Minister for Tourism (Australia)

Minister for Small Business
Incumbent Gary Gray since 25 March 2013
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Don Chipp
Formation	1966

The Australian Minister for Tourism is Gary Gray, appointed on 25 March 2013. The Minister administers his portfolio through the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.

List of Ministers for Tourism

Australia has had tourism ministers under various titles since Don Chipp was appointed Minister in charge of Tourist Activities in December 1966.

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Prime Minister	Ministerial Title
Don Chipp	Liberal Party	1966–1967	Holt	Minister in charge of Tourist Activities
		1967–1968	McEwen
		1968	Gorton
Reg Wright		1968–1971
		1971	McMahon
Peter Howson		1971–72
Frank Stewart	Australian Labor Party	1972–75	Whitlam	Minister for Tourism and Recreation
Reg Withers	Liberal Party	1975	Fraser
John Brown	Australian Labor Party	1983–87	Hawke	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism
John Brown		1987–88		Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
Graham Richardson		1988–90
Ros Kelly		1990–91
		1991	Keating
Alan Griffiths		1991–93		Minister for Tourism
Michael Lee		1993–96
John Moore	Liberal Party	1996–98	Howard	Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism
Andrew Thomson (Junior Minister)		1997–98		Minister for Sport and Tourism
Jackie Kelly		1998–2001
Joe Hockey		2001–04		Minister for Small Business and Tourism
Fran Bailey		2004–07
Martin Ferguson	Australian Labor Party	2007–10	Rudd	Minister for Tourism
		2010–2013	Gillard
Gary Gray		2013-