List of ministers of public works (Queensland)

The list of ministers for the Department of Public Works in the Government of Queensland, Australia, include:

Minister	Term start	Term end	Title	Party	Notes
St. George Richard Gore	14 January 1862	21 March 1862	Secretary for Public Lands and Works		[1]
Arthur Macalister	21 March 1862	1 February 1866	Secretary for Lands and Public Works		[1]
Arthur Macalister	1 February 1866	20 July 1866	Premier and Secretary for Lands and Works		[1]
John Watts	21 July 1866	7 August 1866	Secretary for Lands and Public Works		[1]
John Watts	7 August 1866	3 May 1867	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
John Douglas	21 May 1867	18 August 1867	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
Arthur Hunter Palmer	15 August 1867	10 September 1868	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
Arthur Hodgson	10 September 1868	25 November 1868	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
Arthur Macalister	25 November 1868	28 January 1869	Secretary for Lands and Public Work		[1]
Arthur Macalister	28 January 1869	3 May 1870	Secretary for Public Works and Gold Field		[1]
William Henry Walsh	3 May 1870	10 July 1873	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
Arthur Hunter Palmer	10 July 1873	15 July 1873	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
John Malbon Thompson	15 July 1873	8 January 1874	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
Thomas McIlwraith	8 January 1874	24 October 1874	Secretary for Public Works and Mines	Ministerialist	[1]
Arthur Macalister	24 October 1874	13 November 1874	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
Henry Edward King	13 November 1874	10 May 1876	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
James Dickson	10 May 1876	5 June 1876	Secretary for Public Works and Mines	see article	[1]
George Thorn	5 June 1876	8 March 1877	Premier, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
George Thorn	8 March 1877	7 November 1877	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
William Miles	7 November 1877	21 September 1878	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
Samuel Griffith	21 September 1878	21 January 1879	Secretary for Public Works		[1]
John Macrossan	21 January 1879	13 March 1883	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
Albert Norton	13 March 1883	13 November 1883	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
William Miles	13 November 1883	22 August 1887	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
Charles Dutton	30 August 1887	12 December 1887	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
William Hodgkinson	19 May 1888	13 May 1893	Secretary for Mines and Work		[1]
John Macrossan	13 June 1888	4 January 1890	Secretary for Public Works and Mines		[1]
Hugh Nelson	4 January 1890	12 August 1890	Secretary for Railways and Public Works	Ministerialist	[1]
Horace Tozer	12 August 1890	27 March 1893	Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public Works	Ministerialist	[1]
Isidor Lissner	27 March 1893	25 May 1893	Secretary for Mines and Public Works	Ministerialist	[1]
Robert Philp	25 May 1893	23 August 1894	Secretary for Mines and Public Works	see article	[1]
Robert Philp	23 August 1894	29 March 1895	Secretary for Mines, Public Works and Public Instruction		[1]
Robert Philp	29 March 1895	6 May 1896	Secretary for Public Works and Railways		[1]
David Dalrymple	6 May 1896	27 April 1898	Secretary for Public Works	Ministerialist	[1]
John Murray	27 April 1898	1 December 1899	Secretary for Railways and Public Works		[1]
John Murray	7 December 1899	1 February 1901	Secretary for Railways and Public Works		[1]
David Dalrymple	28 March 1899	1 December 1899	Secretary for Public Works	Ministerialist	[1]
Andrew Fisher	1 December 1899	7 December 1899	Secretary for Railways and Public Works	Labor	[1]
John Leahy	1 February 1901	17 September 1903	Secretary for Railways and Public Works	see article	[1]
William Browne	17 September 1903	12 April 1904	Secretary for Mines and Public Works	Labor	[1]
Peter Airey	19 April 1904	27 April 1904	Secretary for Mines and Public Works	Labor	[1]
Digby Denham	27 April 1904	19 January 1906	Secretary for Public Works	Ministerialist	[1]
Thomas O'Sullivan	19 January 1906	6 February 1907	Secretary for Public Works	see article	[1]
Thomas O'Sullivan	6 February 1907	19 November 1907	Secretary for Public Works and Agriculture	Kidstonite	[1]
Patrick Leahy	19 November 1907	18 February 1908	Secretary for Public Works and Mines	Conservative/Philpite	[1]
George Kerr	18 February 1908	29 October 1908	Secretary for Railways and Public Works	Kidstonite	[1]
John Appel	29 October 1908	29 June 1909	Secretary for Mines and Public Works	Liberal	[1]
George Jackson	29 June 1909	22 October 1909	Secretary for Mines and Public Works	Liberal	[1]
Walter Barnes	22 October 1909	7 February 1911	Secretary for Public Instruction and for Public Works	Liberal	[1]
Walter Barnes	7 February 1911	1 June 1915	Treasurer and Secretary for Public Works	Liberal	[1]
Ted Theodore	1 June 1915	22 October 1919	Treasurer & Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
James Larcombe	22 October 1919	7 April 1920	Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
John Fihelly	7 April 1920	8 February 1922	Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
Ted Thedore	8 February 1922	6 October 1922	Premier and Chief Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
William Forgan Smith	6 October 1922	26 February 1925	Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
Mick Kirwan	26 February 1925	21 May 1929	Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
Reginald King	21 May 1929	17 June 1932	Secretary for Public Works and Public Instruction	CPNP	[1]
Harry Bruce	17 June 1932	15 May 1947	Secretary for Public Works	Labor	[1]
William Power	15 May 1947	10 May 1950	Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local Government	Labor	[1]
Paul Hilton	10 May 1950	1 May 1952	Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local Government	Labor	[1]
Paul Hilton	1 May 1952	28 May 1956	Secretary for Public Works and Housing	Labor	[1]
Colin McCathie	28 May 1956	12 August 1957	Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Immigration	Labor/QLP	[1]
James Heading	12 August 1957	9 June 1960	Minister for Public Works and Local Government and Immigration	Country	[1]
Lloyd Roberts	9 June 1960	11 April 1961	Minister for Public Works and Local Government	Country	Died in office[1]
Harold Richter	4 May 1961	26 September 1963	Minister for Public Works and Local Government	Country	[1]
Joh Bjelke-Petersen	26 September 1963	8 August 1968	Minister for Works and Housing	Country	[1]
Max Hodges	8 August 1968	23 December 1974	Minister for Works and Housing	Country	[1]
Max Hodges	23 December 1974	10 March 1975	Minister for Works and Housing and Minister for Police	National	[1]
Norm Lee	10 March 1975	16 December 1977	Minister for Works and Housing	Liberal	[1]
Claude Wharton	16 December 1977	18 October 1986	Minister for Works and Housing	National	[1]
Ivan Gibbs	1 December 1986	25 November 1987	Minister for Works and Housing	National	[1]
Ivan Gibbs	25 November 1987	1 December 1987	Minister for Works, Housing and Industry	National	[1]
Bill Gunn	9 December 1987	19 January 1989	Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Main Roads and Expo and Minister for Police	National	[1]
Bill Gunn	19 January 1989	25 September 1989	Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Housing and Main Roads	National	[1]
Jim Randell	25 September 1989	7 December 1989	Minister for Works and Housing	National	[1]
Ron McLean	7 December 1989	19 September 1992	Minister for Administrative Services	Labor
Tom Burns	24 September 1992	18 October 1993	Minister for Administrative Services	Labor
Glen Milliner	18 October 1993	19 February 1996	Minister for Administrative Services	Labor
Ray Connor	26 February 1996	28 April 1997	Minister for Public Works and Housing	Liberal	[1]
David Watson	28 April 1997	26 June 1998	Minister for Public Works and Housing	Liberal	[1]
Robert Schwarten	29 June 1998	12 February 2004	Minister for Public Works and Housing	Labor	[1]
Robert Schwarten	12 February 2004	13 September 2006	Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing	Labor	[1]
Robert Schwarten	13 September 2006	12 October 2006	Minister for Public Works and Housing	Labor	[1]
Robert Schwarten	12 October 2006	21 February 2011	Minister for Public Works, Information and Communications Technology	Labor	[1]
Simon Finn	21 February 2011	26 March 2012	Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication Technology	Labor
Bruce Flegg	3 April 2012	14 November 2012	Minister for Housing and Public Works	LNP	[1]
Tim Mander	19 November 2012	13 February 2015	Minister for Housing and Public Works	LNP	[1]
Leeanne Enoch	16 February 2015	8 December 2015	Minister for Housing and Public Works	Labor
Mick de Brenni	8 December 2015	18 December 2023	Minister for Public Works and Procurement	Labor
Meaghan Scanlon	18 December 2023		Minister for Public Works	Labor

Other roles

Other politicians occupying important roles in the area of public works include:

Minister	Term start	Term end	Title	Party	Notes
Sandy McPhie	20 April 1989	19 October 1989	Chairman, Public Works Committee	National	[1]
Tony McGrady	6 March 1990	16 December 1991	Chairman, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Robert Schwarten	18 March 1992	25 August 1992	Chairman, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Judy Spence	10 November 1992	20 June 1995	Chair, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Bill D'Arcy	15 September 1995	2 April 1996	Chairman, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Len Stephan	2 April 1996	19 May 1998	Chairman, Public Works Committee	National	[1]
Neil Roberts	30 July 1998	17 February 2001	Chairman, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Don Livingstone	3 May 2001	15 August 2006	Chair, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Pat Purcell	12 February 2004	28 July 2005	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing	Labor	[1]
Barbara Stone	11 October 2006	20 March 2009	Chair, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Wayne Wendt	23 April 2009	28 May 2009	Chair, Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]
Wayne Wendt	28 May 2009	16 June 2011	Chair, Public Accounts and Public Works Committee	Labor	[1]