Minister for Tourism and Sport (New South Wales)

The Minister for Tourism and Sport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the administration and support for all sporting bodies and tourism in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Tourism and Sport
Incumbent
Stuart Ayres
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorPremier of New South Wales
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderEric Willis
Formation11 March 1971

The current Minister for Tourism and Sport is Stuart Ayres, who also serves as the Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade and the Minister for Western Sydney. The minister is assisted in the management of the portfolio by the Minister for Hospitality and Racing, currently Kevin Anderson, who also serves as the Minister for Lands and Water. Both ministers serve in the Perrottet ministry, with effect from 21 December 2021.[1][2]

The ministers administers the portfolio through the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster, in particular throughout the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and through a range of other agencies including the Office of Sport.

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as minister where they have held portfolios that included both tourism and sport:

TitleMinister [2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Tourism and Sport Eric Willis   Liberal Askin (4) 11 March 1971 19 June 1972 1 year, 100 days [3]
Minister for Tourism
Minister for Sport		 David Arblaster   Liberal Willis 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 112 days [4]
Ken Booth   Labor Wran (1) (2) (3) 14 May 1976 2 October 1981 5 years, 141 days [5]
Michael Cleary Wran (4) 2 October 1981 26 May 1982 6 years, 175 days [6]
Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism Wran (4) (5) 26 May 1982 10 February 1984
Minister for Tourism
Minister for Sport 		Wran (6) (7) (8)
Unsworth 		10 February 1984 25 March 1988
Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation Sandra Nori   Labor Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 2003 2 April 2007 4 years, 0 days [7]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events
Minister for Sport		 Stuart Ayres   Liberal Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days [8][9]
Minister for Tourism and Sport Stuart Ayres   Liberal Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 incumbent 133 days [8][1]

Former ministerial titles

Tourism
This section is an excerpt from Minister for Tourism (New South Wales) § List of ministers.[edit]
TitleMinister [2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration Clive Evatt   Labor McKell (2) 9 May 1946 6 February 1947 273 days [10]
Frank Finnan McGirr (1) (2) 6 February 1947 9 March 1948 1 year, 32 days [11]
Claude Matthews McGirr (2) 9 March 1948 21 September 1949 1 year, 196 days [12]
Joshua Arthur 21 September 1949 30 June 1950 282 days [13]
Minister for Tourist Activities Gus Kelly   Labor Cahill (4)
Heffron (1) (2)
Renshaw 		1 April 1959 13 May 1965 6 years, 42 days [14]
Eric Willis   Liberal Askin (1) 13 May 1965 5 March 1968 7 years, 37 days [3]
Minister for Tourism Askin (2) (3) (4) 5 March 1968 11 March 1971
Minister for Tourism and Sport Askin (4) 11 March 1971 19 June 1972
Minister for Tourism Tom Lewis Askin (4) (5) (6) 19 June 1972 3 January 1975 2 years, 198 days [15]
Charles Cutler   National Lewis (1) 3 January 1975 16 December 1975 347 days [16]
Tim Bruxner Lewis (2) 17 December 1975 23 January 1976 37 days [17]
David Arblaster [lower-alpha 1]   Liberal Willis 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 112 days [4]
Ken Booth [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Wran (1) (2) (3) 14 May 1976 2 October 1981 5 years, 141 days [5]
Michael Cleary [lower-alpha 1] Wran (4) 2 October 1981 26 May 1982 6 years, 175 days [6]
Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism Wran (4) (5) 26 May 1982 10 February 1984
Minister for Tourism Wran (6) (7) (8)
Unsworth 		10 February 1984 25 March 1988
Garry West   National Greiner (1) 25 March 1988 6 June 1991 3 years, 73 days [18]
Michael Yabsley   Liberal Greiner (2) 6 June 1991 24 June 1992 1 year, 18 days [19]
Robert Webster   National Fahey (1) 24 June 1992 3 July 1992 9 days [20]
Bruce Baird   Liberal Fahey (2) 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 327 days [21]
Virginia Chadwick Fahey (3) 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days [22]
Brian Langton   Labor Carr (1) 4 April 1995 1 December 1997 2 years, 241 days [23]
Bob Debus Carr (2) 1 December 1997 8 April 1999 1 year, 128 days [24]
Sandra Nori Carr (3) 8 April 1999 2 April 2003 7 years, 359 days [7]
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 2003 2 April 2007
Minister for Tourism Matt Brown Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 5 September 2008 1 year, 156 days [25]
Jodi McKay Rees
Keneally 		8 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 201 days [26]
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing George Souris   National O'Farrell 4 April 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 19 days [27]
Minister for Tourism and Major Events Andrew Stoner Baird (1) 23 April 2014 17 October 2014 177 days [28]
Troy Grant 17 October 2014 2 April 2015 167 days [29]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres [lower-alpha 1]   Liberal Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days [8][9]
Minister for Tourism and Major Events Adam Marshall   National Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [30]
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres   Liberal Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		2 April 2019 21 December 2021 3 years, 31 days [8][31]
Minister for Tourism and Sport Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 incumbent [8][1]

Sport
This section is an excerpt from Minister for Sport (New South Wales) § List of ministers.[edit]
TitleMinister [2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Tourism and Sport Eric Willis   Liberal Askin (4) 11 March 1971 19 June 1972 1 year, 100 days [3]
Minister for Sport Ian Griffith Askin (4) (5) (6) 19 June 1972 3 January 1975 2 years, 198 days [32]
Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation John Barraclough Lewis (1) (2) 3 January 1975 23 January 1976 1 year, 20 days [33]
David Arblaster [lower-alpha 2] Willis 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 112 days [4]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Ken Booth [lower-alpha 2]   Labor Wran (1) (2) (3) 14 May 1976 2 October 1981 5 years, 141 days [5]
Michael Cleary [lower-alpha 2] Wran (4) 2 October 1981 26 May 1982 6 years, 171 days [6]
Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism Wran (4) (5) 26 May 1982 10 February 1984
Minister for Sport and Recreation Wran (6) (7) (8)
Unsworth 		10 February 1984 21 March 1988
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing Bob Rowland Smith   National Greiner (1) 25 March 1988 18 September 1989 3 years, 60 days [34]
Minister for Sport and Recreation 18 September 1989 24 May 1991
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing George Souris Greiner (2)
Fahey (1) 		6 June 1991 3 July 1992 1 year, 27 days [35]
Joe Schipp   Liberal Fahey (2) 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 327 days [36]
Christopher Downy Fahey (3) 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days [37]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Gabrielle Harrison   Labor Carr (1) (2) 4 April 1995 8 April 1999 4 years, 4 days [38]
John Watkins Carr (3) 8 April 1999 21 November 2001 2 years, 227 days [39]
Morris Iemma 21 November 2001 2 April 2003 1 year, 132 days [40]
Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation Sandra Nori Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 2003 2 April 2007 4 years, 0 days [7]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Graham West Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 5 September 2008 1 year, 156 days [41]
Kevin Greene Rees
Keneally 		5 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 204 days [42]
Graham Annesley   Liberal O'Farrell 3 April 2011 28 August 2013 2 years, 147 days [43]
Gabrielle Upton 30 August 2013 23 April 2014 236 days [44]
Stuart Ayres [lower-alpha 3] Baird (1) 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 4 years, 334 days [8]
Minister for Sport Baird (2)
Berejiklian (1) 		2 April 2015 23 March 2019
Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans John Sidoti Berejiklian (2) 2 April 2019 17 September 2019 168 days [45][46]
Geoff Lee (acting) 17 September 2019 27 May 2021 1 year, 232 days
Natalie Ward Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		27 May 2021 21 December 2021 208 days [47] [48]
Minister for Tourism and Sport Stuart Ayres Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 incumbent 133 days [8][1]

See also

Notes
  1. Concurrently Minister for Sport.
  2. Concurrently Minister for Tourism.
  3. Stuart Ayres held the Tourism portfolio from 2 April 2015 until 30 January 2017.

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