Minister for Justice (New South Wales)

Minister for Justice and Police Minister for Racing

Incumbent Troy Grant since 2 April 2015
Department of Justice
Style	The Honourable
Inaugural holder	George Wigram Allen (Justice) Michael Cleary (Racing)
Formation	9 December 1873 4 July 1986

Minister for Corrections Minister for Veterans Affairs

Incumbent David Elliott since 2 April 2015
Department of Justice
Style	The Honourable
Inaugural holder	Bill Haigh
Formation	19 October 1978

The New South Wales Minister for Justice and Police is the elected officer of the government in the Australian state of New South Wales that is commissioned with responsibility for the administration of justice. The position supports the Attorney General and is typically, although not always, held concurrently with that office.

The current Minister for Justice and Police is Troy Grant, who is also the Deputy Premier of New South Wales. He is assisted in the administration of the portfolio by the Minister for Corrections and Minister for Veterans Affairs, currently David Elliott. Both have held these ministerial responsibilities since 2 April 2015.^[1]

Together they administers their portfolio through the New South Wales Department of Justice and have responsibilities for Juvenile Justice, Prisons and Corrective Services. Grant also serves as Minister for Racing and administers the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing.^[2]

Ministers for Justice

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
George Wigram Allen	None	1873–1875	Minister for Justice and Public Instruction
Joseph Docker		1875–1877
Francis Suttor		1877
John Lackey		1877
Joseph Leary		1877–1878
Francis Suttor		1878–1880
Francis Suttor		1880	Minister for Justice
Sir Joseph Innes		1880–1881
William Foster		1881–1883
Henry Cohen		1883–1885
James Farnell		1885
Thomas Slattery		1885
Louis Heydon		1885–1886
James Garvan	Protectionist	1886–1887
William Clarke	Free Trade	1887–1889
Thomas Slattery	Protectionist	1889
Albert Gould	Free Trade	1889–1891
Richard O'Connor	Protectionist	1891–1893
Thomas Slattery	Protectionist	1893–1894
Albert Gould	Free Trade	1894–1898
Charles Lee		1898–1899
John Hughes		1899
William Wood	Protectionist	1899–1901
Robert Fitzgerald	Progressive Party	1901
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
Thomas Waddell	Progressive Party	1904	Minister for Justice
Charles Wade	Liberal Reform	1904–1909
John Garland	Liberal Reform	1909–1910
William Holman	Labor	1910–1912
David Hall	Labor	1912–1916
John Garland	Nationalist	1916–1919
John FitzGerald	Nationalist	1919–1920
Edward McTiernan	Labor	1920
William McKell	Labor	1920–1921
Thomas Bavin	Nationalist	1921
William McKell	Labor	1921–1922
Thomas Ley	Nationalist	1922–1925
William McKell	Labor	1925–1927
Andrew Lysaght	Labor	1927
John Lee	Nationalist	1927–1930
Joseph Lamaro	Labor	1930–1931
William McKell	Labor	1931–1932
Daniel Levy	United Australia	1932
Lewis Martin		1932–1939
Vernon Treatt		1939–1941
Reg Downing	Labor	1941–1960
Jack Mannix	Labor	1960–1965
John Maddison	Liberal	1965–1976
Ron Mulock	Labor	1976–1978
Frank Walker		1978–1983
Paul Landa		1983–1984
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
Terry Griffiths	Liberal	1991–1992	Minister for Justice
Ted Pickering		1992
Wayne Merton		1992–1993
John Hannaford		1993–1995
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hatzistergos	Labor	2003–2005	Minister for Justice
Tony Kelly		2005–2007
John Hatzistergos		2007–2011
Greg Smith	Liberal	2011–2014
Brad Hazzard	Liberal	2014-2015
Troy Grant	Nationals	2 April 2015 – present	Minister for Justice and Police

Assistant ministers

Juvenile Justice

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Carmel Tebbutt	Labor	8 April 1999 – 2 April 2003	Minister for Juvenile Justice
Diane Beamer		2 April 2003 – 3 August 2005
Tony Kelly		3 August 2005 – 2 April 2007
John Hatzistergos		2 April 2007 – 11 April 2007
Barbara Perry		11 April 2007 – 5 September 2008
Graham West		8 September 2008 – 5 June 2010
Barbara Perry		5 June 2010 – 28 March 2011

Corrective Services

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Bill Haigh	Labor	19 October 1978 – 2 October 1981	Minister for Corrective Services
Rex Jackson		2 October 1981 – 27 October 1983
Peter Anderson		27 October 1983 – 5 April 1984
John Akister		5 April 1984 – 21 March 1988
Ray Aston	Liberal	25 March 1988 – 23 May 1988
John Fahey		23 May 1988 – 8 June 1988
Michael Yabsley		8 June 1988 – 6 June 1991
Terry Griffiths		6 June 1991 – 28 June 1991	Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bob Debus	Labor	4 April 1995 – 12 January 2001	Minister for Corrective Services
John Watkins		12 January 2001 – 21 November 2001
Richard Amery		21 November 2001 – 2 April 2003
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Robertson	Labor	30 January 2009 – 4 December 2009	Minister for Corrective Services
Phillip Costa	Labor	8 December 2009 – 28 March 2011	Minister for Corrective Services
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
David Elliott	Liberal	2 April 2015 – present	Minister for Corrections

Racing

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Michael Cleary	Labor	4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988	Minister for Racing
Bob Rowland Smith	National	1988–1989	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing
Bob Rowland Smith		1989–1991	Minister for Racing
George Souris		1991–1992	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing
Joe Schipp	Liberal	1992–1993
Christopher Downy	Liberal	1993–1995
Richard Face	Labor	1995–2003	Minister for Gaming and Racing
Michael Egan		2003
Grant McBride		2003–2007
Graham West		2007–2008
Kevin Greene		2008–2011
George Souris	National	4 April 2011 – 23 April 2014	Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing
Troy Grant		23 April 2014 – 2 April 2015	Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing
Troy Grant		2 April 2015 – present	Minister for Racing

Veterans Affairs

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Graham West	Labor	23 January 2009 – 4 December 2009	Minister Assisting the Premier on Veterans Affairs
Peter Primrose		4 December 2009 – 21 May 2010
Frank Terenzini		21 May 2010 – 28 March 2011
Office not in use	N/A	N/A	N/A
Victor Dominello	Liberal	23 April 2014 – 28 March 2015	Minister for Veterans Affairs
David Elliott	Liberal	2 April 2015 – present	Minister for Veterans Affairs

References

↑ Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ Needham, Kirsty (5 April 2015). "Long arm of the law extends as police minister set to control liquor trade in NSW". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

External links

New South Wales Attorney General's Department website

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