Minister for Regional Transport

The Minister for Regional Transport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation in the regional parts of the state.^[1][2]

Minister for Regional Transport
Incumbent Jenny Aitchison since 5 April 2023
Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Paul Toole
Formation	2 April 2019

In the Minns ministry since April 2023, it is one of three ministries in the transport sector and the Minister, presently Jenny Aitchison, works with the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Roads.^[3][4] Together they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.^[5]

In the Minns ministry there are two other ministers with specific regional responsibility:

• Minister for Regional New South Wales, Tara Moriarty
• Minister for Regional Health, Ryan Park.

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Regional Transport, or any precedent title.^[4]

Ministerial title	Minister [4]	Party		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	[6]
	Sam Farraway			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[7]
	Jenny Aitchison		Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	17 March 2025	2 years, 54 days	[3]
Minister for Regional Transport					17 March 2025	incumbent

Related ministerial titles

Transport

Ministerial title	Minister [4]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Railways	Richard Ball		Nationalist	Holman (2)	15 November 1919	12 April 1920	149 days
	John Estell		Labor	Storey Dooley (1)	12 April 1920	20 December 1921	1 year, 252 days
	Sir Thomas Henley		Nationalist	Fuller (1)	20 December 1921 a.m.	20 December 1921 p.m.	7 hours
	John Estell		Labor	Dooley (2)	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
Minister for Railways and State Industrial Enterprises	Sir Thomas Henley		Nationalist	Fuller (2)	13 April 1922	19 June 1922	67 days
	Richard Ball				28 June 1922	17 June 1925	2 years, 354 days
Minister for Railways	Martin Flannery		Labor	Lang (1)	17 June 1925	26 May 1927	1 year, 343 days
	Bill Ratcliffe			Lang (2)	27 May 1927	18 October 1927	144 days
	Ernest Buttenshaw		Country	Bavin	18 October 1927	16 April 1929	1 year, 180 days
Minister for Transport	James McGirr		Lang Labor	Lang (3)	22 March 1932	13 May 1932	52 days
	Michael Bruxner		Country	Stevens (1) (2) (3) Mair	16 May 1932	16 May 1941	9 years, 3 days
	Maurice O'Sullivan		Labor	McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2)	16 May 1941	30 June 1950	9 years, 45 days
	Bill Sheahan			McGirr (3) Cahill (1)	30 June 1950	23 February 1953	2 years, 238 days
	Clarrie Martin			Cahill (2)	23 February 1953	5 September 1953	194 days
	Joseph Cahill				7 September 1953	16 September 1953	9 days
	Ernest Wetherell				16 September 1953	15 March 1956	2 years, 181 days
	George Enticknap			Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1)	15 March 1956	31 May 1960	4 years, 76 days
	John McMahon			Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	31 May 1960	13 May 1965	4 years, 348 days
	Milton Morris		Liberal	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	13 May 1965	3 January 1975	9 years, 235 days
	Wal Fife [a]			Lewis (1)	3 January 1975	10 October 1975	280 days
	Max Ruddock [a]			Lewis (1) (2)	10 October 1975	23 January 1976	105 days
	Tim Bruxner [a]		Country	Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
	Peter Cox [b]		Labor	Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	14 May 1976	5 April 1984	7 years, 327 days
	Barrie Unsworth			Wran (7) (8)	5 April 1984	6 February 1986	1 year, 307 days
	Ron Mulock			Unsworth	6 February 1986	26 November 1987	1 year, 293 days
	Terry Sheahan				26 November 1987	21 March 1988	116 days
	Bruce Baird [c]		Liberal	Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3)	25 March 1988	4 April 1995	7 years, 14 days
	Brian Langton		Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	1 December 1997	2 years, 241 days
	Carl Scully			Carr (2) (3)	1 December 1997	2 April 2003	5 years, 122 days
Minister for Transport Services	Michael Costa			Carr (4)	2 April 2003	21 January 2005	1 year, 294 days
Minister for Transport	John Watkins			Iemma (1) (2)	21 January 2005	8 September 2008	3 years, 231 days
	David Campbell			Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 254 days
Minister for Transport and Roads				Keneally	8 December 2009	20 May 2010
Minister for Transport	John Robertson				21 May 2010	28 March 2011	311 days
	Gladys Berejiklian		Liberal	O'Farrell Baird (1)	4 April 2011	1 April 2015	3 years, 362 days
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure	Andrew Constance			Baird (2) Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	2 April 2019	6 years, 186 days
Minister for Transport and Roads				Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021
	Rob Stokes			Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021	76 days
Minister for Transport	David Elliott			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[8]
	Jo Haylen		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	6 February 2025	1 year, 315 days
	John Graham				6 February 2025	incumbent	112 days

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Transport (New South Wales) § Transport.[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Transport, or similar titles.^[4]

Roads

Ministerial title	Minister [4]	Party		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			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			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				3 August 2005	17 February 2006	198 days
	Eric Roozendaal			Iemma (2)	17 February 2006	5 September 2008	2 years, 211 days
	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				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	[9]
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
	Melinda Pavey			Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[10]
Minister for Transport and Roads	Andrew Constance		Liberal	Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021	2 years, 186 days	[11]
	Rob Stokes			Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021	76 days	[12]
Minister for Metropolitan Roads	Natalie Ward		Liberal	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[13]
Minister for Roads	John Graham		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	17 March 2025	1 year, 354 days
	Jenny Aitchison				17 March 2025	incumbent	73 days

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Roads (New South Wales) § List of ministers.[edit]

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

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal
• Transport portal
• Roads portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies

Notes

1. Concurrently Minister for Highways
2. Concurrently Minister for Highways until 19 October 1978.
3. Concurrently Minister for Roads from 26 May 1993.