000♠5 years, 141 days
Paul Landa			2 October 1981	1 February 1983
Paul Whelan			1 February 1983	5 April 1984

Janice Crosio	Labor	Minister for Water Resources	4 July 1986	21 March 1988

Ian Causley	National	Minister for Water Resources	24 July 1990	6 June 1991

George Souris	National	Minister for Land and Water Conservation	26 May 1993	4 April 1995
Kim Yeadon	Labor		4 April 1995	1 December 1997
Richard Amery			1 December 1997	21 November 2001	7003145100000000000♠3 years, 355 days
John Aquilina			21 November 2001	2 April 2003

David Campbell	Labor	Minister for Water Utilities	17 February 2006	2 April 2007
Nathan Rees		Minister for Water Utilities	2 April 2007	27 February 2008
Phil Koperberg		Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water	2 April 2007	27 February 2008
Nathan Rees		Minister for Water	27 February 2008	5 September 2008
Phil Costa		Minister for Water	8 September 2008	28 March 2011	7002931000000000000♠2 years, 201 days

Kevin Humphries	National	Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	7002344000000000000♠344 days
Niall Blair		Minister for Lands and Water	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	7002873000000000000♠2 years, 142 days
Niall Blair		Minister for Regional Water	30 January 2017	incumbent	7002873000000000000♠2 years, 142 days

Racing

Minister	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Michael Cleary	Labor	Minister for Racing	4 July 1986	25 March 1988	7002630000000000000♠1 year, 265 days
Bob Rowland Smith	National	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing	1988	1989
Bob Rowland Smith		Minister for Racing	1989	1991
George Souris		Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing	1991	1992
Joe Schipp	Liberal		1992	1993
Christopher Downy	Liberal		1993	1995
Richard Face	Labor	Minister for Gaming and Racing	1995	2003	7–8 years
Michael Egan			2003	2003
Grant McBride			2003	2007
Graham West			2007	2008
Kevin Greene			2008	2011
George Souris	National	Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing	4 April 2011	23 April 2014	7003111500000000000♠3 years, 19 days
Troy Grant		Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	7003101300000000000♠2 years, 282 days
Troy Grant		Minister for Racing	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	7003101300000000000♠2 years, 282 days
Paul Toole		Minister for Racing	30 January 2017	incumbent	7002204000000000000♠204 days

Former ministerial titles

Fisheries

Minister^[2]	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Jack Hallam	Labor	Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	2 October 1981	4 July 1986	7003173600000000000♠4 years, 275 days

Ian Causley	National	Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	26 May 1993	4 April 1995
Bob Martin	Labor	Minister for Fisheries	4 April 1995	8 April 1999
Eddie Obeid		Minister for Fisheries	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	7003145500000000000♠3 years, 359 days
Ian Macdonald		Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	2 April 2003	3 May 2004

Natural Resources

Minister^[2]	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Janice Crosio	Labor	Minister for Natural Resources	5 April 1984	6 February 1986
John Aquilina	Labor	Minister for Natural Resources	6 February 1986	4 July 1986

Ian Causley	National	Minister for Natural Resources	25 March 1988	26 May 1993	7003188800000000000♠5 years, 62 days

Craig Knowles	Labor	Minister for Natural Resources	2 April 2003	3 August 2005
Ian Macdonald	Labor	Minister for Natural Resources	3 August 2005	2 April 2007

Kevin Humphries	National	Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water	23 April 2014	2 April 2015

Forests

Minister^[2]	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
William Ashford	Nationalist	Minister for Forests	15 November 1916	12 April 1920
Peter Loughlin	Labor		12 April 1920	20 December 1921
Walter Wearne	Nationalist		20 December 1921	20 December 1921
Peter Loughlin	Labor		20 December 1921	13 April 1922
Walter Wearne	Nationalist		13 April 1922	17 June 1925
Peter Loughlin	Labor		17 June 1925	19 November 1926
Jack Lang			25 November 1926	26 May 1927
Ted Horsington			26 May 1927	18 October 1927
Frank Chaffey	Nationalist		18 October 1927	15 April 1929
Reginald Weaver	Nationalist		15 April 1929	3 November 1930
Bill Dunn	Labor		4 November 1930	15 October 1931
Bill Dunn	Labor (NSW)		15 October 1931	13 May 1932
Hugh Main	Country		16 May 1932	17 June 1932
Roy Vincent	Country		18 June 1932	16 May 1941	7003325400000000000♠8 years, 332 days
Bill Dunn	Labor	Minister for Agriculture and Forests	16 May 1941	8 June 1944

Milton Morris	Liberal	Minister for Forests	3 January 1975	30 June 1975
John Mason	Liberal		30 June 1975	23 January 1976
Col Fisher	Country		23 January 1976	14 May 1976

Lin Gordon	Labor	Minister for Forests	29 February 1980	2 October 1981

Paul Whelan	Labor	Minister for Forests	1 February 1983	5 April 1984

Jack Hallam	Labor	Minister for Forests	5 November 1986	21 March 1988

Garry West	National	Minister for Lands and Forests	24 July 1990	6 June 1991

Kim Yeadon	Labor	Minister for Forestry	1 December 1997	2 April 2003	7003194800000000000♠5 years, 122 days
Michael Costa	Labor	Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Forests)	2 April 2003	1 July 2004

Ian Macdonald	Labor	Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources	4 December 2009	4 June 2010
Paul McLeay			4 June 2010	1 September 2010
Steve Whan			6 September 2010	28 March 2011

References

↑ Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)". VIII (first ed.). Parliament of New South Wales. November 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

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