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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
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
4 years, 227 days
Nationalist
15 November 1916
14 January 1920
William Ashford
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
28 June 1922
17 June 1925
Bill Dunn
Labor
17 June 1925
26 May 1927
Paddy Stokes
27 May 1927
18 October 1927
Harold Thorby
Country
18 October 1927
3 November 1930
Bill Dunn
Labor
4 November 1930
15 October 1931
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
6 years, 17 days
Minister for Agriculture Minister for Food Production
23 February 1953
13 November 1957
Roger Nott
14 November 1957
1 April 1959
3 years, 109 days
Minister for Agriculture
1 April 1959
3 March 1961
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
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
3 years, 291 days
Minister for Agriculture
19 October 1978
29 February 1980
Jack Hallam
29 February 1980
2 October 1981
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
5 years, 66 days
Ian Causley
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
26 May 1993
4 April 1995
1 year, 313 days
Richard Amery
Labor
Minister for Agriculture
4 April 1995
2 April 2003
7 years, 363 days
Ian Macdonald
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
2 April 2003
3 May 2004
6 years, 229 days
Minister for Primary Industries
3 May 2004
17 November 2009
Tony Kelly
17 November 2009
8 December 2009
21 days
Steve Whan
8 December 2009
28 March 2011
1 year, 110 days
Katrina Hodgkinson
National
3 April 2011
2 April 2015
3 years, 364 days
Niall Blair
2 April 2015
incumbent
9 years, 53 days
Lands and Forestry
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
149 days
Lin Gordon
Labor
14 May 1976
2 October 1981
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
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
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
8 September 2008
28 March 2011
2 years, 201 days
Kevin Humphries
National
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water
23 April 2014
2 April 2015
344 days
Niall Blair
Minister for Lands and Water
2 April 2015
30 January 2017
9 years, 53 days
Minister for Regional Water
30 January 2017
incumbent
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
1 year, 265 days
Bob Rowland Smith
National
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing
1988
1989
Minister for Racing
1989
1991
George Souris
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing
1991
1992
Joe Schipp
Liberal
1992
1993
Christopher Downy
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
3 years, 19 days
Troy Grant
Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing
23 April 2014
2 April 2015
2 years, 282 days
Minister for Racing
2 April 2015
30 January 2017
Paul Toole
30 January 2017
incumbent
7 years, 116 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
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
8 April 1999
2 April 2003
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
6 February 1986
4 July 1986
Ian Causley
National
Minister for Natural Resources
25 March 1988
26 May 1993
5 years, 62 days
Craig Knowles
Labor
Minister for Natural Resources
2 April 2003
3 August 2005
Ian Macdonald
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
15 April 1929
3 November 1930
Bill Dunn
Labor
4 November 1930
15 October 1931
Labor (NSW)
15 October 1931
13 May 1932
Hugh Main
Country
16 May 1932
17 June 1932
Roy Vincent
18 June 1932
16 May 1941
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
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
5 years, 122 days
Michael Costa
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
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