Minister for Western Sydney

The Minister for Western Sydney is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the region to the west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Western Sydney
Incumbent
Stuart Ayres
since 30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)
Department of Regional NSW
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorPremier of New South Wales
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderKim Yeadon
Formation1 December 1997

It was first established in 1997 in the second Carr ministry as an assistant minister,[1] before becoming a separate portfolio in the third Carr ministry. The portfolio was only intermittently responsible for any legislation, nor tasked with the management of a department. The region is not defined, although generally consistent with Greater Western Sydney the portfolio has on occasion been responsible for areas outside that region, such as the Sydney Olympic Park.[2]

In the second Perrottet ministry the portfolio is responsible for the Western Parkland City Authority, which includes the regiod around the Western Sydney Airport.[3] The current minister, Stuart Ayres, also holds the portfolios of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and tourism and sport.[4]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for Western Sydney, or any precedent titles:

TitleMinister[4]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Western Sydney Kim Yeadon   Labor Carr (3) 8 April 1999 2 April 2003 3 years, 359 days
Diane Beamer Carr (4)
Iemma (1)		 2 April 2003 2 April 2007 4 years, 0 days
Graham West Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 11 April 2007 9 days
Barbara Perry 11 April 2007 8 September 2008 1 year, 150 days
David Borger Rees
Keneally		 8 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 201 days
Barry O'Farrell   Liberal O'Farrell 3 April 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 364 days
Mike Baird Baird (1) (2) 23 April 2014 23 January 2017 1 year, 296 days
Stuart Ayres Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 5 years, 92 days
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)		 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 [5]
Minister for Western Sydney Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 incumbent [6]

Assistant ministers
TitleMinister[4]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Kim Yeadon   Labor Carr (1) (2) 1 December 1997 8 April 1999 1 year, 128 days
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Stuart Ayres   Liberal O'Farrell
Baird (1)		 9 December 2013 2 April 2015 1 year, 114 days

References
  1. "PFO-193 Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. "PFO-180 Western Sydney [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. "PFO-413 Western Sydney [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
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