Minister without portfolio (New South Wales)

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Minister without portfolio of New South Wales
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Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Formation1 March 1901
First holder Paddy Crick
Final holder John McMahon
Abolished1 April 1959

Minister without portfolio or Honorary Minister was the title given to a member of the Cabinet who did not have responsibility for a department or portfolio. They were not paid in addition to their allowance as a member of parliament. [1] The title was first used in the Lyne ministry in 1901 when Paddy Crick ceased to be Postmaster-General as a result of the Federation of Australia and remained in the Cabinet until he was appointed Secretary for Lands in the See ministry. The first people appointed without a portfolio were James Hayes, [2] and Walter Bennett in the See ministry. [3] The ministers without a portfolio were often given specific responsibilities using section 36 of the Constitution of New South Wales under which the Governor could authorise any member of the cabinet to perform the duties of another minister, except for the Attorney General. [4] The title was last used in the third Cahill ministry. From 1959 the title "minister assisting ..." or "assistant minister ..." has been used. [5]

List of ministers

ResponsibilitiesMinister [5] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Paddy Crick   Protectionist Lyne 1 March 1901 10 April 1901 40 days
James Hayes   Progressive See 11 April 1901 14 June 1904 3 years, 64 days [2]
Walter Bennett 16 April 1901 3 years, 59 days [3]
John Fegan 24 March 1903 1 year, 82 days [6]
Assisting Treasurer William Dick   Liberal Reform Carruthers 29 August 1904 1 October 1907 3 years, 33 days [7] [8]
James Brunker 12 June 1905 2 years, 111 days [9]
James Ashton Wade 2 October 1907 25 June 1909 1 year, 265 days [10]
Charles Oakes 20 October 1910 3 years, 18 days [11]
Campbell Carmichael   Labor McGowen 21 October 1910 10 September 1911 2 years, 251 days [12]
Assisting Minister of Agriculture John Treflé 6 November 1911 1 year, 16 days [13]
John Dacey 10 November 1911 26 November 1911 16 days [14]
Assistant Treasurer Henry Hoyle Holman (1) 29 January 1914 31 October 1916 2 years, 276 days [15]
William Grahame 15 March 1915 1 June 1915 78 days [16]
Charles Oakes   Nationalist Holman (2) 18 July 1919 9 February 1920 206 days [11]
Acting Minister of Public Health David Storey 15 November 1916 18 July 1919 2 years, 245 days [17] [18]
Premier William Holman 30 October 1918 12 April 1920 1 year, 165 days [19]
Assisting Secretary for Lands John Crane 9 February 1920 12 April 1920 63 days [20] [21]
Assisting Minister of Agriculture Arthur Grimm [22] [21]
Assistant Minister of Justice Bill McKell   Labor Storey 12 April 1920 21 December 1920 253 days [23]
Assistant Treasurer Bill McKell   Labor Lang (1) 17 June 1925 7 June 1927 1 year, 355 days [23] [24]
Robert Cruickshank Lang (2) 19 September 1927 18 October 1927 29 days [25]
Bertram Stevens   Nationalist Bavin 18 October 1927 15 April 1929 1 year, 179 days [26]
Assistant Treasurer Eric Spooner   United Australia Stevens (1) (2) 18 June 1932 21 August 1935 3 years, 64 days
Assistant Minister in the Legislative Council James Ryan 13 April 1938 5 years, 299 days
Assisting the Minister for Labour and Industry Herbert Hawkins Stevens (1) 5 January 1933 201 days
Assistant Colonial Secretary Stevens (1) (2) 5 January 1933 21 August 1935 2 years, 187 days
Herbert FitzSimons Stevens (1) 15 February 1933 10 February 1935 1 year, 360 days
James Shand Stevens (2) 22 August 1935 13 April 1938 2 years, 234 days
George Gollan 2 April 1937 1 year, 11 days
Colin Sinclair 29 June 1937 31 January 1938 216 days
Alexander Mair 13 April 1938 1 June 1938 49 days
Athol Richardson 13 October 1938 183 days
Marsden Manfred Stevens (2) Mair 26 June 1939 16 May 1941 40 days
Hubert Primrose Stevens (2) 5 August 1939 40 days
Mair 5 September 1939 16 May 1941 1 year, 253 days
Carlo Lazzarini   Labor McKell (1) 16 May 1941 8 June 1944 3 years, 23 days
William Dickson
Clive Evatt McKell (2) 8 June 1944 9 May 1946 1 year, 335 days
William Dickson 6 February 1947 2 years, 243 days
George Weir 25 February 1946 9 May 1946 73 days
William Dickson McGirr (1) (2) 6 February 1947 9 March 1948 102 days
Joshua Arthur McGirr (2) 15 September 1949 21 September 1949 6 days
Frank Hawkins McGirr (3) 30 June 1950 2 April 1952 1 year, 277 days
George Enticknap Cahill (1) 3 April 1952 3 November 1952 214 days
George Weir 3 November 1952 23 February 1953 112 days
John McGrath Cahill (2) 23 February 1953 2 September 1954 1 year, 191 days
Francis Buckley 16 September 1953 205 days
William Gollan 16 September 1953 1 July 1954 288 days
Roger Nott 10 May 1954 15 March 1956 1 year, 310 days
Jim Maloney 1 July 1954 1 year, 258 days
William Gollan Cahill (3) 15 March 1956 22 November 1957 1 year, 252 days
Jim Simpson
John McMahon 14 November 1957 1 April 1959 1 year, 138 days
Minister Assisting the Premier and Treasurer Pat Hills Cahill (4) 1 April 1959 28 October 1959 210 days
Minister Assisting the Premier Bill Haigh   Labor Wran (1) (2) 14 May 1976 29 February 1980 3 years, 291 days
Jack Hallam , MLC Wran (2) 19 October 1978 1 year, 133 days
Minister Assisting the Premier Peter Anderson   Labor Wran (7) 6 February 1985 1 January 1986 329 days

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