Minister for Roads (New South Wales)

Minister for Roads
Minister for Roads
	Incumbent; John Graham; since 28 March 2023
	Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Formation	15 March 1956

The Minister for Roads (previously known as the Minister for Highways, Minister for Roads and Freight and Minister for Metropolitan Roads) is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which includes the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation.^[1]^[2] With the election of Chris Minns as Premier of New South Wales, John Graham was appointed as Minister for Roads.

List of ministers

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

Ministerial title	Minister ^[2]		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	^[3]
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	^[4]
Minister for Transport and Roads	Andrew Constance	Liberal	Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021	2 years, 186 days	^[5]
Minister for Transport and Roads	Rob Stokes	Liberal	Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021	76 days	^[6]
Minister for Metropolitan Roads	Natalie Ward	Liberal	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[1]
Minister for Roads	John Graham	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	incumbent	1 year, 220 days

Related Ministries

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Regional Transport and Roads, or any precedent title.^[2]

Ministerial title	Minister ^[2]		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	^[7]
	Sam Farraway	National	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[8]
	Jenny Aitchison	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 212 days	^[9]

Assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Ministers with responsibility for assisting or advising the Minister for Roads.^[2]

Ministerial title	Minister ^[2]		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Assistant Minister for Roads	Michael Yabsley	Liberal	24 July 1990	6 June 1991	317 days	^[10]

Minister Assisting the Minister for Roads	Wendy Machin	National	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days	^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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 (161)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 5 April 2023.
^ "Mr Michael Robert Yabsley (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Ms Wendy Susan Machin (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[Gazette_2021-12-21-1] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[Ministries-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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

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

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

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

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

[Minister_for_Regional_Transport_and_Roads_Gazette_2021-12-21-8] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[Minister_for_Regional_Transport_and_Roads_Gazette_2023_2-9] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (161)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 5 April 2023.

[10] "Mr Michael Robert Yabsley (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[11] "Ms Wendy Susan Machin (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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Minister for Roads

Incumbent John Graham since 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)
Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Formation	15 March 1956

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Minister for Roads (New South Wales)

List of ministers

Related Ministries

Assistant ministers

See also

References

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