The current Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services is Gareth Ward. Ward is assisted by Bronwyn Taylor as the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women. Both ministers were sworn in on 2 April 2019.[1]
Collectively the ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Family and Community Services and Justice and a range of other government agencies. In addition, the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women administers the mental health component of her portfolio through the Ministry of Health.[2]
| Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
|---|
| Herbert Hawkins | United Australia | Minister for Social Services | 22 August 1935 | 13 October 1938 | {{age in years and days|1935|08|22|1938|10|13}} |
| Athol Richardson | 13 October 1938 | 5 August 1939 | {{age in years and days|1938|10|13|1939|08|16}} |
| Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services | 5 August 1939 | 16 August 1939 |
| George Gollan | 16 August 1939 | 16 May 1941 | {{age in years and days|1939|08|16|1941|05|16}} |
| Hamilton Knight | Labor | 16 May 1941 | 6 February 1947 | {{age in years and days|1941|05|16|1947|10|29}} |
| Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare | 6 February 1947 | 29 October 1947 |
| Jack Baddeley | 29 October 1947 | 9 March 1948 | {{age in years and days|1947|10|29|1948|03|09}} |
| Frank Finnan | 9 March 1948 | 30 June 1950 | {{age in years and days|1948|03|09|1953|02|23}} |
| Minister for Social Welfare | 30 June 1950 | 23 February 1953 |
| Abe Landa | 23 February 1953 | 15 March 1956 | {{age in years and days|1953|02|23|1956|03|15}} |
| Frank Hawkins | Minister for Social Welfare
Minister for Child Welfare | 15 March 1956 | 13 May 1965 | {{age in years and days|1956|03|15|1965|05|13}} |
| Arthur Bridges | Liberal | 13 May 1965 | 22 May 1968 | {{age in years and days|1965|05|13|1968|05|22}} |
| Harry Jago | 23 May 1968 | 3 September 1968 | {{age in years and days|1968|05|22|1968|09|03}} |
| Frederick Hewitt | 3 September 1968 | 11 March 1971 | {{age in years and days|1968|09|03|1971|03|11}} |
| John Lloyd Waddy | 11 March 1971 | 17 January 1973 | {{age in years and days|1971|03|11|1973|12|03}} |
| Minister for Youth and Community Services | 17 January 1973 | 3 December 1973 |
| Dick Healey | 3 December 1973 | 3 January 1975 | {{age in years and days|1973|12|03|1975|01|03}} |
| Steve Mauger | Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | {{age in years and days|1975|01|03|1976|01|23}} |
| Jim Clough | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | {{age in years and days|1976|01|23|1976|05|14}} |
| Rex Jackson | Labor | Minister for Youth and Community Services | 14 May 1976 | 2 October 1981 | {{age in years and days|1976|05|14|1981|10|02}} |
| Kevin Stewart | 2 October 1981 | 1 February 1983 | {{age in years and days|1981|10|02|1983|02|01}} |
| Frank Walker | 1 February 1983 | 6 February 1986 | {{age in years and days|1983|02|01|1986|02|06}} |
| Peter Anderson | 6 February 1986 | 4 July 1986 | {{age in years and days|1986|02|06|1986|07|04}} |
| John Aquilina | 4 July 1986 | 25 March 1988 | {{age in years and days|1986|07|04|1988|03|25}} |
| Virginia Chadwick | Liberal | Minister for Family and Community Services | 25 March 1988 | 24 July 1990 | {{age in years and days|1988|03|25|1990|07|24}} |
| Robert Webster | National | 24 July 1990 | 6 June 1991 | {{age in years and days|1990|07|24|1991|06|06}} |
| John Hannaford | Liberal | Minister for Health and Community Services | 6 June 1991 | 24 June 1992 | {{age in years and days|1991|06|06|1992|06|24}} |
| Jim Longley | Minister for Community Services | 24 June 1992 | 4 April 1995 | {{age in years and days|1992|06|24|1995|04|04}} |
| Ron Dyer | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | {{age in years and days|1995|04|04|1997|12|01}} |
| Faye Lo Po' | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | {{age in years and days|1997|12|01|2003|04|02}} |
| Carmel Tebbutt | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | {{age in years and days|2003|04|02|2005|01|21}} |
| Reba Meagher | 21 January 2005 | 2 April 2007 | {{age in years and days|2005|01|21|2007|04|02}} |
| Kevin Greene | 2 April 2007 | 8 September 2008 | {{age in years and days|2007|04|02|2008|09|08}} |
| Linda Burney | 8 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | {{age in years and days|2008|09|08|2011|04|03}} |
| Pru Goward | Liberal | Minister for Family and Community Services | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | {{age in years and days|2011|04|03|2014|04|23}} |
| Gabrielle Upton | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | {{age in years and days|2014|04|23|2015|04|02}} |
| Brad Hazzard | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | {{age in years and days|2015|04|02|2017|01|30}} | [3] |
| Pru Goward | 2017|01|30|df=y}} | 2019|03|26|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2017|01|30|2019|03|26}} | [4] |
| Gareth Ward | Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services | 2019|04|02|df=y}} | incumbent | {{age in years and days|2019|04|02}} | [1] |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
|---|
| Kerry Chikarovski | Liberal | Minister for the Status of Women | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | {{age in years and days|1993|05|26|1995|04|04}} |
| Faye Lo Po' | Labor | Minister for Women | 4 April 1995 | 2 April 2003 | {{age in years and days|1995|04|04|2003|04|02}} |
| Sandra Nori | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | {{age in years and days|2003|04|02|2007|04|02}} |
| Verity Firth | 2 April 2007 | 14 September 2009 | {{age in years and days|2007|04|02|2009|09|14}} |
| Linda Burney | 14 September 2009 | 4 December 2009 | {{age in years and days|2009|09|14|2009|12|04}} |
| Jodi McKay | 8 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | {{age in years and days|2009|12|08|2011|03|28}} |
| Pru Goward | Liberal | 3 April 2011 | 30 January 2017 | {{age in years and days|2011|04|03|2017|01|30}} |
| Tanya Davies | 30 January 2017 | 2019|03|23|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2017|01|30|2019|03|23}} | [4] |
| Bronwyn Taylor | Nationals | Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women | 2019|04|02|df=y}} | incumbent | {{ayd|2019|04|02}} | [1] |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
|---|
| Ron Dyer | Labor | Minister for Disability Services | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | {{age in years and days|1995|04|04|1997|12|01}} |
| Faye Lo Po' | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | {{age in years and days|1997|12|01|2003|04|02}} |
| Carmel Tebbutt | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | {{age in years and days|2003|04|02|2005|01|21}} |
| John Della Bosca | 21 January 2005 | 2 April 2007 | {{age in years and days|2005|01|21|2007|04|02}} |
| Kristina Keneally | 2 April 2007 | 8 September 2009 | {{age in years and days|2007|04|02|2009|09|08}} |
| Paul Lynch | 8 September 2009 | 28 March 2011 | {{age in years and days|2009|09|08|2011|03|28}} |
| Andrew Constance | Liberal | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | {{age in years and days|2011|04|03|2014|04|23}} |
| John Ajaka | 23 April 2014 | 2017|01|30|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2014|04|23|2017|01|30}} | [3] |
| Ray Williams | 2017|01|30|df=y}} | 2019|03|23|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2017|01|30|2019|03|23}} | [4] |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
|---|
| Cherie Burton | Labor | Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) | 10 August 2005 | 2 April 2007 | {{age in years and days|2005|08|10|2007|04|02}} |
| Paul Lynch | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | {{age in years and days|2007|04|04|2008|09|05}} |
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| Barbara Perry | Labor | Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) | 8 September 2009 | 28 March 2011 | {{age in years and days|2009|09|08|2011|03|28}} |
| Kevin Humphries | National | Minister for Mental Health | 4 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | {{age in years and days|2011|04|04|2014|04|23}} |
| Jai Rowell | Liberal | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | {{age in years and days|2014|04|23|2015|04|02}} |
| Pru Goward | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | {{age in years and days|2015|04|02|2017|01|30}} |
| Tanya Davies | 30 January 2017 | 2019|03|23|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2017|01|30|2019|03|23}} |
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
|---|
| Frank Hawkins | Labor | 15 March 1956 – 13 May 1965 | Minister for Child Welfare
Minister for Social Welfare |
| Arthur Bridges | Liberal | 13 May 1965 – 22 May 1968 |
| Harry Jago | 23 May 1968 – 3 September 1968 |
| Frederick Hewitt | 3 September 1968 – 11 March 1971 |
| John Lloyd Waddy | 11 March 1971 – 17 January 1973 |
| 17 January 1973 – 3 December 1973 | Minister for Youth and Community Services |
| Dick Healey | 3 December 1973 – 3 January 1975 |
| Steve Mauger | 3 January 1975 – 23 January 1976 | Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs |
| Jim Clough | 23 January 1976 – 14 May 1976 |
| Rex Jackson | Labor | 14 May 1976 – 2 October 1981 | Minister for Youth and Community Services |
| Kevin Stewart | 2 October 1981 – 1 February 1983 |
| Frank Walker | 1 February 1983 – 6 February 1986 |
| Peter Anderson | 6 February 1986 – 4 July 1986 |
| John Aquilina | 4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988 |
| Terry Metherell | Liberal | 25 March 1988 – 20 July 1990 | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs |
| Virginia Chadwick | 24 July 1990 – 26 May 1993 | Minister for School Education and Youth Affairs |
| 26 May 1993 – 4 April 1995 | Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs |
| John Aquilina | Labor | 26 July 1995 – 8 April 1999 | Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs |
| Carmel Tebbutt | 8 April 1999 – 2 April 2003 |
| 2 April 2003 – 21 January 2005 | Minister for Youth |
| Reba Meagher | 21 January 2005 – 2 April 2007 |
| Linda Burney | 2 April 2007 – 8 September 2008 |
| Graham West | 8 September 2008 – 8 December 2009 |
| Peter Primrose | 8 December 2009 – 28 March 2011 |
1. ^1 2 {{Gazette NSW |title=Government Notices |issue=30 |page=1088-1090 |date=2 April 2019 |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2019_2019-30.pdf |access-date=3 April 2019 |via= }}
2. ^{{Gazette NSW |title=Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] |issue=159 |page=7-8 |date=2 April 2019 |url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2019-159.pdf |access-date=4 April 2019 |via= }}
3. ^1 {{cite news|last=Hasham|first=Nicole|title=Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-mike-bairds-new-nsw-cabinet-sworn-in-gladys-berejiklian-and-gabrielle-upton-first-female-treasurer-and-attorneygeneral-20150402-1mdjb7.html|accessdate=6 April 2015|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 April 2015}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite news|agency=AAP|title=Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/01/30/refreshed-nsw-cabinet-to-be-sworn-in.html|accessdate=30 January 2017|work=Sky News|location=Australia|date=30 January 2017}}
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