Minister for Police and Emergency Services (New South Wales)
The New South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency Services are minister in the Government of New South Wales who have responsibilities which includes conduct and regulation of all police and services agencies and personnel and also deals with operational and event planning issues, and for fire and rescue services in New South Wales, Australia.
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Department of Family and Community Services and Justice | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder | John Waddy (as Minister for Police) Bob Heffron (as Minister for National Emergency Services) |
Formation | 3 January 1975 (Police) 1941 (Emergency Services) |
The current Minister for Police and Emergency Services is The Honourable David Elliott MP, since 2 April 2019.[1][2] The minister administers the portfolio through the Family and Community Services and Justice cluster, in particular through the Department of Family and Community Services and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies including the New South Wales Crime Commission, the New South Wales Police Force and the Police Integrity Commission, Emergency Management NSW, Fire and Rescue NSW, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and the New South Wales State Emergency Service.[3][4][5]
Ultimately the minister is responsible to Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers
Police and emergency services
The following individuals have served as Ministers for Police and Emergency Services, or any precedent titles:
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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John Waddy | Liberal | Minister for Police | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | 1 year, 20 days | |||
Bill Crabtree | Labor | Minister for Police | 1980 | 1981 | ||||
Peter Anderson | 1981 | 1982 | ||||||
Minister for Police and Emergency Services | 1982 | 1986 | ||||||
George Paciullo | 1986 | 1988 | ||||||
Ted Pickering | Liberal | 1988 | 1992 | |||||
Terry Griffiths | Minister for Police | 1992 | 1994 | |||||
Garry West | National | 1994 | 1995 | |||||
Paul Whelan | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 21 November 2001 | 6 years, 231 days | ||||
Michael Costa | 2001 | 2003 | ||||||
John Watkins | 2003 | 2005 | ||||||
Carl Scully | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
John Watkins | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
David Campbell | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||
Matt Brown | 2008 | 2008 | ||||||
Tony Kelly | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
Michael Daley | 14 September 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 195 days | |||||
Mike Gallacher | Liberal | Minister for Police and Emergency Services | 4 April 2011 | 2 May 2014 | 3 years, 28 days | |||
Stuart Ayres | 6 May 2014 | 1 April 2015 | 330 days | |||||
Troy Grant | National | Minister for Police and Justice | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 3 years, 355 days | |||
Minister for Police | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | [6][7] | |||||
David Elliott | Liberal | Minister for Police and Emergency Services | 2 April 2019 | incumbent | 1 year, 299 days | [1] |
Former ministerial titles
Emergency services
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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Michael Bruxner | Country | Minister in Charge of National Emergency Services | 1 February 1939 | 11 February 1941 | 2 years, 10 days | |||
Hubert Primrose | United Australia | 11 February 1941 | 16 May 1941 | 94 days | [8][9] | |||
Bob Heffron | Labor | Minister for National Emergency Services | 16 May 1941 | 8 June 1944 | 3 years, 23 days | |||
Jack Baddeley | 8 June 1944 | 8 September 1949 | 5 years, 92 days | |||||
James McGirr | 8 September 1949 | 21 September 1949 | 13 days | |||||
John Waddy | Liberal | Minister for Services | 1975 | 1976 | ||||
Ron Mulock | Labor | Minister for Services | 1976 | 1977 | ||||
William Haigh | 1977 | 1978 | ||||||
Bill Crabtree | 1978 | 1981 | ||||||
Peter Anderson | 1981 | 1982 | ||||||
Minister for Police and Emergency Services | 1982 | 1986 | ||||||
George Paciullo | 1986 | 1988 | ||||||
Ted Pickering | Liberal | 1988 | 1992 | |||||
Minister for Emergency Services | 1992 | 1992 | ||||||
Wayne Merton | 1992 | 1993 | ||||||
Terry Griffiths | 1993 | 1994 | ||||||
Garry West | National | 1994 | 1995 | |||||
Bob Debus | Labor | 1995 | 1997 | |||||
Brian Langton | 1997 | 1998 | ||||||
Bob Debus | 1998 | 2003 | ||||||
Tony Kelly | 2003 | 2007 | ||||||
Nathan Rees | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||
Tony Kelly | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
Steve Whan | 2009 | 4 April 2011 | ||||||
Mike Gallacher | Liberal | Minister for Police and Emergency Services | 4 April 2011 | 2 May 2014 | 3 years, 28 days | |||
Stuart Ayres | 6 May 2014 | 1 April 2015 | 330 days | |||||
David Elliott | Minister for Emergency Services | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | ||||
Troy Grant | National | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | [6] | |||
References
- "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- Sas, Nick (31 March 2019). "Gladys Berejiklian says Liberal Party has no women problem as re-elected NSW Premier shuffles Cabinet". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- "The Ministry for Police and Emergency Services". About us. NSW Government. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- "Portfolio: Police and Emergency Services". NSW Government Directory. NSW Government. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- "N.E. SERVICE ON STATUTORY BASIS". Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "NEW N.E.S. CHIEF WELCOMED". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1941. p. 13. Retrieved 7 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.