Minister for Regional Transport and Roads

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
	Incumbent; Jenny Aitchison; since 5 April 2023
	Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Paul Toole
Formation	2 April 2019

The Minister for Regional Transport and Roads is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation in the regional parts of the state.^[1]^[2]

In the Minns ministry since April 2023, it is one of three ministries in the transport sector and the Minister, presently Jenny Aitchison, works with the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Roads.^[3]^[4] Together they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.^[5]

In the Minns ministry there are two other ministers with specific regional responsibility:

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Regional Transport and Roads, or any precedent title.^[4]

Ministerial title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads	Paul Toole	National	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	2 years, 263 days	^[6]
	Sam Farraway	National	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[7]
	Jenny Aitchison	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 222 days	^[3]

Related ministerial titles

Transport

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Transport, or similar titles.^[4]

Ministerial title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Railways	Richard Ball	Nationalist	Holman (2)	15 November 1919	12 April 1920	149 days
	John Estell	Labor	Storey Dooley (1)	12 April 1920	20 December 1921	1 year, 252 days
	Sir Thomas Henley	Nationalist	Fuller (1)	20 December 1921 a.m.	20 December 1921 p.m.	7 hours
	John Estell	Labor	Dooley (2)	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
Minister for Railways and State Industrial Enterprises	Sir Thomas Henley	Nationalist	Fuller (2)	13 April 1922	19 June 1922	67 days
Minister for Railways and State Industrial Enterprises	Richard Ball	Nationalist	Fuller (2)	28 June 1922	17 June 1925	2 years, 354 days
Minister for Railways	Martin Flannery	Labor	Lang (1)	17 June 1925	26 May 1927	1 year, 343 days
	Bill Ratcliffe	Labor	Lang (2)	27 May 1927	18 October 1927	144 days
	Ernest Buttenshaw	Country	Bavin	18 October 1927	16 April 1929	1 year, 180 days

Minister for Transport	James McGirr	Lang Labor	Lang (3)	22 March 1932	13 May 1932	52 days
	Michael Bruxner	Country	Stevens (1) (2) (3) Mair	16 May 1932	16 May 1941	9 years, 3 days
	Maurice O'Sullivan	Labor	McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2)	16 May 1941	30 June 1950	9 years, 45 days
	Bill Sheahan		McGirr (3) Cahill (1)	30 June 1950	23 February 1953	2 years, 238 days
	Clarrie Martin		Cahill (2)	23 February 1953	5 September 1953	194 days
	Joseph Cahill			7 September 1953	16 September 1953	9 days
	Ernest Wetherell			16 September 1953	15 March 1956	2 years, 181 days
	George Enticknap		Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1)	15 March 1956	31 May 1960	4 years, 76 days
	John McMahon		Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	31 May 1960	13 May 1965	4 years, 348 days
	Milton Morris	Liberal	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	13 May 1965	3 January 1975	9 years, 235 days
	Wal Fife ^[a]		Lewis (1)	3 January 1975	10 October 1975	280 days
	Max Ruddock ^[a]		Lewis (1) (2)	10 October 1975	23 January 1976	105 days
	Tim Bruxner ^[a]	Country	Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
	Peter Cox ^[b]	Labor	Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	14 May 1976	5 April 1984	7 years, 327 days
	Barrie Unsworth		Wran (7) (8)	5 April 1984	6 February 1986	1 year, 307 days
	Ron Mulock		Unsworth	6 February 1986	26 November 1987	1 year, 293 days
	Terry Sheahan		Unsworth	26 November 1987	21 March 1988	116 days
	Bruce Baird ^[c]	Liberal	Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3)	25 March 1988	4 April 1995	7 years, 14 days
	Brian Langton	Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	1 December 1997	2 years, 241 days
	Carl Scully		Carr (2) (3)	1 December 1997	2 April 2003	5 years, 122 days
Minister for Transport Services	Michael Costa		Carr (4)	2 April 2003	21 January 2005	1 year, 294 days
Minister for Transport	John Watkins		Iemma (1) (2)	21 January 2005	8 September 2008	3 years, 231 days
Minister for Transport	David Campbell		Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 254 days
Minister for Transport and Roads	David Campbell		Keneally	8 December 2009	20 May 2010	1 year, 254 days
Minister for Transport	John Robertson		Keneally	21 May 2010	28 March 2011	311 days
Minister for Transport	Gladys Berejiklian	Liberal	O'Farrell Baird (1)	4 April 2011	1 April 2015	3 years, 362 days
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure	Andrew Constance		Baird (2) Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	2 April 2019	6 years, 186 days
Minister for Transport and Roads	Andrew Constance		Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021	6 years, 186 days
Minister for Transport and Roads	Rob Stokes		Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021	76 days
Minister for Transport	David Elliott		Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[8]
Minister for Transport	Jo Haylen	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	incumbent	1 year, 230 days

Roads

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for highways or roads.

Ministerial title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Highways	Jack Renshaw	Labor	Cahill (3) (4)	15 March 1956	28 October 1959	3 years, 227 days
	Pat Hills	Labor	Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	28 October 1959	13 May 1965	5 years, 197 days
	Pat Morton	Liberal	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4)	13 May 1965	19 June 1972	7 years, 37 days
	Sir Charles Cutler	Country	Askin (4) (5) (6)	19 June 1972	3 January 1975	2 years, 198 days
	Wal Fife	Liberal	Lewis (1)	3 January 1975	10 October 1975	280 days
	Max Ruddock	Liberal	Lewis (1) (2)	10 October 1975	23 January 1976	105 days
	Tim Bruxner	Country	Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
	Peter Cox	Labor	Wran (1)	14 May 1976	19 October 1978	2 years, 158 days
Minister for Roads	Harry Jensen		Wran (2) (3)	19 October 1978	2 October 1981	2 years, 348 days
	Paul Whelan		Wran (4)	2 October 1981	1 February 1983	1 year, 122 days
	Rex Jackson		Wran (5)	1 February 1983	27 October 1983	268 days
	Laurie Brereton			27 October 1983	10 November 1983	14 days
	George Paciullo			10 November 1983	10 February 1984	92 days
	Pat Hills		Wran (6)	10 February 1984	5 April 1984	55 days
	Laurie Brereton		Wran (7) (8) Unsworth	5 April 1984	26 November 1987	3 years, 235 days

Minister for Roads	Wal Murray	National	Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2)	24 July 1990	26 May 1993	2 years, 306 days
	Bruce Baird	Liberal	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
	Michael Knight	Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	28 November 1996	1 year, 238 days
	Carl Scully		Carr (1) (2) (3) (4)	28 November 1996	21 January 2005	8 years, 54 days
	Michael Costa		Iemma (1)	21 January 2005	3 August 2005	194 days
	Joe Tripodi		Iemma (1)	3 August 2005	17 February 2006	198 days
Minister for Roads	Eric Roozendaal		Iemma (2)	17 February 2006	5 September 2008	2 years, 211 days
Minister for Roads	Michael Daley		Rees	8 September 2008	14 September 2009	1 year, 6 days
Minister for Transport and Roads	David Campbell	Labor	Keneally	8 December 2009	20 May 2010	163 days
Minister for Roads	David Borger	Labor	Keneally	21 May 2010	28 March 2011	318 days
Minister for Roads and Ports	Duncan Gay	National	O'Farrell	4 April 2011	23 April 2014	5 years, 301 days	^[9]
Minister for Roads and Freight			Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015
Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight			Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017
Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight	Melinda Pavey		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	^[10]
Minister for Transport and Roads	Andrew Constance	Liberal	Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021	2 years, 186 days	^[11]
Minister for Transport and Roads	Rob Stokes	Liberal	Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021	76 days	^[12]
Minister for Metropolitan Roads	Natalie Ward	Liberal	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[13]
Minister for Roads	John Graham	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	incumbent	1 year, 230 days

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Concurrently Minister for Highways
^ Concurrently Minister for Highways until 19 October 1978.
^ Concurrently Minister for Roads from 26 May 1993.

References

^ "Four ministers tasked with troubled NSW roads and transport sector". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ "New look NSW cabinet brings in fresh blood". The North West Star. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (161)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 5 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Administrative Arrangements (Public Service agencies and Ministers) Order 2023". 5 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "The Hon. Paul Lawrence Toole". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ "The Hon. Duncan John Gay (1950 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "The Hon. Melinda Jane Pavey". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Mr Andrew James Constance (1973- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "The Hon. (Rob) Robert Gordon Stokes". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

External links

Transport New South Wales

[Highways-8] Concurrently Minister for Highways

[9] Concurrently Minister for Highways until 19 October 1978.

[10] Concurrently Minister for Roads from 26 May 1993.

[1] "Four ministers tasked with troubled NSW roads and transport sector". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[2] "New look NSW cabinet brings in fresh blood". The North West Star. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[Gazette_2023_2-3] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (161)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 5 April 2023.

[Ministries-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[5] "Administrative Arrangements (Public Service agencies and Ministers) Order 2023". 5 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[6] "The Hon. Paul Lawrence Toole". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[Gazette_2021-12-21-7] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[Minister_for_Transport_(New_South_Wales)_Gazette_2021-12-21-11] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[12] "The Hon. Duncan John Gay (1950 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[13] "The Hon. Melinda Jane Pavey". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[14] "Mr Andrew James Constance (1973- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[15] "The Hon. (Rob) Robert Gordon Stokes". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[Minister_for_Roads_(New_South_Wales)_Gazette_2021-12-21-16] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

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