Minister for Trade and Tourism

Minister for Trade and Investment
Minister for Trade and Investment
	Incumbent; Andrew Robb; since 18 September 2013
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Charles Kingston
Formation	1901

The Australian Minister for Trade and Investment is the Hon. Andrew Robb AO MP.

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the Minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, although prior to 1987 there was a separate Department of Trade. Other trade-related bodies for which he is responsible are:

List of Ministers for Trade and Investment

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Trade and Investment, or any of its precedent titles:^[1]

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Charles Kingston	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|	Protectionist	Barton	Minister for Trade and Customs	1 January 1901 (1901-01-01)	24 July 1903 (1903-07-24)	2 years, 204 days

2	William Lyne	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|	Protectionist	Barton	Minister for Trade and Customs	11 August 1903 (1903-08-11)	24 September 1903 (1903-09-24)	260 days
2	William Lyne	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|	Protectionist	Deakin		24 September 1903 (1903-09-24)	27 April 1904 (1904-04-27)	260 days
3	Andrew Fisher	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Watson		27 April 1904 (1904-04-27)	17 August 1904 (1904-08-17)	112 days
4	Allan McLean	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|	Protectionist	Reid		17 August 1904 (1904-08-17)	5 July 1905 (1905-07-05)	322 days
n/a	William Lyne	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|		Deakin		5 July 1905 (1905-07-05)	30 July 1907 (1907-07-30)	2 years, 25 days
5	Austin Chapman	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|		Deakin		30 July 1907 (1907-07-30)	13 November 1908 (1908-11-13)	1 year, 106 days
6	Frank Tudor	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Fisher		13 November 1908 (1908-11-13)	2 June 1909 (1909-06-02)	201 days
7	Robert Best	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist\|	Protectionist	Deakin		2 June 1909 (1909-06-02)	29 April 1910 (1910-04-29)	331 days
n/a	Frank Tudor	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Fisher		29 April 1910 (1910-04-29)	24 June 1913 (1913-06-24)	3 years, 56 days
8	Littleton Groom	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Commonwealth Liberal\|	Commonwealth Liberal	Cook		24 June 1913 (1913-06-24)	17 September 1914 (1914-09-17)	1 year, 85 days
n/a	Frank Tudor	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Fisher		17 September 1914 (1914-09-17)	27 October 1915 (1915-10-27)	1 year, 363 days
n/a	Frank Tudor	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Hughes		27 October 1915 (1915-10-27)	14 September 1916 (1916-09-14)	1 year, 363 days

9	Billy Hughes	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Hughes	Minister for Trade and Customs	29 September 1916 (1916-09-29)	14 November 1916 (1916-11-14)	46 days
10	William Archibald	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National Labor\|	National Labor			14 November 1916 (1916-11-14)	17 February 1917 (1917-02-17)	95 days
11	Jens Jensen	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|	Nationalist			17 February 1917 (1917-02-17)	13 December 1918 (1918-12-13)	1 year, 299 days
12	William Watt	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				13 December 1918 (1918-12-13)	17 January 1919 (1919-01-17)	35 days
13	Walter Massy-Greene	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				17 January 1919 (1919-01-17)	21 December 1921 (1921-12-21)	2 years, 338 days
14	Arthur Rodgers	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				21 December 1921 (1921-12-21)	5 February 1923 (1923-02-05)	1 year, 46 days

15	Austin Chapman	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|	Nationalist	Bruce	Minister for Trade and Customs	9 February 1923 (1923-02-09)	26 May 1924 (1924-05-26)	1 year, 107 days
n/a	Littleton Groom	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				26 May 1924 (1924-05-26)	13 June 1924 (1924-06-13)	18 days
16	Herbert Pratten	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				13 June 1924 (1924-06-13)	7 May 1928 (1928-05-07)	3 years, 329 days
17	Stanley Bruce	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				8 May 1928 (1928-05-08)	28 November 1928 (1928-11-28)	204 days
18	Henry Gullett	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationalist\|				28 November 1928 (1928-11-28)	22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)	328 days
19	James Fenton	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Scullin		22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)	4 February 1931 (1931-02-04)	1 year, 105 days
20	Frank Forde	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Scullin		4 February 1931 (1931-02-04)	6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)	336 days
n/a	Henry Gullett	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|	United Australia	Lyons		6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)	14 January 1933 (1933-01-14)	1 year, 8 days
21	Thomas White	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|				14 January 1933 (1933-01-14)	8 November 1938 (1938-11-08)	5 years, 298 days
22	John Perkins	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|				8 November 1938 (1938-11-08)	7 April 1939 (1939-04-07)	169 days
22	John Perkins	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|		Page		7 April 1939 (1939-04-07)	26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)	169 days
23	John Lawson	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|		Menzies		26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)	23 February 1940 (1940-02-23)	303 days
24	Robert Menzies	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|				23 February 1940 (1940-02-23)	14 March 1940 (1940-03-14)	20 days
25	George McLeay	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|				14 March 1940 (1940-03-14)	28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)	228 days
26	Eric Harrison	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|				28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)	29 August 1941 (1941-08-29)	344 days
26	Eric Harrison	Template:Australian politics/party colours/UAP\|		Fadden		29 August 1941 (1941-08-29)	7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)	344 days
27	Richard Keane	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Curtin		7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)	6 July 1945 (1945-07-06)	4 years, 201 days
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|		Forde		6 July 1945 (1945-07-06)	13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|		Chifley		13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)	26 April 1946 (1946-04-26)
28	John Dedman	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				26 April 1946 (1946-04-26)	18 June 1946 (1946-06-18)	53 days
29	James Fraser	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				18 June 1946 (1946-06-18)	1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)	136 days
30	Ben Courtice	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)	19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)	3 years, 48 days
31	Neil O'Sullivan	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Liberal	Menzies		19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)	11 January 1956 (1956-01-11)	6 years, 23 days
32	John McEwen	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	Country		Minister for Trade	11 January 1956 (1956-01-11)	18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)	15 years, 25 days
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|			Minister for Trade and Industry	18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)	26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|		Holt		26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)	19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|		McEwen		19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)	10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|		Gorton		10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)	5 February 1971 (1971-02-05)
33	Doug Anthony	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|		Gorton		5 February 1971 (1971-02-05)	10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)	1 year, 270 days
33	Doug Anthony	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|		McMahon		10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)	5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)	1 year, 270 days
34	Gough Whitlam¹	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Whitlam		5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)	14 days
35	Jim Cairns	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Overseas Trade	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)	11 December 1974 (1974-12-11)	1 year, 357 days
36	Frank Crean	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				11 December 1974 (1974-12-11)	11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	335 days
n/a	Doug Anthony	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	National Country	Fraser		11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)	7 years, 120 days
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	National Country		Minister for Trade and Resources	20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)	16 October 1982
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	National		Minister for Trade and Resources	16 October 1982	11 March 1983
37	Lionel Bowen	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Hawke	Minister for Trade	11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)	13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)	1 year, 277 days
38	John Dawkins	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Trade	13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)	24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	2 years, 223 days
39	Michael Duffy	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Trade Negotiations	24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)	2 years, 254 days
40	Neal Blewett	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Trade Negotiations	4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)	1 February 1991 (1991-02-01)	1 year, 267 days
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Trade and Overseas Development	1 February 1991 (1991-02-01)	20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
		Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|		Keating		20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)	27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
41	John Kerin	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)	24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)	1 year, 87 days
42	Peter Cook	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Trade	24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)	30 January 1994 (1994-01-30)	312 days
43	Bob McMullan	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				30 January 1994 (1994-01-30)	11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)	2 years, 41 days
44	Tim Fischer	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	National	Howard		11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)	20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)	3 years, 131 days
45	Mark Vaile	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|				20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)	29 September 2006 (2006-09-29)	7 years, 71 days
46	Warren Truss	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|				29 September 2006 (2006-09-29)	3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)	1 year, 65 days
47	Simon Crean	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|	Labor	Rudd		3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)	24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)	2 years, 207 days
47	Simon Crean	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|		Gillard		24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)	28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)	2 years, 207 days
48	Stephen Smith	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)	14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)	78 days
49	Craig Emerson	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|				14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)	5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)	2 years, 286 days
49	Craig Emerson	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|			Minister for Trade and Competitiveness	5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)	27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)	2 years, 286 days
50	Richard Marles	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor\|		Rudd	Minister for Trade	27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)	83 days
51	Andrew Robb	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Liberal	Abbott	Minister for Trade and Investment	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)	15 September 2015	10 years, 228 days
51	Andrew Robb	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Trade and Investment	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	incumbent	10 years, 228 days

Notes

¹ Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry that comprised just Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was announced.

List of Ministers for Special Trade Representations

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Special Trade Representations, or any of its precedent titles:^[1]

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	John Howard	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Liberal	Fraser	Minister for Special Trade Negotiations	17 July 1977 (1977-07-17)	20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)	156 days
2	Victor Garland	Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Liberal		Minister for Special Trade Representations	20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)	8 December 1979 (1979-12-08)	1 year, 353 days
3	Douglas Scott	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	National Country			8 December 1979 (1979-12-08)	19 August 1980 (1980-08-19)	255 days
4	Ian Sinclair	Template:Australian politics/party colours/National\|	National Country			19 August 1980 (1980-08-19)	3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)	76 days

References

^ ^a ^b "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

External links

Minister's website

[parl-1] "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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