Minister for Energy (New South Wales)

Minister for Energy and Environment
Minister for Energy and Environment
	Incumbent; Matt Kean; since 2 April 2019
	Department of Planning and Industry
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Robert Palmer Abbott; (as Secretary for Mines); Wal Fife; (as Minister for Power); Jack Beale; (as Minister for Environmental Control); Bill Dunn; (as Minister for Conservation);
Formation	27 July 1874 (Mines); 19 June 1972 (Power); 1971 (Environmental Control); 1944 (Conservation);

The New South Wales Minister for Energy and Environment is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibilities for matters relating to resources, energy, utilities, and the environment and conservation in the state of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

The current minister, since 2 April 2019, is Matt Kean.^[2] The minister manages the portfolio through the Planning and Industry cluster, in particular the Department of Planning and Industry and a range of other government agencies.^[3]

Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Energy and environment

Minister	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Wal Fife	Liberal	Minister for Power	19 June 1972	3 January 1975	2 years, 198 days
George Freudenstein	National	Minister for Energy	3 January 1975	14 May 1976	1 year, 132 days
Pat Hills	Labor		14 May 1976	2 October 1981	5 years, 141 days
Paul Landa			2 October 1981	1 February 1983	1 year, 122 days
Terry Sheahan			1 February 1983	10 February 1984	1 year, 9 days
Rodney Cavalier			10 February 1984	5 April 1984	55 days
Peter Cox		Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy	5 April 1984	6 February 1986	3 years, 235 days
Peter Cox		Minister for Energy and Technology	6 February 1986	26 November 1987	3 years, 235 days
Ken Gabb		Minister for Minerals and Energy	26 November 1987	21 March 1988	116 days
Neil Pickard	Liberal	Minister for Energy	25 March 1988	19 October 1988	3 years, 73 days
Neil Pickard	Liberal	Minister for Minerals and Energy	19 October 1988	6 June 1991	3 years, 73 days
Robert Webster	National	Minister for Energy	6 June 1991	3 July 1992	1 year, 27 days
Garry West	National		3 July 1992	27 June 1994	1 year, 359 days
Ted Pickering	Liberal		27 June 1994	4 April 1995	281 days
Michael Egan	Labor		4 April 1995	1 December 1997	2 years, 241 days
Bob Debus			1 December 1997	8 April 1999	1 year, 128 days
Kim Yeadon			8 April 1999	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days
Frank Sartor		Minister for Energy and Utilities	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
Carl Scully		Minister for Utilities	3 August 2005	17 February 2006	198 days
Joe Tripodi		Minister for Energy	17 February 2006	2 April 2007	1 year, 44 days
Ian Macdonald			2 April 2007	14 September 2009	2 years, 165 days
John Robertson			14 September 2009	21 May 2010	249 days
Paul Lynch			21 May 2010	28 March 2011	311 days
Chris Hartcher	Liberal	Minister for Resources and Energy	3 April 2011	4 December 2013	2 years, 245 days
Anthony Roberts		Minister for Resources and Energy	4 December 2013	2 April 2015	3 years, 57 days
Anthony Roberts		Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	3 years, 57 days
Don Harwin		Minister for Energy and Utilities	30 January 2017	23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)	2 years, 52 days	^[4]
Matt Kean		Minister for Energy and Environment	2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)	incumbent	5 years, 54 days	^[2]

Former ministerial titles

Environment

Minister	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Jack Beale	Liberal	Minister for Environmental Control	1971	1973	1–2 years
Sir John Fuller	Country	Minister for Planning and Environment	1973	1976	2–3 years
Bill Crabtree	Labor	Minister for Environment	1976	1976	–
Paul Landa		Minister for Planning and Environment	1976	1980	3–4 years
Eric Bedford			1980	1984	3–4 years
Terry Sheahan			1984	1984	–
Bob Carr			1984	1988	3–4 years
Tim Moore	Liberal	Minister for the Environment	1988	1991	2–3 years
Bruce Baird			1992	1992	–
Chris Hartcher			1992	1995	2–3 years
Pam Allan	Labor		1995	1999	3–4 years
Bob Debus			1999	2007	7–8 years
Phil Koperberg		Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water	2007	2008	0–1 years
Verity Firth		Minister for Climate Change and the Environment	2008	2008	–
Carmel Tebbutt			2008	2009	0–1 years
John Robertson			2009	2009	–
Frank Sartor			2009	2011	1–2 years
Robyn Parker	Liberal	Minister for the Environment	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	3 years, 20 days
Rob Stokes			23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Mark Speakman			2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
Gabrielle Upton			30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days

Mines or Resources

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Technology

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Pat Hills	Labor	19 October 1978 – 29 February 1980	Minister for Technology
Ron Mulock		29 February 1980 – 2 October 1981
Pat Hills		2 October 1981 – 10 February 1984
George Paciullo		10 February 1984 – 5 April 1984	Minister for Small Business and Technology
Eric Bedford		5 April 1984 – 31 December 1985
Neville Wran		1 January 1986 – 6 February 1986
Peter Cox		6 February 1986 – 26 November 1987	Minister for Energy and Technology

Kim Yeadon	Labor	1 December 1997 – 8 April 1999	Minister for Information Technology

Secondary industries and building materials

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Claude Matthews	Labor	19 May 1947 – 9 March 1948	Minister for Building Materials
William Dickson		9 March 1948 – 30 June 1950	Minister for Building Materials
William Dickson		30 June 1950 – 15 August 1952	Minister for Secondary Industries Minister for Building Materials

References

^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ 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.

External links

NSW Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development (NSW Department of Industry)

[Ministries-1] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

[gazette-2019-04-02-2] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[gazette-20190402admin-3] "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[4] 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.

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