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Minister for Energy (New South Wales)
Government minister in New South Wales, Australia
The New South Wales Minister for Energy is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibilities for matters relating to resources, energy, and utilities.[1][2] The minister manages the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster.[3]
Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers
Energy
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Energy, or any precedent titles:
| Ministerial title |
Minister [1] |
Party |
Ministry |
Term start |
Term end |
Time in office |
Notes
|
| Minister for Power
|
Wal Fife
|
|
Liberal
|
Askin (4) (5) (6)
|
19 June 1972
|
3 January 1975
|
2 years, 198 days
|
| Minister for Energy
|
George Freudenstein
|
|
Country
|
Lewis (1) (2)
Willis
|
3 January 1975
|
14 May 1976
|
1 year, 132 days
|
| Pat Hills
|
|
Labor
|
Wran (1) (2) (3)
|
14 May 1976
|
2 October 1981
|
5 years, 141 days
|
| Paul Landa
|
Wran (4)
|
2 October 1981
|
1 February 1983
|
1 year, 122 days
|
| Terry Sheahan
|
Wran (5)
|
1 February 1983
|
10 February 1984
|
1 year, 9 days
|
| Rodney Cavalier
|
Wran (6)
|
10 February 1984
|
5 April 1984
|
55 days
|
| Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy
|
Peter Cox
|
Wran (7)
|
5 April 1984
|
6 February 1986
|
3 years, 235 days
|
| Minister for Energy and Technology
|
Wran (8)
Unsworth
|
6 February 1986
|
26 November 1987
|
| Minister for Minerals and Energy
|
Ken Gabb
|
Unsworth
|
26 November 1987
|
21 March 1988
|
116 days
|
| Minister for Energy
|
Neil Pickard
|
|
Liberal
|
Greiner (1)
|
25 March 1988
|
19 October 1988
|
3 years, 73 days
|
| Minister for Minerals and Energy
|
19 October 1988
|
6 June 1991
|
| Minister for Energy
|
Robert Webster
|
|
National
|
Greiner (2)
Fahey (1)
|
6 June 1991
|
3 July 1992
|
1 year, 27 days
|
| Garry West
|
Fahey (2) (3)
|
3 July 1992
|
27 June 1994
|
1 year, 359 days
|
| Ted Pickering
|
|
Liberal
|
Fahey (3)
|
27 June 1994
|
4 April 1995
|
281 days
|
| Michael Egan
|
|
Labor
|
Carr (1)
|
4 April 1995
|
1 December 1997
|
2 years, 241 days
|
| Bob Debus
|
Carr (2)
|
1 December 1997
|
8 April 1999
|
1 year, 128 days
|
| Kim Yeadon
|
Carr (3)
|
8 April 1999
|
2 April 2003
|
3 years, 359 days
|
| Minister for Energy and Utilities
|
Frank Sartor
|
Carr (4)
|
2 April 2003
|
3 August 2005
|
2 years, 123 days
|
| Minister for Utilities
|
Carl Scully
|
Iemma (1)
|
3 August 2005
|
17 February 2006
|
198 days
|
| Minister for Energy
|
Joe Tripodi
|
17 February 2006
|
2 April 2007
|
1 year, 44 days
|
| Ian Macdonald
|
Iemma (2)
Rees
|
2 April 2007
|
14 September 2009
|
2 years, 165 days
|
| John Robertson
|
Rees
Keneally
|
14 September 2009
|
21 May 2010
|
249 days
|
| Paul Lynch
|
Keneally
|
21 May 2010
|
28 March 2011
|
311 days
|
| Minister for Resources and Energy
|
Chris Hartcher
|
|
Liberal
|
O'Farrell
|
3 April 2011
|
4 December 2013
|
2 years, 245 days
|
| Anthony Roberts
|
O'Farrell
Baird (1)
|
4 December 2013
|
2 April 2015
|
3 years, 57 days
|
| Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy
|
Baird (2)
|
2 April 2015
|
30 January 2017
|
| Minister for Energy and Utilities
|
Don Harwin
|
Berejiklian (1)
|
30 January 2017
|
23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)
|
2 years, 52 days
|
| Minister for Energy and Environment
|
Matt Kean
|
Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)
|
2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)
|
21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
|
3 years, 360 days
|
| Minister for Energy
|
Perrottet (2)
|
21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
|
28 March 2023
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| Minister for the Environment
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Penny Sharpe
|
|
Labor
|
Minns
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28 March 2023
|
5 April 2023
|
1 year, 266 days
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| Minister for Energy
|
5 April 2023
|
incumbent
|
Mines or Resources
| Title
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Minister [1] |
Party |
Term start |
Term end |
Time in office |
Notes
|
| Secretary for Lands and Secretary for Mines
|
James Farnell
|
|
No party
|
9 May 1874
|
26 July 1874
|
78 days
|
| Secretary for Mines
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Robert Abbott
|
27 July 1874
|
8 February 1875
|
196 days
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| John Lucas
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9 February 1875
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5 February 1877
|
1 year, 362 days
|
| George Lloyd
|
6 February 1877
|
16 August 1877
|
191 days
|
| Ezekiel Baker
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17 August 1877
|
19 November 1877
|
94 days
|
| Archibald Jacob
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20 November 1877
|
17 December 1877
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27 days
|
| William Suttor Jr.
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18 December 1877
|
20 December 1878
|
1 year, 2 days
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| Ezekiel Baker
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21 December 1878
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11 October 1881
|
2 years, 294 days
|
| Arthur Renwick
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12 October 1881
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4 January 1883
|
1 year, 84 days
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| Joseph Abbott
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5 January 1883
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6 October 1885
|
2 years, 274 days
|
| Francis Wright
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7 October 1885
|
17 October 1885
|
10 days
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| George Thornton
|
13 November 1885
|
21 December 1885
|
38 days
|
| Robert Vaughn
|
22 December 1885
|
25 February 1886
|
65 days
|
| James Fletcher
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26 February 1886
|
23 December 1886
|
300 days
|
| Charles Mackellar
|
24 December 1886
|
19 January 1887
|
26 days
|
| Francis Abigail
|
|
Free Trade
|
20 January 1887
|
16 January 1889
|
1 year, 362 days
|
| John Chanter
|
|
Protectionist
|
17 January 1889
|
7 March 1889
|
49 days
|
| Sydney Smith
|
|
Free Trade
|
8 March 1889
|
27 February 1890
|
2 years, 228 days
|
|
| Secretary for Mines and Agriculture
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28 February 1890
|
22 October 1891
|
[4]
|
| Thomas Slattery
|
|
Protectionist
|
23 October 1891
|
2 August 1894
|
2 years, 283 days
|
| Sydney Smith
|
|
Free Trade
|
3 August 1894
|
15 August 1898
|
4 years, 12 days
|
| Joseph Cook
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27 August 1898
|
13 September 1899
|
1 year, 17 days
|
| John Fegan
|
|
Protectionist
|
15 September 1899
|
8 April 1901
|
1 year, 205 days
|
| John Kidd
|
|
Progressive
|
10 April 1901
|
29 August 1904
|
3 years, 141 days
|
| Samuel Moore
|
|
Liberal Reform
|
29 August 1904
|
1 October 1907
|
3 years, 33 days
|
| John Perry
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2 October 1907
|
21 January 1908
|
111 days
|
| Secretary for Mines
|
William Wood
|
22 January 1908
|
20 October 1910
|
2 years, 271 days
|
| Alfred Edden
|
|
Labor
|
21 October 1910
|
29 January 1914
|
3 years, 100 days
|
| John Cann
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29 January 1914
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15 March 1915
|
1 year, 45 days
|
| John Estell
|
15 March 1915
|
31 October 1916
|
1 year, 230 days
|
| Henry Hoyle
|
31 October 1916
|
15 November 1916
|
15 days
|
| John Fitzpatrick
|
|
Nationalist
|
15 November 1916
|
12 April 1920
|
3 years, 149 days
|
| George Cann
|
|
Labor
|
12 April 1920
|
20 December 1921
|
1 year, 252 days
|
| John Fitzpatrick
|
|
Nationalist
|
20 December 1921
|
20 December 1921
|
7 hours
|
| George Cann
|
|
Labor
|
20 December 1921
|
13 April 1922
|
113 days
|
| John Fitzpatrick
|
|
Nationalist
|
13 April 1922
|
17 June 1925
|
3 years, 65 days
|
| Jack Baddeley
|
|
Labor
|
17 June 1925
|
18 October 1927
|
2 years, 123 days
|
| Frank Chaffey
|
|
Nationalist
|
18 October 1927
|
15 April 1929
|
1 year, 179 days
|
| Reginald Weaver
|
16 April 1929
|
3 November 1930
|
1 year, 202 days
|
| Jack Baddeley
|
|
Labor
|
4 November 1930
|
15 October 1931
|
1 year, 191 days
|
|
|
Labor (NSW)
|
15 October 1931
|
13 May 1932
|
| Frank Chaffey
|
|
United Australia
|
16 May 1932
|
17 June 1932
|
32 days
|
| Roy Vincent
|
|
Country
|
18 June 1932
|
16 May 1941
|
8 years, 332 days
|
| Jack Baddeley
|
|
Labor
|
16 May 1941
|
8 September 1949
|
8 years, 115 days
|
| James McGirr
|
8 September 1949
|
21 September 1949
|
13 days
|
| William Dickson
|
21 September 1949
|
30 June 1950
|
282 days
|
| Joshua Arthur
|
30 June 1950
|
23 February 1953
|
2 years, 238 days
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| Bob Heffron
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23 February 1953
|
16 September 1953
|
205 days
|
| Francis Buckley
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16 September 1953
|
30 June 1954
|
2 years, 88 days
|
| William Gollan
|
1 July 1954
|
15 March 1956
|
1 year, 259 days
|
| Roger Nott
|
15 March 1956
|
14 November 1957
|
1 year, 244 days
|
| Jim Simpson
|
14 November 1957
|
1 April 1959
|
7 years, 180 days
|
| Minister for Mines
|
1 April 1959
|
13 May 1965
|
| Tom Lewis
|
|
Liberal
|
13 May 1965
|
27 June 1967
|
2 years, 45 days
|
| Wal Fife
|
27 June 1967
|
3 January 1975
|
7 years, 190 days
|
| George Freudenstein
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|
Country
|
3 January 1975
|
14 May 1976
|
1 year, 131 days
|
| Pat Hills
|
|
Labor
|
14 May 1976
|
19 October 1978
|
2 years, 158 days
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| Minister for Mineral Resources and Development
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Ron Mulock
|
19 October 1978
|
29 February 1980
|
2 years, 348 days
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| Minister for Mineral Resources
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29 February 1980
|
2 October 1981
|
| Neville Wran
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2 October 1981
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1 February 1983
|
1 year, 122 days
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| Kevin Stewart
|
1 February 1983
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10 February 1984
|
1 year, 9 days
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| Don Day
|
10 February 1984
|
5 April 1984
|
55 days
|
| Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy
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Peter Cox
|
5 April 1984
|
6 February 1986
|
1 year, 307 days
|
| Minister for Mineral Resources
|
Ken Gabb
|
4 July 1986
|
26 November 1987
|
2 years, 44 days
|
| Minister for Minerals and Energy
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26 November 1987
|
21 March 1988
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| Minister for Mineral Resources
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Neil Pickard
|
|
Liberal
|
21 March 1988
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19 October 1988
|
3 years, 73 days
|
| Minister for Minerals and Energy
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19 October 1988
|
6 June 1991
|
| Minister of Natural Resources
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Ian Causley
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|
National
|
6 June 1991
|
26 May 1993
|
3 years, 306 days
|
| Minister for Mines
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26 May 1993
|
4 April 1995
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| Minister for Mineral Resources
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Bob Martin
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|
Labor
|
4 April 1995
|
8 April 1999
|
4 years, 4 days
|
| Eddie Obeid
|
8 April 1999
|
2 April 2003
|
3 years, 359 days
|
| Kerry Hickey
|
2 April 2003
|
3 August 2005
|
2 years, 123 days
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| Ian Macdonald
|
3 August 2005
|
4 December 2009
|
4 years, 305 days
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| Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources
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4 December 2009
|
4 June 2010
|
| Paul McLeay
|
4 June 2010
|
1 September 2010
|
89 days
|
| Steve Whan
|
6 September 2010
|
28 March 2011
|
209 days
|
| Minister for Resources and Energy
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Chris Hartcher
|
|
Liberal
|
3 April 2011
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4 December 2013
|
2 years, 245 days
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| Anthony Roberts
|
4 December 2013
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2 April 2015
|
3 years, 57 days
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| Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy
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2 April 2015
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30 January 2017
|
| Minister for Resources
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Don Harwin
|
30 January 2017
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2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)
|
2 years, 62 days
| See also
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