Minister for Health (Queensland)

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Minister for Health of Queensland
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Incumbent
Tim Nicholls
since 1 November 2024
Queensland Health
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of Queensland
Appointer Governor of Queensland
Inaugural holder Ned Hanlon (as the Secretary for Health)
Formation5 December 1935

The Queensland Minister for Health is a minister in the Queensland Government who has overall responsibility for Queensland Health and its sixteen Hospital and Health Boards. [1] Through this, the Minister for Health administers the health portfolio which includes hospitals, health services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and the Queensland Ambulance Service. [2]

Contents

The current minister is Tim Nicholls, who was sworn in on 1 November 2024 as part of the full Crisafulli ministry following the Liberal National Party's victory at the 2024 Queensland state election. [3]

List of ministers

No.MinisterPartyMinistryTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in officeRef.
1 Ned Hanlon   Labor Forgan Smith (2) (3) (4)
Cooper (1) 		Secretary for Health5 December 193527 April 19448 years, 144 days [4] [5] [6]
2 Tom Foley Cooper (2)
Hanlon (1) 		27 April 194415 May 19473 years, 18 days [5] [7] [8]
3 Arthur Jones Hanlon (2) 15 May 194710 May 19502 years, 360 days [7] [9]
4 Bill Moore Hanlon (3)
Gair (1) (2) (3) 		10 May 195026 April 19577 years, 94 days [7] [10] [11]
  Queensland Labor 26 April 195712 August 1957
5 Winston Noble   Liberal Nicklin (1) (2) (3) Minister for Health12 August 195728 March 19646 years, 229 days [12] [13]
6 Douglas Tooth Pizzey
Chalk
Bjelke-Petersen (1) (2) (3) 		14 April 196423 December 197410 years, 253 days [14] [15] [16] [17]
7 Llew Edwards Bjelke-Petersen (4) (5) 23 December 197415 December 19783 years, 357 days [16] [18]
8 William Knox Bjelke-Petersen (5) 15 December 197823 December 19802 years, 8 days [16] [19]
9 Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (6) 23 December 198018 August 19832 years, 238 days [16] [20]
10 Angelo Bertoni   National Bjelke-Petersen (7) 19 August 19837 November 198380 days [16] [21]
(9) Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (8) 7 November 19831 December 19863 years, 24 days [16] [20]
11 Mike Ahern Bjelke-Petersen (9) 1 December 198625 November 1987359 days [16] [22]
12 Kev Lingard 25 November 19871 December 19876 days [16] [23]
13 Leisha Harvey Ahern 9 December 198719 January 19891 year, 41 days [24] [25]
14 Ivan Gibbs 19 January 198925 September 1989322 days [24] [26]
Cooper 25 September 19897 December 1989 [27]
15 Ken McElligott   Labor Goss (1) 7 December 198910 December 19912 years, 3 days [28] [29]
16 Ken Hayward 16 December 199124 September 19923 years, 67 days [28] [30]
Goss (2) 24 September 199221 February 1995 [28]
17 Jim Elder 21 February 199531 July 1995160 days [28] [31]
18 Peter Beattie Goss (3) 31 July 199519 February 1996203 days [28] [32]
19 Mike Horan   National Borbidge 26 February 199626 June 19982 years, 120 days [33] [34]
20 Wendy Edmond   Labor Beattie (1) (2) 29 June 199812 February 20045 years, 228 days [35] [36]
21 Gordon Nuttall Beattie (3) 12 February 200428 July 20051 year, 166 days [35] [37]
22 Stephen Robertson Beattie (4) (5)
Bligh (1) 		28 July 200526 March 20093 years, 241 days [35] [38] [39]
23 Paul Lucas Bligh (2) 26 March 200921 February 20111 year, 332 days [38] [40]
24 Geoff Wilson Bligh (3) 21 February 201126 March 20121 year, 34 days [38] [41]
25 Lawrence Springborg   Liberal National Newman 3 April 201214 February 20152 years, 316 days [42] [43]
26 Cameron Dick   Labor Palaszczuk (1) Minister for Health and Ambulance Services16 February 201511 December 20172 years, 298 days [44] [45]
27 Steven Miles Palaszczuk (2) 12 December 201711 November 20202 years, 335 days [44] [46]
28 Yvette D'Ath Palaszczuk (3) 12 November 202017 May 20232 years, 186 days [44] [47]
29 Shannon Fentiman Palaszczuk (3)
Miles 		Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services18 May 202328 October 20241 year, 163 days [44] [48] [49]
30 Tim Nicholls   Liberal National Crisafulli Minister for Health and Ambulance Services1 November 2024Incumbent111 days [50] [51]

References

  1. ↑ "Queensland Health organisational structure". Queensland Health. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Minister for Health and Ambulance Services: Timothy (Tim) Nicholls MP". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "MEDIA STATEMENT: A Fresh Start for Queensland: Crisafulli Ministry unveiled as Cabinet gets to work". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Smith Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Cooper Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Hanlon, Edward Michael (Ned)". Queensland Parliament. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Hanlon Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Foley, Thomas Andrew (Tom)". Queensland Parliament. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Jones, Arthur". Queensland Parliament. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Gair Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Moore, William Matthew". Queensland Parliament. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Nicklin Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Noble, Henry Winston". Queensland Parliament. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  14. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Pizzey Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  15. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Chalk Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Carr, Adam. "Bjelke-Petersen Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Tooth, Seymour Douglas (Doug)". Queensland Parliament. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Edwards, Llewellyn Roy, AC (Llew)". Queensland Parliament. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Knox, William Edward, OSJ, KSJI". Queensland Parliament. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Austin, Brian Douglas". Queensland Parliament. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  21. ↑ "Bertoni, Angelo Pietro Dante". Queensland Parliament. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  22. ↑ "Ahern, Michael John, AO (Mike)". Queensland Parliament. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  23. ↑ "Lingard, Kevin Rowson". Queensland Parliament. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  24. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Ahern Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  25. ↑ "Harvey, Leisha Teresa". Queensland Parliament. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  26. ↑ "Gibbs, Ivan James". Queensland Parliament. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  27. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Cooper Ministry (25 September 1989 to 7 December 1989)". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 Carr, Adam. "Goss Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  29. ↑ "McElligott, Kenneth Victor (Ken)". Queensland Parliament. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  30. ↑ "Hayward, Kenneth William (Ken)". Queensland Parliament. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  31. ↑ "Elder, James Peter (Jim)". Queensland Parliament. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  32. ↑ "Beattie, Peter Douglas, AC". Queensland Parliament. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  33. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Borbidge Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  34. ↑ "Horan, Michael James, AM (Mike)". Queensland Parliament. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  35. 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Beattie Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  36. ↑ "Edmond, Wendy Marjorie". Queensland Parliament. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  37. ↑ "Nuttall, Gordon Richard". Queensland Parliament. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  38. 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Bligh Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  39. ↑ "Robertson, Stephen". Queensland Parliament. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  40. ↑ "Lucas, Paul Thomas". Queensland Parliament. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  41. ↑ "Wilson, Geoffrey James (Geoff)". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  42. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Newman Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  43. ↑ "Springborg, Lawrence James". Queensland Parliament. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  44. 1 2 3 4 Carr, Adam. "Palaszczuk Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  45. ↑ "Hon Cameron Dick". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  46. ↑ "Mr Steven Miles". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  47. ↑ "D'Ath, Yvette Maree". Queensland Parliament. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  48. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Miles Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  49. ↑ "Ms Shannon Fentiman". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  50. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Crisafulli Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  51. ↑ "Hon Timothy (Tim) Nicholls". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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