The Minister for Industry and Trade is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for sponsoring and supporting enterprise, trade, and international investment in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The minister is responsible for administering the portfolio through the Premier's Department.
Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
History Labour and Industry (1895-1921) The Minister for Labour and Industry portfolio was established in 1895 in the Reid ministry and held in conjunction with the Minister of Public Instruction. In 1921, in the first Dooley ministry, the portfolio of Labour and Industry was split into Labour and the new portfolio of State Industrial Enterprises. State Industrial Enterprises became the responsibility of the Minister for Railways. The responsibilities included - building construction, metal quarries, monier pipeworks, docks and workshops. The State Industrial Enterprises portfolio was abolished in 1925 in the first Lang ministry.
State Development (1986-2011) The Minister for State Development was a minister in the New South Wales Government that sought to attract new investment into the State and to identify opportunities for existing NSW businesses, through providing services to the business sector and co-ordination services to the public sector to develop an internationally competitive economy in New South Wales.
The portfolio was abolished in 2011 with the formation of the O'Farrell ministry and its responsibilities were split between the portfolios of Trade and Investment and Regional Infrastructure and Services.
List of ministers Industry The following individuals have served as the Minister for Industry, or any precedent titles: Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes Minister of Public InstructionMinister for Labour and Industry
11 March 1895 15 August 1898
27 August 1898 13 September 1899
14 September 1899 27 March 1901
28 March 1901 14 June 1904 17 June 1904 29 August 1904
29 August 1904 13 May 1907
14 May 1907 1 October 1907 Minister for Labour and Industry 2 October 1907 21 January 1908
22 January 1908 20 October 1910
21 October 1910 10 September 1911
11 September 1911 26 November 1911
27 November 1911 9 December 1912
10 December 1912 29 June 1913
30 June 1913 29 January 1914
29 January 1914 31 October 1916
31 October 1916 15 November 1916
15 November 1916 23 July 1919
23 July 1919 12 April 1920
12 April 1920 10 October 1921 Minister of Public Instruction and Labour and Industry
20 December 1921 20 December 1921 7 hoursMinister for Labour and Industry
13 April 1922 17 June 1925
17 June 1925 18 October 1927
18 October 1927 3 November 1930 Jack Baddeley
4 November 1930 15 October 1931
15 October 1931 13 May 1932
16 May 1932 26 May 1938
1 June 1938 13 October 1938
13 October 1938 16 June 1939 Athol Richardson 26 June 1939 5 August 1939 Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services 5 August 1939 16 August 1939 16 August 1939 16 May 1941
16 May 1941 6 February 1947 Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare 6 February 1947 29 October 1947 29 October 1947 9 March 1948
9 March 1948 30 June 1950 Minister for Labour and Industry 30 June 1950 23 February 1953 23 February 1953 15 March 1956
15 March 1956 13 May 1965
13 May 1965 11 March 1971
11 March 1971 14 May 1976 Minister for Industrial DevelopmentMinister for Decentralisation Wran (3) (4) (5) 29 February 1980 10 February 1984 Minister for Industry and Decentralisation Wran (6) 10 February 1984 5 April 1984 Wran (7) 5 April 1984 31 December 1985 1 January 1986 6 February 1986 Minister for Industry and Small Business Wran (8)Unsworth 6 February 1986 26 November 1987 Minister for Commerce
Carr (4)Iemma (1) 2 April 2003 2 April 2007
Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 5 September 2008
Rees 8 September 2008 14 September 2009
14 September 2009 4 December 2009
Keneally 8 December 2009 21 May 2010
21 May 2010 28 March 2011
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 Minister for Trade and Industry Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 2 April 2019 Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade Berejiklian (2) 2 April 2019 6 October 2021 Minister for Trade and Industry Perrottet (1) Treasurer Minns Minister for Industry and Trade incumbent
Trade The following individuals have served as the Minister for Trade, or any precedent titles: Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office NotesMinister for Trade and Investment O'Farrell Baird (1) 4 April 2011 17 October 2014 Baird (1) 17 October 2014 2 April 2015 Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events
Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017
Minister for Trade and Industry Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 2 April 2019 Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade Berejiklian (2) 2 April 2019 6 October 2021 Minister for Trade and Industry Perrottet (1) 6 October 2021 Minister for Enterprise, Investment and TradePerrottet (2) 5 August 2022 28 March 2023 Treasurer Minns 28 March 2023 5 April 2023 Minister for Industry and Trade 5 April 2023 incumbent
Former ministerial titles State Industrial Enterprises The following individuals have served as the Minister for State Industrial Enterprises, or any equivalent titles: Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office NotesMinister for State Industrial Enterprises Dooley (1) 10 October 1921 20 December 1921 Minister for Business Undertakings Fuller (1) 20 December 1921 20 December 1921 7 hoursMinister for State Industrial Enterprises Dooley (2) 20 December 1921 13 April 1922 Minister for Railways and State Industrial Enterprises Sir Thomas Henley Fuller (2) 13 April 1922 19 June 1922 28 June 1922 17 June 1925
Decentralisation The following individuals have served as the Minister for Decentralisation, or any equivalent titles:
Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office NotesMinister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation Heffron (2)Renshaw 14 March 1962 13 May 1965 Minister for Decentralisation and Development Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 13 May 1965 3 December 1973 Askin (6) 3 December 1973 23 January 1976 Lewis (1) (2) Willis 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 Wran (1) 14 May 1976 19 October 1978 Minister for Decentralisation Wran (2) 19 October 1978 29 February 1980 Minister for Industrial DevelopmentMinister for Decentralisation Wran (3) (4) (5) 29 February 1980 10 February 1984 Minister for Industry and Decentralisation Wran (6) 10 February 1984 5 April 1984 Wran (7) 5 April 1984 31 December 1985 1 January 1986 6 February 1986
State Development Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes Minister for State Development
Unsworth 4 July 1986 21 March 1988
Greiner (1) 21 March 1988 24 July 1990
24 July 1990 6 June 1991
Greiner (2) 6 June 1991 24 June 1992
Fahey (1) 24 June 1992 3 July 1992
Fahey (2) 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 Minister for Economic Development Fahey (3) 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 Minister for State Development
Carr (1) 4 April 1995 15 December 1995 Minister for State and Regional Development 15 December 1995 1 December 1997 Minister for State Development Carr (2) (3) (4) 1 December 1997 21 January 2005
Iemma (1) 21 January 2005 3 August 2005
3 August 2005 17 February 2006
17 February 2006 2 April 2007
Iemma (2)Rees 2 April 2007 17 November 2009
Keneally 17 November 2009 4 December 2009 Minister for State and Regional Development 8 December 2009 5 June 2010
5 June 2010 28 March 2011
Investment The following individuals have served as the Minister for Investment, or any precedent titles: Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office NotesMinister for Trade and Investment O'Farrell Baird (1) 4 April 2011 17 October 2014 Baird (1) 17 October 2014 2 April 2015 Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Berejiklian (2)Perrottet (1) 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 Minister for Enterprise, Investment and TradePerrottet (2) 5 August 2022 28 March 2023 Treasurer Minns 28 March 2023 5 April 2023
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