Baird ministry (2014–2015)

The Baird ministry (2014–2015) or First Baird ministry was the 94th ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by Mike Baird, the state's 44th Premier.^[1]

First Baird ministry
94th Cabinet of New South Wales
Premier Mike Baird, pictured in 2014
Date formed	17 April 2014 (2014-04-17)
Date dissolved	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor	Marie Bashir (until October 2014) David Hurley (from October 2014)
Premier	Mike Baird
Deputy Premier	Andrew Stoner Troy Grant
No. of ministers	22
Member party	Liberal–National Coalition
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition Government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	John Robertson (2011-2014) Linda Burney (2014-2015 interim) Luke Foley (2015)
History
Outgoing election	2015 state election
Predecessor	O'Farrell ministry
Successor	Second Baird ministry

The Liberal–National coalition ministry was formed following the announcement by Barry O'Farrell on 16 April 2014 that he would resign as Premier.^[2] Baird was elected as leader of the Liberal Party on 17 April 2014 and was sworn in as Premier together with his ministry on 23 April 2014 at Government House by the Governor of New South Wales Marie Bashir.^[3][4]

The ministry covered the period from 17 April 2014 until 2 April 2015 when the Second Baird ministry was formed, following the re-election of the Coalition at the 2015 state election.^[5][6]

Composition of ministry

The first rearrangement occurred in May 2014 when Mike Gallacher resigned from the ministry after he was named at the Independent Commission Against Corruption for alleged involvement in a corrupt scheme to receive illegal political donations.^[7][8][a][b] The second rearrangement occurred in October 2014 following the resignation of Andrew Stoner as Deputy Premier and Leader of the National Party citing family reasons.^[10] Troy Grant was elected unopposed to succeed him as leader of the Nationals.^[11][c][d]

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier	Mike Baird		Liberal	17 April 2014	2 April 2015	350 days
Minister for Infrastructure				23 April 2014		344 days
Minister for Western Sydney
Deputy Premier [e]	Andrew Stoner [c]		National	17 April 2014	17 October 2014	183 days
Minister for Trade and Investment [e]				23 April 2014		177 days
Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services [e]
Minister for Tourism and Major Events
Deputy Premier	Troy Grant [c]			17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for Trade and Investment
Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services
Minister for Tourism and Major Events
Minister for Small Business	Andrew Stoner [c]			23 April 2014	17 October 2014	177 days
	John Barilaro [c]			17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for the North Coast	Andrew Stoner [c]			23 April 2014	17 October 2014	177 days
	Duncan Gay MLC [c]			17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for Transport [e]	Gladys Berejiklian		Liberal	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Minister for the Hunter.
Minister for Education	Adrian Piccoli [e]		National
Minister for Police and Emergency Services [a]	Mike Gallacher MLC [e]		Liberal		2 May 2014	9 days
	Stuart Ayres			7 May 2014	2 April 2015	330 days
Minister for Industrial Relations [a]	Mike Gallacher MLC			23 April 2014	2 May 2014	9 days
	Andrew Constance			7 May 2014	2 April 2015	330 days
Minister for the Central Coast [a]	Mike Gallacher MLC [e]			23 April 2014	2 May 2014	9 days
	Rob Stokes			7 May 2014	2 April 2015	330 days
Vice-President of the Executive Council Leader of the Government in Legislative Council [a]	Mike Gallacher MLC [e]			23 April 2014	2 May 2014	9 days
	Duncan Gay MLC		National	7 May 2014	2 April 2015	330 days
Minister for Roads and Freight				23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Minister for Resources and Energy	Anthony Roberts [e]		Liberal
Special Minister of State
Minister for Health	Jillian Skinner [e]
Minister for Medical Research
Treasurer	Andrew Constance
Minister for Planning	Pru Goward
Minister for Women [e]
Attorney General	Brad Hazzard
Minister for Justice
Minister for Family and Community Services	Gabrielle Upton
Minister for Primary Industries	Katrina Hodgkinson		National
Assistant Minister for Tourism and Major Events [d]					17 October 2014	177 days
Minister for Regional Tourism [d]	John Barilaro			17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water	Kevin Humphries			23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Minister for Western New South Wales
Minister for Ageing	John Ajaka MLC		Liberal
Minister for Disability Services [e]
Minister for the Illawarra [e]
Minister for Fair Trading [b]	Stuart Ayres [e]			23 April 2014	7 May 2014	14 days
	Matthew Mason-Cox, MLC			7 May 2014	2 April 2015	330 days
Minister for Sport and Recreation	Stuart Ayres			23 April 2014		344 days
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney [e]
Minister for Citizenship and Communities [e]	Victor Dominello
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs [e]
Minister for Veterans Affairs
Assistant Minister for Education
Minister for the Environment	Rob Stokes
Minister for Heritage
Assistant Minister for Planning
Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing	Troy Grant		National
Minister for the Arts
Minister for Finance and Services	Dominic Perrottet		Liberal
Minister for Local Government	Paul Toole		National
Minister for Mental Health	Jai Rowell		Liberal
Assistant Minister for Health

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 2011–2015
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2011–2015

Notes

1. Gallacher resigned from the ministry on 2 May 2014. He was replaced by Stuart Ayres (Police and Emergency Services), Andrew Constance (Industrial Relations), Duncan Gay (Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in Legislative Council) and Rob Stokes (Central Coast).^[9]
2. Matthew Mason-Cox was promoted to the ministry in the portfolio of Fair Trading replacing Stuart Ayres.
3. Andrew Stoner resigned from the ministry on 15 October 2014 and was replaced by Troy Grant (Deputy Premier, Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services, Tourism and Major Events), Duncan Gay (North Coast) and promoted to the ministry was John Barilaro (Small Business).
4. Katrina Hodgkinson relinquished the portfolio of Assistant Minister for Tourism and Major Events and was replaced by John Barilaro in the portfolio of Regional Tourism.^[12]
5. Retained portfolio from the O'Farrell ministry.