List of ministers of public works (Queensland)

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The list of ministers for the Department of Public Works in the Government of Queensland, Australia, include:

MinisterTerm startTerm endTitlePartyNotes
St. George Richard Gore 14 January 186221 March 1862Secretary for Public Lands and Works [1]
Arthur Macalister 21 March 18621 February 1866Secretary for Lands and Public Works [1]
Arthur Macalister 1 February 186620 July 1866Premier and Secretary for Lands and Works [1]
John Watts 21 July 18667 August 1866Secretary for Lands and Public Works [1]
John Watts 7 August 18663 May 1867Secretary for Public Works [1]
John Douglas 21 May 186718 August 1867Secretary for Public Works [1]
Arthur Hunter Palmer 15 August 186710 September 1868Secretary for Public Works [1]
Arthur Hodgson 10 September 186825 November 1868Secretary for Public Works [1]
Arthur Macalister 25 November 186828 January 1869Secretary for Lands and Public Work [1]
Arthur Macalister 28 January 18693 May 1870Secretary for Public Works and Gold Field [1]
William Henry Walsh 3 May 187010 July 1873Secretary for Public Works [1]
Arthur Hunter Palmer 10 July 187315 July 1873Secretary for Public Works [1]
John Malbon Thompson 15 July 18738 January 1874Secretary for Public Works [1]
Thomas McIlwraith 8 January 187424 October 1874Secretary for Public Works and MinesMinisterialist [1]
Arthur Macalister 24 October 187413 November 1874Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
Henry Edward King 13 November 187410 May 1876Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
James Dickson 10 May 18765 June 1876Secretary for Public Works and Minessee article [1]
George Thorn 5 June 18768 March 1877Premier, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
George Thorn 8 March 18777 November 1877Secretary for Public Works [1]
William Miles 7 November 187721 September 1878Secretary for Public Works [1]
Samuel Griffith 21 September 187821 January 1879Secretary for Public Works [1]
John Macrossan 21 January 187913 March 1883Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
Albert Norton 13 March 188313 November 1883Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
William Miles 13 November 188322 August 1887Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
Charles Dutton 30 August 188712 December 1887Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
William Hodgkinson 19 May 188813 May 1893Secretary for Mines and Work [1]
John Macrossan 13 June 18884 January 1890Secretary for Public Works and Mines [1]
Hugh Nelson 4 January 189012 August 1890Secretary for Railways and Public WorksMinisterialist [1]
Horace Tozer 12 August 189027 March 1893Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist [1]
Isidor Lissner 27 March 189325 May 1893Secretary for Mines and Public WorksMinisterialist [1]
Robert Philp 25 May 189323 August 1894Secretary for Mines and Public Workssee article [1]
Robert Philp 23 August 189429 March 1895Secretary for Mines, Public Works and Public Instruction [1]
Robert Philp 29 March 18956 May 1896Secretary for Public Works and Railways [1]
David Dalrymple 6 May 189627 April 1898Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist [1]
John Murray 27 April 18981 December 1899Secretary for Railways and Public Works [1]
John Murray 7 December 18991 February 1901Secretary for Railways and Public Works [1]
David Dalrymple 28 March 18991 December 1899Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist [1]
Andrew Fisher 1 December 18997 December 1899Secretary for Railways and Public Works Labor [1]
John Leahy 1 February 190117 September 1903Secretary for Railways and Public Workssee article [1]
William Browne 17 September 190312 April 1904Secretary for Mines and Public Works Labor [1]
Peter Airey 19 April 190427 April 1904Secretary for Mines and Public Works Labor [1]
Digby Denham 27 April 190419 January 1906Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist [1]
Thomas O'Sullivan 19 January 19066 February 1907Secretary for Public Workssee article [1]
Thomas O'Sullivan 6 February 190719 November 1907Secretary for Public Works and Agriculture Kidstonite [1]
Patrick Leahy 19 November 190718 February 1908Secretary for Public Works and MinesConservative/Philpite [1]
George Kerr 18 February 190829 October 1908Secretary for Railways and Public Works Kidstonite [1]
John Appel 29 October 190829 June 1909Secretary for Mines and Public Works Liberal [1]
George Jackson 29 June 190922 October 1909Secretary for Mines and Public Works Liberal [1]
Walter Barnes 22 October 19097 February 1911Secretary for Public Instruction and for Public Works Liberal [1]
Walter Barnes 7 February 19111 June 1915Treasurer and Secretary for Public Works Liberal [1]
Ted Theodore 1 June 191522 October 1919Treasurer & Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
James Larcombe 22 October 19197 April 1920Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
John Fihelly 7 April 19208 February 1922Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
Ted Thedore 8 February 19226 October 1922Premier and Chief Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
William Forgan Smith 6 October 192226 February 1925Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
Mick Kirwan 26 February 192521 May 1929Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
Reginald King 21 May 192917 June 1932Secretary for Public Works and Public Instruction CPNP [1]
Harry Bruce 17 June 193215 May 1947Secretary for Public Works Labor [1]
William Power 15 May 194710 May 1950Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local Government Labor [1]
Paul Hilton 10 May 19501 May 1952Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local Government Labor [1]
Paul Hilton 1 May 195228 May 1956Secretary for Public Works and Housing Labor [1]
Colin McCathie 28 May 195612 August 1957Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Immigration Labor/QLP [1]
James Heading 12 August 19579 June 1960Minister for Public Works and Local Government and Immigration Country [1]
Lloyd Roberts 9 June 196011 April 1961Minister for Public Works and Local Government Country Died in office [1]
Harold Richter 4 May 196126 September 1963Minister for Public Works and Local Government Country [1]
Joh Bjelke-Petersen 26 September 19638 August 1968Minister for Works and Housing Country [1]
Max Hodges 8 August 196823 December 1974Minister for Works and Housing Country [1]
Max Hodges 23 December 197410 March 1975Minister for Works and Housing and Minister for Police National [1]
Norm Lee 10 March 197516 December 1977Minister for Works and Housing Liberal [1]
Claude Wharton 16 December 197718 October 1986Minister for Works and Housing National [1]
Ivan Gibbs 1 December 198625 November 1987Minister for Works and Housing National [1]
Ivan Gibbs 25 November 19871 December 1987Minister for Works, Housing and Industry National [1]
Bill Gunn 9 December 198719 January 1989Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Main Roads and Expo and Minister for Police National [1]
Bill Gunn 19 January 198925 September 1989Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Housing and Main Roads National [1]
Jim Randell 25 September 19897 December 1989Minister for Works and Housing National [1]
Ron McLean 7 December 198919 September 1992Minister for Administrative Services Labor
Tom Burns 24 September 199218 October 1993Minister for Administrative Services Labor
Glen Milliner 18 October 199319 February 1996Minister for Administrative Services Labor
Ray Connor 26 February 199628 April 1997Minister for Public Works and Housing Liberal [1]
David Watson 28 April 199726 June 1998Minister for Public Works and Housing Liberal [1]
Robert Schwarten 29 June 199812 February 2004Minister for Public Works and Housing Labor [1]
Robert Schwarten 12 February 200413 September 2006Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing Labor [1]
Robert Schwarten 13 September 200612 October 2006Minister for Public Works and Housing Labor [1]
Robert Schwarten 12 October 200621 February 2011Minister for Public Works, Information and Communications Technology Labor [1]
Simon Finn 21 February 201126 March 2012Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication Technology Labor
Bruce Flegg 3 April 201214 November 2012Minister for Housing and Public Works LNP [1]
Tim Mander 19 November 201213 February 2015Minister for Housing and Public Works LNP [1]
Leeanne Enoch 16 February 20158 December 2015Minister for Housing and Public Works Labor
Mick de Brenni 8 December 201518 December 2023Minister for Public Works and Procurement Labor
Meaghan Scanlon 18 December 2023Minister for Public Works Labor

Other roles

Other politicians occupying important roles in the area of public works include:

MinisterTerm startTerm endTitlePartyNotes
Sandy McPhie 20 April 198919 October 1989Chairman, Public Works Committee National [1]
Tony McGrady 6 March 199016 December 1991Chairman, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Robert Schwarten 18 March 199225 August 1992Chairman, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Judy Spence 10 November 199220 June 1995Chair, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Bill D'Arcy 15 September 19952 April 1996Chairman, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Len Stephan 2 April 199619 May 1998Chairman, Public Works Committee National [1]
Neil Roberts 30 July 199817 February 2001Chairman, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Don Livingstone 3 May 200115 August 2006Chair, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Pat Purcell 12 February 200428 July 2005Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing Labor [1]
Barbara Stone 11 October 200620 March 2009Chair, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Wayne Wendt 23 April 200928 May 2009Chair, Public Works Committee Labor [1]
Wayne Wendt 28 May 200916 June 2011Chair, Public Accounts and Public Works Committee Labor [1]

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