Minister for Public Works (Queensland)

The list of ministers for the Department of Public Works in the Government of Queensland, Australia, include: MinisterTerm startTerm endTitlePartyNotesSt. George Richard Gore14 January 186221 March 1862Secretary for Public Lands and WorksArthur Macalister21 March 18621 February 1866Secretary for Lands and Public WorksArthur Macalister1 February 186620 July 1866Premier and Secretary for Lands and WorksJohn Watts21 July 18667 August 1866Secretary for Lands and Public WorksJohn Watts7 August 18663 May 1867Secretary for Public WorksJohn Douglas21 May 186718 August 1867Secretary for Public WorksArthur Hunter Palmer15 August 186710 September 1868Secretary for Public WorksArthur Hodgson10 September 186825 November 1868Secretary for Public WorksArthur Macalister25 November 186828 January 1869Secretary for Lands and Public WorkArthur Macalister28 January 18693 May 1870Secretary for Public Works and Gold FieldWilliam Henry Walsh3 May 187010 July 1873Secretary for Public WorksArthur Hunter Palmer10 July 187315 July 1873Secretary for Public WorksJohn Malbon Thompson15 July 18738 January 1874Secretary for Public WorksThomas McIlwraith8 January 187424 October 1874Secretary for Public Works and MinesMinisterialistArthur Macalister24 October 187413 November 1874Secretary for Public Works and MinesHenry Edward King13 November 187410 May 1876Secretary for Public Works and MinesJames Dickson10 May 18765 June 1876Secretary for Public Works and Minessee articleGeorge Thorn5 June 18768 March 1877Premier, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Works and MinesGeorge Thorn8 March 18777 November 1877Secretary for Public WorksWilliam Miles7 November 187721 September 1878Secretary for Public WorksSamuel Griffith21 September 187821 January 1879Secretary for Public WorksJohn Macrossan21 January 187913 March 1883Secretary for Public Works and MinesAlbert Norton13 March 188313 November 1883Secretary for Public Works and MinesWilliam Miles13 November 188322 August 1887Secretary for Public Works and MinesCharles Dutton30 August 188712 December 1887Secretary for Public Works and MinesWilliam Hodgkinson19 May 188813 May 1893Secretary for Mines and WorkJohn Macrossan13 June 18884 January 1890Secretary for Public Works and MinesHugh Nelson4 January 189012 August 1890Secretary for Railways and Public WorksMinisterialistHorace Tozer12 August 189027 March 1893Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialistIsidor Lissner27 March 189325 May 1893Secretary for Mines and Public WorksMinisterialistRobert Philp25 May 189323 August 1894Secretary for Mines and Public Workssee articleRobert Philp23 August 189429 March 1895Secretary for Mines, Public Works and Public InstructionRobert Philp29 March 18956 May 1896Secretary for Public Works and RailwaysDavid Dalrymple6 May 189627 April 1898Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialistJohn Murray27 April 18981 December 1899Secretary for Railways and Public WorksJohn Murray7 December 18991 February 1901Secretary for Railways and Public WorksDavid Dalrymple28 March 18991 December 1899Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialistAndrew Fisher1 December 18997 December 1899Secretary for Railways and Public WorksLaborJohn Leahy1 February 190117 September 1903Secretary for Railways and Public Workssee articleWilliam Browne17 September 190312 April 1904Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLaborPeter Airey19 April 190427 April 1904Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLaborDigby Denham27 April 190419 January 1906Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialistThomas O'Sullivan19 January 19066 February 1907Secretary for Public Workssee articleThomas O'Sullivan6 February 190719 November 1907Secretary for Public Works and AgricultureKidstonitePatrick Leahy19 November 190718 February 1908Secretary for Public Works and MinesConservative/PhilpiteGeorge Kerr18 February 190829 October 1908Secretary for Railways and Public WorksKidstoniteJohn Appel29 October 190829 June 1909Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLiberalGeorge Jackson29 June 190922 October 1909Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLiberalWalter Barnes22 October 19097 February 1911Secretary for Public Instruction and for Public WorksLiberalWalter Barnes7 February 19111 June 1915Treasurer and Secretary for Public WorksLiberalTed Theodore1 June 191522 October 1919Treasurer & Secretary for Public WorksLaborJames Larcombe22 October 19197 April 1920Secretary for Public WorksLaborJohn Fihelly7 April 19208 February 1922Secretary for Public WorksLaborTed Thedore8 February 19226 October 1922Premier and Chief Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary for Public WorksLaborWilliam Forgan Smith6 October 192226 February 1925Secretary for Public WorksLaborMick Kirwan26 February 192521 May 1929Secretary for Public WorksLaborReginald King21 May 192917 June 1932Secretary for Public Works and Public InstructionCPNPHarry Bruce17 June 193215 May 1947Secretary for Public WorksLaborWilliam Power15 May 194710 May 1950Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local GovernmentLaborPaul Hilton10 May 19501 May 1952Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local GovernmentLaborPaul Hilton1 May 195228 May 1956Secretary for Public Works and HousingLaborColin McCathie28 May 195612 August 1957Secretary for Public Works, Housing and ImmigrationLabor/QLPJames Heading12 August 19579 June 1960Minister for Public Works and Local Government and ImmigrationCountryLloyd Roberts9 June 196011 April 1961Minister for Public Works and Local GovernmentCountryDied in office Harold Richter4 May 196126 September 1963Minister for Public Works and Local GovernmentCountryJoh Bjelke-Petersen26 September 19638 August 1968Minister for Works and HousingCountryMax Hodges8 August 196823 December 1974Minister for Works and HousingCountryMax Hodges23 December 197410 March 1975Minister for Works and Housing and Minister for PoliceNationalNorm Lee10 March 197516 December 1977Minister for Works and HousingLiberalClaude Wharton16 December 197718 October 1986Minister for Works and HousingNationalIvan Gibbs1 December 198625 November 1987Minister for Works and HousingNationalIvan Gibbs25 November 19871 December 1987Minister for Works, Housing and IndustryNationalBill Gunn9 December 198719 January 1989Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Main Roads and Expo and Minister for PoliceNationalBill Gunn19 January 198925 September 1989Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Housing and Main RoadsNationalJim Randell25 September 19897 December 1989Minister for Works and HousingNationalRon McLean7 December 198919 September 1992Minister for Administrative ServicesLaborTom Burns24 September 199218 October 1993Minister for Administrative ServicesLaborGlen Milliner18 October 199319 February 1996Minister for Administrative ServicesLaborRay Connor26 February 199628 April 1997Minister for Public Works and HousingLiberalDavid Watson28 April 199726 June 1998Minister for Public Works and HousingLiberalRobert Schwarten29 June 199812 February 2004Minister for Public Works and HousingLaborRobert Schwarten12 February 200413 September 2006Minister for Public Works, Housing and RacingLaborRobert Schwarten13 September 200612 October 2006Minister for Public Works and HousingLaborRobert Schwarten12 October 200621 February 2011Minister for Public Works, Information and Communications TechnologyLaborSimon Finn21 February 201126 March 2012Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication TechnologyLaborBruce Flegg3 April 201214 November 2012Minister for Housing and Public WorksLNPTim Mander19 November 201213 February 2015Minister for Housing and Public WorksLNPLeeanne Enoch16 February 20158 December 2015Minister for Housing and Public WorksLaborMick de Brenni8 December 201518 December 2023Minister for Public Works and ProcurementLaborMeaghan Scanlon18 December 20231 Nov 2024 Minister for Public WorksLaborSam O'Connor1 Nov 2024Minister for Housing and Public WorksLNP Other roles Other politicians occupying important roles in the area of public works include:

MinisterTerm startTerm endTitlePartyNotesSandy McPhie20 April 198919 October 1989Chairman, Public Works CommitteeNationalTony McGrady6 March 199016 December 1991Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLaborRobert Schwarten18 March 199225 August 1992Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLaborJudy Spence10 November 199220 June 1995Chair, Public Works CommitteeLaborBill D'Arcy15 September 19952 April 1996Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLaborLen Stephan2 April 199619 May 1998Chairman, Public Works CommitteeNationalNeil Roberts30 July 199817 February 2001Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLaborDon Livingstone3 May 200115 August 2006Chair, Public Works CommitteeLaborPat Purcell12 February 200428 July 2005Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and RacingLaborBarbara Stone11 October 200620 March 2009Chair, Public Works CommitteeLaborWayne Wendt23 April 200928 May 2009Chair, Public Works CommitteeLaborWayne Wendt28 May 200916 June 2011Chair, Public Accounts and Public Works CommitteeLabor

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