Minister for Seniors (New South Wales)

The Minister for Seniors is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare concerning seniors or the aged in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Seniors
Incumbent Jodie Harrison since 5 April 2023
Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Jim Longley (as Minister for the Ageing)
Formation	6 October 1993

The Minister since 5 April 2023 is Jodie Harrison, who also holds the Women and Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault portfolios.

The Minister assists the Minister for Families and Communities administer her portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.^[1][2]

List of ministers

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for the Ageing	Jim Longley		Liberal	Fahey (3)	6 October 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 180 days
Minister for Aged Services	Ron Dyer		Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	1 December 1997	2 years, 241 days
Minister for Ageing	Faye Lo Po'			Carr (2)	1 December 1997	8 April 1999	4 years, 222 days
				Carr (3)	8 April 1999	11 July 2002
	Carmel Tebbutt				11 July 2002	3 April 2003	2 years, 266 days
				Carr (4)	3 April 2003	21 January 2005
	John Della Bosca			Iemma (1)	21 January 2005	2 April 2007	2 years, 71 days
	Kristina Keneally			Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days
	Paul Lynch			Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 255 days
				Keneally	4 December 2009	21 May 2010
	Peter Primrose				21 May 2010	28 March 2011	311 days
	Andrew Constance		Liberal	O'Farrell	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	3 years, 20 days
	John Ajaka			Baird (1) (2)	23 April 2014	30 January 2017	2 years, 282 days	[3]
	Tanya Davies			Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[4]
Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans	John Sidoti			Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	17 September 2019	168 days	[5]
	Geoff Lee (acting)				17 September 2019	27 May 2021	1 year, 252 days
	Natalie Ward			Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	27 May 2021	21 December 2021	208 days	[6]
Minister for Seniors	Mark Coure			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[7]
	Jodie Harrison		Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	2 years, 40 days

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• Minister for Aged Care
• List of New South Wales government agencies