Minister for Industry and Trade

The Minister for Industry and Trade is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for sponsoring and supporting enterprise, trade, and international investment in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The minister is responsible for administering the portfolio through the Premier's Department.^[1]

Minister for Industry and Trade
Incumbent Anoulack Chanthivong since 5 April 2023
Premier's Department
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Jacob Garrard (as the Minister for Labour and Industry)
Formation	11 March 1895

Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

History

Labour and Industry (1895-1921)

The Minister for Labour and Industry portfolio was established in 1895 in the Reid ministry and held in conjunction with the Minister of Public Instruction. In 1921, in the first Dooley ministry, the portfolio of Labour and Industry was split into Labour and the new portfolio of State Industrial Enterprises.^[2] State Industrial Enterprises became the responsibility of the Minister for Railways. The responsibilities included - building construction, metal quarries, monier pipeworks, docks and workshops.^[3] The State Industrial Enterprises portfolio was abolished in 1925 in the first Lang ministry.

State Development (1986-2011)

The Minister for State Development was a minister in the New South Wales Government that sought to attract new investment into the State and to identify opportunities for existing NSW businesses, through providing services to the business sector and co-ordination services to the public sector to develop an internationally competitive economy in New South Wales.^[4][5]

The portfolio was abolished in 2011 with the formation of the O'Farrell ministry and its responsibilities were split between the portfolios of Trade and Investment and Regional Infrastructure and Services.^[6]

List of ministers

Industry

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Industry, or any precedent titles:

Ministerial title	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry	Jacob Garrard		Free Trade		11 March 1895	15 August 1898	3 years, 157 days
	James Hogue				27 August 1898	13 September 1899	1 year, 17 days
	John Perry		Protectionist		14 September 1899	27 March 1901	4 years, 274 days
			Progressive		28 March 1901	14 June 1904
	John Fegan				17 June 1904	29 August 1904	73 days
	Broughton O'Conor		Liberal Reform		29 August 1904	13 May 1907	2 years, 257 days
	James Hogue				14 May 1907	1 October 1907	140 days
Minister for Labour and Industry	William Wood				2 October 1907	21 January 1908	111 days
	James Hogue				22 January 1908	20 October 1910	2 years, 271 days
	George Beeby		Labor		21 October 1910	10 September 1911	324 days
	Campbell Carmichael				11 September 1911	26 November 1911	76 days
	George Beeby				27 November 1911	9 December 1912	1 year, 12 days
	Campbell Carmichael				10 December 1912	29 June 1913	201 days
	James McGowen				30 June 1913	29 January 1914	213 days
	John Estell				29 January 1914	31 October 1916	2 years, 276 days
	Henry Hoyle				31 October 1916	15 November 1916	15 days
	George Beeby		Nationalist		15 November 1916	23 July 1919	2 years, 250 days
	Augustus James				23 July 1919	12 April 1920	264 days
	George Cann		Labor		12 April 1920	10 October 1921	1 year, 181 days
Minister of Public Instruction and Labour and Industry	Thomas Ley		Nationalist		20 December 1921	20 December 1921	7 hours
Minister for Labour and Industry	Ernest Farrar		Nationalist		13 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 65 days
	Jack Baddeley		Labor		17 June 1925	18 October 1927	2 years, 123 days
	Ernest Farrar		Nationalist		18 October 1927	3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
	Jack Baddeley		Labor		4 November 1930	15 October 1931	345 days
			Labor (NSW)		15 October 1931	13 May 1932	211 days
	John Dunningham		Nationalist		16 May 1932	26 May 1938	6 years, 10 days
	Alexander Mair				1 June 1938	13 October 1938	134 days
	Herbert Hawkins				13 October 1938	16 June 1939	246 days
	Athol Richardson				26 June 1939	5 August 1939	51 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services					5 August 1939	16 August 1939
	George Gollan				16 August 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 273 days
	Hamilton Knight		Labor		16 May 1941	6 February 1947	5 years, 266 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare					6 February 1947	29 October 1947
	Jack Baddeley				29 October 1947	9 March 1948	132 days
	Frank Finnan				9 March 1948	30 June 1950	4 years, 351 days
Minister for Labour and Industry					30 June 1950	23 February 1953
	Abe Landa				23 February 1953	15 March 1956	3 years, 21 days
	Jim Maloney				15 March 1956	13 May 1965	9 years, 59 days
	Eric Willis		Liberal		13 May 1965	11 March 1971	5 years, 302 days
	Frederick Hewitt				11 March 1971	14 May 1976	5 years, 64 days
Minister for Industrial Development Minister for Decentralisation	Don Day		Labor	Wran (3) (4) (5)	29 February 1980	10 February 1984	3 years, 347 days
Minister for Industry and Decentralisation	George Paciullo			Wran (6)	10 February 1984	5 April 1984	55 days
	Eric Bedford			Wran (7)	5 April 1984	31 December 1985	1 year, 270 days
	Neville Wran				1 January 1986	6 February 1986	36 days
Minister for Industry and Small Business	Peter Cox			Wran (8) Unsworth	6 February 1986	26 November 1987	1 year, 293 days
Minister for Commerce	John Della Bosca		Labor	Carr (4) Iemma (1)	2 April 2003	2 April 2007	4 years, 0 days
	Eric Roozendaal			Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days
	Carmel Tebbutt			Rees	8 September 2008	14 September 2009	1 year, 6 days
	Jodi McKay				14 September 2009	4 December 2009	81 days
	John Robertson			Keneally	8 December 2009	21 May 2010	164 days
	Paul Lynch				21 May 2010	28 March 2011	311 days
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy	Anthony Roberts		Liberal	Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
Minister for Trade and Industry	Niall Blair		National	Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	2 April 2019	2 years, 62 days	[7][8]
Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade	John Barilaro			Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	6 October 2021	2 years, 187 days	[9]
Minister for Trade and Industry	Stuart Ayres		Liberal	Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	76 days	[10][11]
Treasurer	Daniel Mookhey		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)	5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	8 days
Minister for Industry and Trade	Anoulack Chanthivong				5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	incumbent	2 years, 15 days

Trade

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Trade, or any precedent titles:

Ministerial title	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Trade and Investment	Andrew Stoner		National	O'Farrell Baird (1)	4 April 2011	17 October 2014	3 years, 196 days
	Troy Grant			Baird (1)	17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events	Stuart Ayres		Liberal	Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
Minister for Trade and Industry	Niall Blair		National	Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	2 April 2019	2 years, 62 days	[12][13]
Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade	John Barilaro			Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	6 October 2021	2 years, 187 days	[9]
Minister for Trade and Industry	Stuart Ayres		Liberal	Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	301 days	[10][11]
Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade				Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	3 August 2022 (2022-08-03)		[14]
	Alister Henskens				5 August 2022	28 March 2023	235 days	[15]
Treasurer	Daniel Mookhey		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for Industry and Trade	Anoulack Chanthivong				5 April 2023	incumbent	2 years, 15 days

Former ministerial titles

State Industrial Enterprises

The following individuals have served as the Minister for State Industrial Enterprises, or any equivalent titles:

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for State Industrial Enterprises	Carlo Lazzarini		Labor	Dooley (1)	10 October 1921	20 December 1921	71 days
Minister for Business Undertakings	Stephen Perdriau		Nationalist	Fuller (1)	20 December 1921	20 December 1921	7 hours
Minister for State Industrial Enterprises	Carlo Lazzarini		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

Decentralisation

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Decentralisation, or any equivalent titles:

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation	Jack Renshaw		Labor	Heffron (2) Renshaw	14 March 1962	13 May 1965	3 years, 60 days
Minister for Decentralisation and Development	John Fuller		Country	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	13 May 1965	3 December 1973	8 years, 204 days
	Tim Bruxner			Askin (6)	3 December 1973	23 January 1976	2 years, 51 days
	Milton Morris		Liberal	Lewis (1) (2) Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
	Don Day		Labor	Wran (1)	14 May 1976	19 October 1978	2 years, 158 days
Minister for Decentralisation	Jack Hallam			Wran (2)	19 October 1978	29 February 1980	1 year, 133 days
Minister for Industrial Development Minister for Decentralisation	Don Day			Wran (3) (4) (5)	29 February 1980	10 February 1984	3 years, 347 days
Minister for Industry and Decentralisation	George Paciullo			Wran (6)	10 February 1984	5 April 1984	55 days
	Eric Bedford			Wran (7)	5 April 1984	31 December 1985	1 year, 270 days
	Neville Wran				1 January 1986	6 February 1986	36 days

State Development

Title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for State Development	Barrie Unsworth		Labor	Unsworth	4 July 1986	21 March 1988	1 year, 261 days
	Wal Murray		National	Greiner (1)	21 March 1988	24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
	John Hannaford		Liberal		24 July 1990	6 June 1991	317 days
	Michael Yabsley			Greiner (2)	6 June 1991	24 June 1992	1 year, 18 days
	Robert Webster		National	Fahey (1)	24 June 1992	3 July 1992	9 days
	Peter Collins		Liberal	Fahey (2)	3 July 1992	26 May 1993	327 days
Minister for Economic Development	John Fahey			Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for State Development	Michael Egan		Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	15 December 1995	255 days
Minister for State and Regional Development					15 December 1995	1 December 1997	1 year, 351 days
Minister for State Development				Carr (2) (3) (4)	1 December 1997	21 January 2005	7 years, 51 days
	Andrew Refshauge			Iemma (1)	21 January 2005	3 August 2005	194 days
	John Watkins				3 August 2005	17 February 2006	198 days
	Morris Iemma				17 February 2006	2 April 2007	1 year, 44 days
	Ian Macdonald			Iemma (2)Rees	2 April 2007	17 November 2009	2 years, 229 days
	Eric Roozendaal			Keneally	17 November 2009	4 December 2009	17 days
Minister for State and Regional Development	Ian Macdonald				8 December 2009	5 June 2010	179 days
	Eric Roozendaal				5 June 2010	28 March 2011	296 days

Investment

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Investment, or any precedent titles:

Ministerial title	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Trade and Investment	Andrew Stoner		National	O'Farrell Baird (1)	4 April 2011	17 October 2014	3 years, 196 days
	Troy Grant			Baird (1)	17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney	Stuart Ayres		Liberal	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	3 years, 123 days	[9]
Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade				Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	3 August 2022 (2022-08-03)		[14]
	Alister Henskens				5 August 2022	28 March 2023	235 days	[16]
Treasurer	Daniel Mookhey		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days