Regional minister (New South Wales)

In New South Wales, regional ministers have been appointed since 1995 on a part-time basis as part of the Government of New South Wales. Each minister has other departmental responsibilities, as well as specific responsibilities for one of the regions of New South Wales. The ministries with regional responsibilities first appeared in 2000 during the Carr Labor Government with a position looking after the Central Coast, this would later be expanded by the Iemma Labor Government from 2005 and O'Farrell Coalition Government in 2011 to five different positions including Western Sydney.^[1]

In 2015, the number of ministers was reduced to just two regional ministers: the Minister for Western Sydney, currently held by Mike Baird who is also the Premier of New South Wales; and the Minister for Regional Development, currently held by John Barilaro.^[2]

Current Ministerial portfolios

Western Sydney

Ministry	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
Second Carr ministry	Kim Yeadon	Labor	1 December 1997	8 April 1999	Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
Third Carr ministry	Kim Yeadon	Labor	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	Minister for Western Sydney
Fourth Carr ministry	Diane Beamer	Labor	2 April 2003	2 April 2007
First Iemma ministry	Diane Beamer	Labor	2 April 2003	2 April 2007
Second Iemma ministry	Graham West	Labor	2 April 2007	11 April 2007
Second Iemma ministry	Barbara Perry	Labor	11 April 2007	8 September 2008
Rees ministry	David Borger	Labor	8 September 2008	28 March 2011
Keneally ministry	David Borger	Labor	8 September 2008	28 March 2011
O'Farrell ministry	Barry O'Farrell	Liberal	3 April 2011	23 April 2014
First Baird ministry	Mike Baird	Liberal	23 April 2014	present
Second Baird ministry	Mike Baird	Liberal	23 April 2014	present

Assistant Ministers

Ministry	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
O'Farrell ministry	Stuart Ayres		Liberal	9 December 2013	23 April 2014	Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
First Baird ministry	Stuart Ayres		Liberal	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney

Former Ministerial portfolios

Central Coast

Ministry	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
Third Carr ministry	John Della Bosca	Labor	31 March 2000	2 April 2003	Minister Assisting the Premier for the Central Coast
Fourth Carr ministry	John Della Bosca	Labor	2 April 2003	21 January 2005	Minister for the Central Coast
Fourth Carr ministry	Grant McBride	Labor	21 January 2005	2 April 2007
First Iemma ministry	Grant McBride	Labor	21 January 2005	2 April 2007
Second Iemma ministry	John Della Bosca	Labor	2 April 2007	1 September 2009
Rees ministry]	John Della Bosca	Labor	2 April 2007	1 September 2009
Rees ministry]	John Hatzistergos	Labor	1 September 2009	14 September 2009
Keneally ministry	Nathan Rees	Labor	14 September 2009	8 December 2009
	Ian Macdonald	Labor	8 December 2009	5 June 2010
	John Robertson	Labor	5 June 2010	28 March 2011
O'Farrell ministry	Chris Hartcher	Liberal	3 April 2011	4 December 2013
O'Farrell ministry	Mike Gallacher	Liberal	9 December 2013	23 April 2014
First Baird ministry	Mike Gallacher	Liberal	23 April 2014	2 May 2014
First Baird ministry	Rob Stokes	Liberal	6 May 2014	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)

Hunter

Ministry	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
First, Second and Third Carr ministries	Richard Face	Labor	4 April 1995	13 February 2003	Minister Assisting the Premier on Hunter Development
Fourth Carr ministry	Michael Egan	Labor	13 February 2003	2 April 2003	Minister Assisting the Premier on Hunter Development
Fourth Carr ministry	Michael Costa	Labor	2 April 2003	8 September 2008	Minister for the Hunter
First Iemma ministry		Labor
Second Iemma ministry		Labor
Rees ministry	Jodi McKay	Labor	8 September 2008	28 March 2011
Keneally ministry	Jodi McKay	Labor	8 September 2008	28 March 2011
O'Farrell ministry	Mike Gallacher	Liberal	3 April 2011	18 December 2013
O'Farrell ministry	George Souris	Nationals	18 December 2013	17 April 2014
First Baird ministry	Gladys Berejiklian	Liberal	23 April 2014	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)

Illawarra

Ministry	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
Fourth Carr ministry	David Campbell	Labor	2 April 2003	5 September 2008	Minister for the Illawarra
First Iemma ministry		Labor
Second Iemma ministry		Labor
Rees ministry	Matt Brown	Labor	8 September 2008	11 September 2008
Rees ministry	David Campbell	Labor	11 September 2008	4 December 2009
Keneally ministry	Paul McLeay	Labor	8 December 2009	1 September 2010
Keneally ministry	Eric Roozendaal	Labor	6 September 2010	28 March 2011
O'Farrell ministry	Greg Pearce	Liberal	3 April 2011	2 August 2013
O'Farrell ministry	John Ajaka	Liberal	2 August 2013	23 April 2014
First Baird ministry	John Ajaka	Liberal	23 April 2014	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)

North Coast

Ministry	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
O'Farrell ministry	Don Page	Nationals	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	Minister for the North Coast
First Baird ministry	Andrew Stoner		23 April 2014	17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)
First Baird ministry	Duncan Gay		17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)

Redfern-Waterloo

Ministry	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
First Iemma ministry	Frank Sartor	Labor	3 August 2005	8 September 2008	Minister for Redfern-Waterloo
Second Iemma ministry	Frank Sartor	Labor	3 August 2005	8 September 2008
Rees ministry	Kristina Keneally	Labor	8 September 2008	28 March 2011
Keneally ministry	Kristina Keneally	Labor	8 September 2008	28 March 2011

Western New South Wales

Ministry	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Ministerial title
O'Farrell ministry	Kevin Humphries		Nationals	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	Minister for Western New South Wales
First Baird ministry	Kevin Humphries		Nationals	23 April 2014	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)	Minister for Western New South Wales

Illawarra 'poisoned chalice'

Creation of the role of 'Minister for the Illawarra' was a Labor election commitment in 2003. When the portfolio was abolished in 2015, the region's main newspaper, the Illawarra Mercury, noted that all but one of the men to hold the title later departed politics under a cloud: "The now-defunct ministry has been something of a poisoned chalice over the past 12 years, with five of the six ministers who have held the position being disgraced, sacked or forced to resign over their behaviour."

Labor's David Campbell, the first Minister for the Illawarra, quit politics after being filmed leaving a gay bath-house in Sydney. His successor Matt Brown quit following allegations (denied by Brown) that he'd simulated a sex act and danced in his underpants at a function in Parliament House. Paul McLeay quit cabinet after admitting to using using a parliamentary computer to visit gambling and porn websites. Eric Roozendaal was a target of the Independent Commission Against Corruption's Operation Indus due to his dealings with disgraced former minister Eddie Obeid, but was cleared in 2013. Greg Pearce, the first Liberal to hold the post, was dumped from the O'Farrell ministry in 2013 amid claims (denied by Pearce) that he had attended parliament drunk – officially, for failing to declare a conflict of interest in relation to a board appointment. The last Minister for the Illawarra, the Liberal party's John Ajaka, "managed to break the portfolio’s curse," however.^[3]

References

↑ "New faces: O'Farrell launches super-ministries". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
↑ Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ McIlwain, Kate (1 April 2015). "Kiama MP Gareth Ward appointed parliamentary secretary for the Illawarra".

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