Minister for Western Sydney

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Minister for Western Sydney
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Incumbent
Vacant
since 28 March 2023
Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of New South Wales
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder Kim Yeadon
Formation1 December 1997

The Minister for Western Sydney is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the Greater Western Sydney, Australia.

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It was first established in 1997 in the second Carr ministry as an assistant minister, [1] before becoming a separate portfolio in the third Carr ministry. The portfolio was only intermittently responsible for any legislation, nor tasked with the management of a department. The region is not defined, although generally consistent with Greater Western Sydney the portfolio has on occasion been responsible for areas outside that region, such as the Sydney Olympic Park. [2]

In the second Perrottet ministry the portfolio is responsible for the Western Parkland City Authority, which includes the region around the Western Sydney Airport. [3] The current minister is David Elliott since August 2022. [4]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for Western Sydney, or any precedent titles:

TitleMinister [4] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Western Sydney Kim Yeadon   Labor Carr (3) 8 April 19992 April 20033 years, 359 days
Diane Beamer Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 20032 April 20074 years, 0 days
Graham West Iemma (2) 2 April 200711 April 20079 days
Barbara Perry 11 April 20078 September 20081 year, 150 days
David Borger Rees
Keneally 		8 September 200828 March 20112 years, 201 days
Barry O'Farrell   Liberal O'Farrell 3 April 201123 April 20143 years, 364 days
Mike Baird Baird (1) (2) 23 April 201423 January 20171 year, 296 days
Stuart Ayres Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201723 March 20195 years, 185 days
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		2 April 201921 December 2021 [5]
Minister for Western Sydney Perrottet (2) 21 December 20213 August 2022 [6]
David Elliott 5 August 202228 March 2023235 days [7]

Assistant ministers

TitleMinister [4] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Kim Yeadon   Labor Carr (1) (2) 1 December 19978 April 19991 year, 128 days
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Stuart Ayres   Liberal O'Farrell
Baird (1) 		9 December 20132 April 20151 year, 114 days

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  2. ↑ "PFO-180 Western Sydney [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022. CC BY icon-80x15.png  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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  4. 1 2 3 Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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