Minister for Sport (New South Wales)

Former government minister in New South Wales, Australia

Minister for Sport

Incumbent
Steve Kamper
since 5 April 2023

Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
Style| The Honourable
Nominator| Premier of New South Wales
Appointer| Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder| Eric Willis
(as the Minister for Tourism and Sport)
Formation| 11 March 1971

The Minister for Sport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the administration and support for all sporting bodies in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It has often been combined with other portfolio responsibilities, most commonly Tourism.[1]

## Scope[edit]

### Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation (1975-1976)[edit]

The formation of the ministry and supporting department was a response to the Government’s growing involvement in leisure and sporting activities. Included in these activities were sport, recreation, the visual arts and crafts, and the performing arts. Some of the government controls relating to motor, horse and greyhound racing, Sunday entertainment and the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground were also transferred to the new Department from the Chief Secretary, although the Chief Secretary’s successor, the Department of Services, continued to provide the administrative staff for many of these activities.[2]

The responsibilities of the portfolio included the Advisory Committee on Cultural Grants, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Archives Authority of New South Wales, the Library and Library Board of New South Wales, Museums, Film Council, Observatory and Opera House and the sport and recreation service of New South Wales. The last organisation aimed to promote physical fitness and recreational opportunities which was achieved by providing camping facilities, swimming instruction, school vacation play centres.[3]

The ministry was abolished in the first Wran ministry in 1976, separated into the portfolio of Sport and Recreation and while cultural activities became the responsibility of the Premier.

## List of ministers[edit]

The following individuals have served as minister where sport was one of the responsibilities in the portfolio:

Title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes

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Minister for Tourism and Sport  | Eric Willis |  | Liberal | Askin (4) | 11 March 1971  | 19 June 1972  | 1 year, 100 days  | [4]
Minister for Sport  | Ian Griffith | Askin (4) (5) (6) | 19 June 1972  | 3 January 1975  | 2 years, 198 days  | [5]
Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation  | John Barraclough | Lewis (1) (2) | 3 January 1975  | 23 January 1976  | 1 year, 20 days  | [6]
David Arblaster [a] | Willis | 23 January 1976  | 14 May 1976  | 112 days  | [7]
Minister for Sport and Recreation  | Ken Booth [a] |  | Labor | Wran (1) (2) (3) | 14 May 1976  | 2 October 1981  | 5 years, 141 days  | [8]
Michael Cleary [a] | Wran (4) | 2 October 1981  | 26 May 1982  | 6 years, 171 days | [9]
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  | [10]
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  | [11]
Joe Schipp |  | Liberal | Fahey (2) | 3 July 1992  | 26 May 1993  | 327 days  | [12]
Christopher Downy | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993  | 4 April 1995  | 1 year, 313 days  | [13]
Minister for Sport and Recreation  | Gabrielle Harrison |  | Labor | Carr (1) (2) | 4 April 1995  | 8 April 1999  | 4 years, 4 days  | [14]
John Watkins | Carr (3) | 8 April 1999  | 21 November 2001  | 2 years, 227 days  | [15]
Morris Iemma | 21 November 2001  | 2 April 2003  | 1 year, 132 days  | [16]
Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation  | Sandra Nori [a] | Carr (4)
Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003  | 2 April 2007  | 4 years, 0 days  | [17]
Minister for Sport and Recreation  | Graham West | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007  | 5 September 2008  | 1 year, 156 days  | [18]
Kevin Greene | Rees
Keneally | 5 September 2008  | 28 March 2011  | 2 years, 204 days  | [19]
Graham Annesley |  | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011  | 28 August 2013  | 2 years, 147 days  | [20]
Gabrielle Upton | 30 August 2013  | 23 April 2014  | 236 days  | [21]
Stuart Ayres [b] | Baird (1) | 23 April 2014  | 2 April 2015  | 4 years, 334 days  | [22]
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  | [23][24]
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  | [25] [26]
Minister for Tourism and Sport  | Stuart Ayres [a] | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021  | 3 August 2022  | 225 days  | [22][27]
Minister for Sport  | Alister Henskens | 5 August 2022  | 5 April 2023  | 1 year, 310 days  | [28]
Steve Kamper |  | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023  | incumbent | 1 year, 66 days  |

## See also[edit]

* New South Wales portal
* Politics portal

* List of New South Wales government agencies
* Minister for Sport (Australia)
* Minister for Sport (Victoria)
* Minister for Sport and Recreation (Northern Territory)
* Minister for Sport and Recreation (Western Australia)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Concurrently Minister for Tourism.
2. ^ Stuart Ayres held the Tourism portfolio from 2 April 2015 until 30 January 2017.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
2. ^ "AGY-403 Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 4 November 2021. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
3. ^ "PFO-101 Culture, Sport and Recreation". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 4 November 2021. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
4. ^ "Sir Eric Archibald Willis (1922–1999)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
5. ^ "Mr Ian Ross Griffith (1925-1992)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
6. ^ "The Hon. Lindley John Forbes Barraclough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
7. ^ "Mr David Amos Arblaster (1929–2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
8. ^ "The Hon. Kenneth George Booth (1926–1988)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
9. ^ "The Hon. Michael Arthur Cleary AO (1940- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
10. ^ "The Hon. (Bob) Robert Baron Rowland Smith (1925–2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
11. ^ "The Hon. George Souris". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
12. ^ "The Hon. Joseph John Schipp (1932-2017)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
13. ^ "Mr Christopher John Downy (1955- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
14. ^ "The Hon. Gabrielle Mary Harrison". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
15. ^ "The Hon. John Arthur Watkins AM (1955- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
16. ^ "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
17. ^ "The Hon. Sandra Christine Nori (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
18. ^ "The Hon. Graham James West". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
19. ^ "Mr Kevin Patrick Greene (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
20. ^ "Mr Graham Annesley (1957- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
21. ^ "The Hon. Gabrielle Cecelia Upton MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
22. ^ a b "The Hon. Stuart Laurence Ayres". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
23. ^ "Mr (John) Anthony John Sidoti". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
24. ^ Smith, Alexandra (17 September 2019). "Sports Minister John Sidoti to stand aside pending ICAC inquiry". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
25. ^ "The Hon. Natalie Peta Ward". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
26. ^ Smith, Alexandra. "Berejiklian fills cabinet vacancies after ministers forced to quit". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
27. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
28. ^ Department of Premier and Cabinet (3 August 2022). "Changes to NSW ministerial arrangements". NSW Government. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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