Minister for Mental Health (New South Wales)
Government minister in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Minister for Mental Health is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for hospitals and health services in regional New South Wales, Australia.
| Minister for Mental Health | |
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| Ministry of Health | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Inaugural holder | Cherie Burton (as Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)) |
| Formation | 10 August 2005 |
It was first established in 2005 in the First Iemma ministry as an assistant minister,[1] before becoming a separate portfolio in 2011 in the O'Farrell ministry. The portfolio was not tasked with the management of a department.[2]
The current minister is Rose Jackson since April 2023.[3] Together with the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and Minister for Medical Research, they administer the health portfolio through the Health cluster, including the Ministry of Health and a range of other government agencies, including local health districts and the NSW Ambulance service.[4]
List of ministers
| Title | Minister[3] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Mental Health | Kevin Humphries | National | O'Farrell | 4 April 2011 | 17 April 2014 | 3 years, 13 days | [5] | |
| Jai Rowell | Liberal | Baird (1) | 17 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 350 days | [6] | ||
| Pru Goward | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 23 January 2017 | 1 year, 296 days | [7] | |||
| Tanya Davies | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | [8] | |||
| Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women | Bronnie Taylor | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) |
2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 3 years, 360 days | [9] | |
| Minister for Mental Health | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 28 March 2023 | [10] | ||||
| Ryan Park | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 8 days | |||
| Rose Jackson | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 2 years, 16 days | |||||
Assistant ministers
| Title | Minister[3] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) | Cherie Burton | Labor | Iemma (1) | 10 August 2005 | 2 April 2007 | 1 year, 235 days | [11] | |
| Paul Lynch | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | 1 year, 156 days | [12] | |||
| Barbara Perry | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 2 years, 201 days | [13] | |||
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health and Cancer) | 14 September 2009 | 8 December 2009 | ||||||
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) | Keneally | 8 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | |||||
See also
References
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