Minister for Health (Queensland)

The Queensland Minister for Health is a minister in the Queensland Government who has overall responsibility for Queensland Health and its sixteen Hospital and Health Boards.^[1] Through this, the Minister for Health administers the health portfolio which includes hospitals, health services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and the Queensland Ambulance Service.^[2]

Minister for Health of Queensland
Incumbent Tim Nicholls since 1 November 2024
Queensland Health
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of Queensland
Appointer	Governor of Queensland
Inaugural holder	Ned Hanlon (as the Secretary for Health)
Formation	5 December 1935

The current minister is Tim Nicholls, who was sworn in on 1 November 2024 as part of the full Crisafulli ministry following the Liberal National Party's victory at the 2024 Queensland state election.^[3]

List of ministers

No.	Minister	Party		Ministry	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office	Ref.
1	Ned Hanlon		Labor	Forgan Smith (2) (3) (4) Cooper (1)	Secretary for Health	5 December 1935 (1935-12-05)	27 April 1944 (1944-04-27)	8 years, 144 days	[4][5][6]
2	Tom Foley			Cooper (2) Hanlon (1)		27 April 1944 (1944-04-27)	15 May 1947 (1947-05-15)	3 years, 18 days	[5][7][8]
3	Arthur Jones			Hanlon (2)		15 May 1947 (1947-05-15)	10 May 1950 (1950-05-10)	2 years, 360 days	[7][9]
4	Bill Moore			Hanlon (3) Gair (1) (2) (3)		10 May 1950 (1950-05-10)	26 April 1957 (1957-04-26)	7 years, 94 days	[7][10][11]
			Queensland Labor			26 April 1957 (1957-04-26)	12 August 1957 (1957-08-12)
5	Winston Noble		Liberal	Nicklin (1) (2) (3)	Minister for Health	12 August 1957 (1957-08-12)	28 March 1964 (1964-03-28)	6 years, 229 days	[12][13]
6	Douglas Tooth			Pizzey Chalk Bjelke-Petersen (1) (2) (3)		14 April 1964 (1964-04-14)	23 December 1974 (1974-12-23)	10 years, 253 days	[14][15][16][17]
7	Llew Edwards			Bjelke-Petersen (4) (5)		23 December 1974 (1974-12-23)	15 December 1978 (1978-12-15)	3 years, 357 days	[16][18]
8	William Knox			Bjelke-Petersen (5)		15 December 1978 (1978-12-15)	23 December 1980 (1980-12-23)	2 years, 8 days	[16][19]
9	Brian Austin			Bjelke-Petersen (6)		23 December 1980 (1980-12-23)	18 August 1983 (1983-08-18)	2 years, 238 days	[16][20]
10	Angelo Bertoni		National	Bjelke-Petersen (7)		19 August 1983 (1983-08-19)	7 November 1983 (1983-11-07)	80 days	[16][21]
(9)	Brian Austin			Bjelke-Petersen (8)		7 November 1983 (1983-11-07)	1 December 1986 (1986-12-01)	3 years, 24 days	[16][20]
11	Mike Ahern			Bjelke-Petersen (9)		1 December 1986 (1986-12-01)	25 November 1987 (1987-11-25)	359 days	[16][22]
12	Kev Lingard					25 November 1987 (1987-11-25)	1 December 1987 (1987-12-01)	6 days	[16][23]
13	Leisha Harvey			Ahern		9 December 1987 (1987-12-09)	19 January 1989 (1989-01-19)	1 year, 41 days	[24][25]
14	Ivan Gibbs					19 January 1989 (1989-01-19)	25 September 1989 (1989-09-25)	322 days	[24][26]
				Cooper		25 September 1989 (1989-09-25)	7 December 1989 (1989-12-07)		[27]
15	Ken McElligott		Labor	Goss (1)		7 December 1989 (1989-12-07)	10 December 1991 (1991-12-10)	2 years, 3 days	[28][29]
16	Ken Hayward					16 December 1991 (1991-12-16)	24 September 1992 (1992-09-24)	3 years, 67 days	[28][30]
				Goss (2)		24 September 1992 (1992-09-24)	21 February 1995 (1995-02-21)		[28]
17	Jim Elder					21 February 1995 (1995-02-21)	31 July 1995 (1995-07-31)	160 days	[28][31]
18	Peter Beattie			Goss (3)		31 July 1995 (1995-07-31)	19 February 1996 (1996-02-19)	203 days	[28][32]
19	Mike Horan		National	Borbidge		26 February 1996 (1996-02-26)	26 June 1998 (1998-06-26)	2 years, 120 days	[33][34]
20	Wendy Edmond		Labor	Beattie (1) (2)		29 June 1998 (1998-06-29)	12 February 2004 (2004-02-12)	5 years, 228 days	[35][36]
21	Gordon Nuttall			Beattie (3)		12 February 2004 (2004-02-12)	28 July 2005 (2005-07-28)	1 year, 166 days	[35][37]
22	Stephen Robertson			Beattie (4) (5) Bligh (1)		28 July 2005 (2005-07-28)	26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)	3 years, 241 days	[35][38][39]
23	Paul Lucas			Bligh (2)		26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)	21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)	1 year, 332 days	[38][40]
24	Geoff Wilson			Bligh (3)		21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)	26 March 2012 (2012-03-26)	1 year, 34 days	[38][41]
25	Lawrence Springborg		Liberal National	Newman		3 April 2012 (2012-04-03)	14 February 2015 (2015-02-14)	2 years, 316 days	[42][43]
26	Cameron Dick		Labor	Palaszczuk (1)	Minister for Health and Ambulance Services	16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)	11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)	2 years, 298 days	[44][45]
27	Steven Miles			Palaszczuk (2)		12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)	11 November 2020 (2020-11-11)	2 years, 335 days	[44][46]
28	Yvette D'Ath			Palaszczuk (3)		12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)	17 May 2023 (2023-05-17)	2 years, 186 days	[44][47]
29	Shannon Fentiman			Palaszczuk (3) Miles	Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services	18 May 2023 (2023-05-18)	28 October 2024 (2024-10-28)	1 year, 163 days	[44][48][49]
30	Tim Nicholls		Liberal National	Crisafulli	Minister for Health and Ambulance Services	1 November 2024 (2024-11-01)	Incumbent	284 days	[50][51]