Minister without portfolio (New South Wales)

Minister without portfolio or Honorary Minister was the title given to a member of the Cabinet who did not have responsibility for a department or portfolio. They were not paid in addition to their allowance as a member of parliament.^[1] The title was first used in the Lyne ministry in 1901 when Paddy Crick ceased to be Postmaster-General as a result of the Federation of Australia and remained in the Cabinet until he was appointed Secretary for Lands in the See ministry. The first people appointed without a portfolio were James Hayes,^[2] and Walter Bennett in the See ministry.^[3] The ministers without a portfolio were often given specific responsibilities using section 36 of the Constitution of New South Wales under which the Governor could authorise any member of the cabinet to perform the duties of another minister, except for the Attorney General.^[4] The title was last used in the third Cahill ministry. From 1959 the title "minister assisting ..." or "assistant minister ..." has been used.^[5]

Minister without portfolio of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Formation	1 March 1901
First holder	Paddy Crick
Final holder	John McMahon
Abolished	1 April 1959

List of ministers

Responsibilities	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
	Paddy Crick		Protectionist	Lyne	1 March 1901	10 April 1901	40 days
	James Hayes		Progressive	See	11 April 1901	14 June 1904	3 years, 64 days	[2]
	Walter Bennett				16 April 1901		3 years, 59 days	[3]
	John Fegan				24 March 1903		1 year, 82 days	[6]
Assisting Treasurer	William Dick		Liberal Reform	Carruthers	29 August 1904	1 October 1907	3 years, 33 days	[7][8]
	James Brunker				12 June 1905		2 years, 111 days	[9]
	James Ashton			Wade	2 October 1907	25 June 1909	1 year, 265 days	[10]
	Charles Oakes					20 October 1910	3 years, 18 days	[11]
	Campbell Carmichael		Labor	McGowen	21 October 1910	10 September 1911	2 years, 251 days	[12]
Assisting Minister of Agriculture	John Treflé					6 November 1911	1 year, 16 days	[13]
	John Dacey				10 November 1911	26 November 1911	16 days	[14]
Assistant Treasurer	Henry Hoyle			Holman (1)	29 January 1914	31 October 1916	2 years, 276 days	[15]
	William Grahame				15 March 1915	1 June 1915	78 days	[16]
	Charles Oakes		Nationalist	Holman (2)	18 July 1919	9 February 1920	206 days	[11]
Acting Minister of Public Health	David Storey				15 November 1916	18 July 1919	2 years, 245 days	[17][18]
Premier	William Holman				30 October 1918	12 April 1920	1 year, 165 days	[19]
Assisting Secretary for Lands	John Crane				9 February 1920	12 April 1920	63 days	[20][21]
Assisting Minister of Agriculture	Arthur Grimm							[22][21]
Assistant Minister of Justice	Bill McKell		Labor	Storey	12 April 1920	21 December 1920	253 days	[23]
Assistant Treasurer	Bill McKell		Labor	Lang (1)	17 June 1925	7 June 1927	1 year, 355 days	[23][24]
	Robert Cruickshank			Lang (2)	19 September 1927	18 October 1927	29 days	[25]
	Bertram Stevens		Nationalist	Bavin	18 October 1927	15 April 1929	1 year, 179 days	[26]
Assistant Treasurer	Eric Spooner		United Australia	Stevens (1) (2)	18 June 1932	21 August 1935	3 years, 64 days
Assistant Minister in the Legislative Council	James Ryan					13 April 1938	5 years, 299 days
Assisting the Minister for Labour and Industry	Herbert Hawkins			Stevens (1)		5 January 1933	201 days
Assistant Colonial Secretary				Stevens (1) (2)	5 January 1933	21 August 1935	2 years, 187 days
	Herbert FitzSimons			Stevens (1)	15 February 1933	10 February 1935	1 year, 360 days
	James Shand			Stevens (2)	22 August 1935	13 April 1938	2 years, 234 days
	George Gollan				2 April 1937		1 year, 11 days
	Colin Sinclair				29 June 1937	31 January 1938	216 days
	Alexander Mair				13 April 1938	1 June 1938	49 days
	Athol Richardson					13 October 1938	183 days
	Marsden Manfred			Stevens (2) Mair	26 June 1939	16 May 1941	40 days
	Hubert Primrose			Stevens (2)		5 August 1939	40 days
				Mair	5 September 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 253 days
	Carlo Lazzarini		Labor	McKell (1)	16 May 1941	8 June 1944	3 years, 23 days
	William Dickson
	Clive Evatt			McKell (2)	8 June 1944	9 May 1946	1 year, 335 days
	William Dickson					6 February 1947	2 years, 243 days
	George Weir				25 February 1946	9 May 1946	73 days
	William Dickson			McGirr (1) (2)	6 February 1947	9 March 1948	102 days
	Joshua Arthur			McGirr (2)	15 September 1949	21 September 1949	6 days
	Frank Hawkins			McGirr (3)	30 June 1950	2 April 1952	1 year, 277 days
	George Enticknap			Cahill (1)	3 April 1952	3 November 1952	214 days
	George Weir				3 November 1952	23 February 1953	112 days
	John McGrath			Cahill (2)	23 February 1953	2 September 1954	1 year, 191 days
	Francis Buckley					16 September 1953	205 days
	William Gollan				16 September 1953	1 July 1954	288 days
	Roger Nott				10 May 1954	15 March 1956	1 year, 310 days
	Jim Maloney				1 July 1954		1 year, 258 days
	William Gollan			Cahill (3)	15 March 1956	22 November 1957	1 year, 252 days
	Jim Simpson
	John McMahon				14 November 1957	1 April 1959	1 year, 138 days
Minister Assisting the Premier and Treasurer	Pat Hills			Cahill (4)	1 April 1959	28 October 1959	210 days
Minister Assisting the Premier	Bill Haigh		Labor	Wran (1) (2)	14 May 1976	29 February 1980	3 years, 291 days
	Jack Hallam, MLC			Wran (2)	19 October 1978		1 year, 133 days
Minister Assisting the Premier	Peter Anderson		Labor	Wran (7)	6 February 1985	1 January 1986	329 days