Minister for Justice (New South Wales)
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The New South Wales Minister for Justice is The Honourable Greg Smith SC MP. The position supports the Attorney General
and is typically held concurrently with that office.
He administers his portfolio through the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice and has responsibilities for Juvenile Justice, Prisons and Corrective Services.
Attorney General of New South Wales
The Attorney General of New South Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General of New South Wales and Crown Solicitor, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government...
and is typically held concurrently with that office.
He administers his portfolio through the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice and has responsibilities for Juvenile Justice, Prisons and Corrective Services.
Ministers for Justice
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Wigram Allen George Wigram Allen Sir George Wigram Allen KCMG was an Australian politician and philanthropist. He was Speaker in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1875–1883.... |
None | 1873–1875 | Minister for Justice and Public Instruction |
| Joseph Docker | 1875–1877 | ||
| Francis Suttor | 1877 | ||
| John Lackey | 1877 | ||
| Joseph Leary Joseph Leary Joseph Leary , Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Leary was born in 1831 in Sydney, and was educated at St. Mary's Seminary, at Sydney College under Mr. Cape, and for two years at the Sydney University... |
1877–1878 | ||
| Francis Suttor | 1878–1880 | ||
| 1880 | Minister for Justice | ||
| Sir Joseph Innes | 1880–1881 | ||
| William Foster | 1881–1883 | ||
| Henry Cohen | 1883–1885 | ||
| James Farnell James Farnell James Squire Farnell was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales. Farnell was a hard-working legislator who gave much study to the land question and also tried hard for some years to pass a bill for the regulation of contagious diseases.-Early years:Farnell was born in St Leonards,... |
1885 | ||
| Thomas Slattery | 1885 | ||
| Louis Heydon | 1885–1886 | ||
| James Garvan | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1886–1887 | |
| William Clarke William Clarke (Australian politician) William Clarke was an Australian businessman and parliamentarian.Clarke was born in Melbourne, where he married Mary Ann Mortimer on 25 June 1862. He was a Justice of the Peace for the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, and was M.L.A. for Orange in the former colony, but was... |
Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909... |
1887–1889 | |
| Thomas Slattery | Protectionist | 1889 | |
| Albert Gould Albert Gould Sir Albert John Gould was an Australian politician and solicitor who served as the second President of the Australian Senate.... |
Free Trade | 1889–1891 | |
| Richard O'Connor Richard O'Connor General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor KT, GCB, DSO & Bar, MC, ADC was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II... |
Protectionist | 1891–1893 | |
| Thomas Slattery | 1893–1894 | ||
| Albert Gould | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
| Charles Lee Charles Lee Charles Lee may refer to:*Charles Lee , former NFL player*Charles Lee *Charles Lee , British author*Charles Lee *Charles Lee... |
1898–1899 | ||
| John Hughes | 1899 | ||
| William Wood William Wood (Australian politician) William Herbert Wood was an Australian politician.Born at Wallhollow, Victoria, to storekeeper Henry Gibson Wood, he attended schools in Victoria and Sydney before completing his secondary education at Sydney Grammar School and studying law at the University of Sydney. He entered his father's... |
Protectionist | 1899–1901 | |
| Robert FitzGerald | 1901 | ||
| Post abolished | 1901–1904 | ||
| Thomas Waddell Thomas Waddell Thomas Waddell , an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1887 to 1917, was briefly the Premier of New South Wales during 1904, and was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1917 to 1934.-Early life:He was born in County Monaghan,... |
1904 | Minister for Justice | |
| Charles Wade Charles Wade Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG was Premier of New South Wales 2 October 1907 – 21 October 1910. According to Percival Serle, "Wade was a public-spirited man of high character... |
Free Trade | 1904 | |
| Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time... |
1904–1909 | ||
| John Garland | 1909–1910 | ||
| William Holman William Holman William Arthur Holman was an Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales, Australia, who split with the party on the conscription issue in 1916 during World War I, and immediately became Premier of a conservative Nationalist Party Government.-Early life:Holman was born in St Pancras, London,... |
Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1910–1912 | |
| David Hall David Hall (Australian politician) David Robert Hall was an Australian politician.Hall was born in Harrietville, Victoria, and studied law at the University of Sydney before becoming a barrister in 1903... |
1912–1916 | ||
| John Garland | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
1916–1919 | |
| John FitzGerald John Daniel FitzGerald John Daniel FitzGerald was an Australian politician.Born in Shellharbour to schoolteacher John Daniel FitzGerald and Mary Ann Cullen, he attended Shellharbour Public School, Fort Street Public School and St Mary's Cathedral School in Sydney before being apprenticed as a compositor in Bathurst... |
1919–1920 | ||
| Edward McTiernan Edward McTiernan Sir Edward Aloysius McTiernan, KBE , was an Australian jurist, lawyer and politician. He served as an Australian Labor Party member of both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and federal House of Representatives before being appointed to the High Court of Australia in 1930... |
Labor | 1920 | |
| William McKell William McKell Sir William John McKell GCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, and was the 12th Governor-General of Australia. He was also the oldest Governor General of Australia, at 93 when he died.... |
1920–1921 | ||
| Thomas Bavin | Nationalist | 1921 | |
| William McKell | Labor | 1921–1922 | |
| Thomas Ley | Nationalist | 1922–1925 | |
| William McKell | Labor | 1925–1927 | |
| Andrew Lysaght Andrew Lysaght, junior Andrew Augustus Lysaght was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 until 1933, representing the electorate of Bulli... |
1927 | ||
| John Lee John Lee (Australian politician) John Robert Lee was an Australian politician.Born at Hedley Hill, Lanchester, Durham, to coalminer James Lee and Jessie Watson, he was educated at public schools in Leadgate and Durham before attending Cliff College in Sheffield... |
Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
| Joseph Lamaro | Labor | 1930–1931 | |
| William McKell | 1931–1932 | ||
| Daniel Levy | United Australia United Australia Party The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia... |
1932 | |
| Lewis Martin | 1932–1939 | ||
| Vernon Treatt Vernon Treatt Sir Vernon Haddon Treatt KBE, MM, QC was an Australian lawyer, soldier, Rhodes Scholar and politician. Born in Singleton, New South Wales and educated at Shore School, Treatt interrupted his studies at the University of Sydney to enlist at the outbreak of the First World War... |
1939–1941 | ||
| Reg Downing | Labor | 1941–1960 | |
| Jack Mannix Jack Mannix The Hon. Norman John Mannix was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1952 until 1971... |
1960–1965 | ||
| John Maddison John Maddison John Clarkson Maddison, was a New South Wales politician, Attorney General, Minister for Justice and Deputy Leader for the Liberal Party of New South Wales in the cabinets of Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis until the Liberal party lost the 1976 election... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1965–1976 | |
| Ron Mulock Ron Mulock Ronald Joseph "Ron" Mulock was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.-Early years:... |
Labor | 1976–1978 | |
| Frank Walker Frank Walker Frank Walker may refer to:* Frank Comerford Walker, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee* Frank Ray Walker, architect, partner in the firm of Walker and Weeks* Frank Robinson Walker, American admiral during World War II... |
1978–1983 | ||
| Paul Landa Paul Landa David Paul Landa, QC was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1984, and the member for Peats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984... |
1983–1984 | ||
| Post abolished | 1984–1988 | ||
| Liberal | 1988–1991 | ||
| Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths Terrence "Terry" Griffiths OBE is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of seven players to have... |
1991–1992 | Minister for Justice | |
| Ted Pickering Ted Pickering Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995.... |
1992 | ||
| Wayne Merton Wayne Merton Wayne Ashley Merton , a former Australian politician, was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Carlingford between 1988 and 1991 and Baulkham Hills between 1991 and 2011 for the Liberal Party of Australia... |
1992–1993 | ||
| John Hannaford John Hannaford John Planta Hannaford is a former Australian politician. Born in Goulburn, the son of William Henry Planta and Amy Frances Hannaford, he became a lawyer, having studied at the Australian National University in Canberra. He commenced legal articles in 1971... |
1993–1995 | ||
| Post abolished | Labor | 1995–2003 | |
| John Hatzistergos John Hatzistergos John Hatzistergos is a former Australian politician who was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council representing the Australian Labor Party between 1999 and 2011... |
2003–2005 | Minister for Justice | |
| Tony Kelly | 2005–2007 | ||
| John Hatzistergos | 2007–2011 | ||
| Greg Smith | Liberal | 2011–present |
Ministers for Juvenile Justice
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Tebbutt Carmel Tebbutt Carmel Mary Tebbutt is an Australian politician. She is the Australian Labor Party Member for Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011. She was also Minister for Health in the Keneally Government... |
Labor | 1999–2003 | Minister for Juvenile Justice |
| Diane Beamer Diane Beamer Diane Beamer is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1995–2011 representing the electorates of Badgerys Creek and Mulgoa for the Australian Labor Party.-Early life and background:Beamer joined Labor in 1975... |
2003–2005 | ||
| Tony Kelly | 2005–2007 | ||
| John Hatzistergos John Hatzistergos John Hatzistergos is a former Australian politician who was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council representing the Australian Labor Party between 1999 and 2011... |
2007 | ||
| Barbara Perry Barbara Perry Barbara Mazzel Anne Perry MP, , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Auburn for the Australian Labor Party since 2001. Perry is the Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Family and Community... |
2007–2008 | ||
| Graham West Graham West Graham James West , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown between 2001 and 2011 for the Australian Labor Party. He was Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister for Volunteering and Minister for Youth in the New South Wales State... |
2008–2010 | ||
| Barbara Perry Barbara Perry Barbara Mazzel Anne Perry MP, , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Auburn for the Australian Labor Party since 2001. Perry is the Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Family and Community... |
2010–2011 |
Ministers for Corrective Services
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Haigh Bill Haigh William Henry "Bill" Haigh is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Maroubra in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1983... |
Labor | 1978–1981 | Minister for Corrective Services |
| Rex Jackson Rex Jackson Rex Frederick Jackson was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was the son of a railway fettler and born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and educated at Harefield Public School and Junee and Sutherland High Schools. He became a rail... |
1981–1983 | ||
| Peter Anderson Peter Anderson (politician) Peter Thomas Anderson , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Nepean between 1978 and 1981, Penrith between 1981 and 1988, and Liverpool between 1989 and 1995 for the Australian Labor Party... |
1983–1984 | ||
| John Akister John Akister John Edward Akister is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1988, and served as a minister from 1984 to 1988.... |
1984–1988 | ||
| John Fahey John Fahey (politician) John Joseph Fahey, AC is a former Premier of New South Wales and Federal Minister for Finance in Australia. John Fahey is currently the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996 and the federal House of Representatives... |
Liberal | 1988 | |
| Michael Yabsley Michael Yabsley Michael Robert Yabsley is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Bligh from 1984 to 1988 and Vaucluse from 1988 to 1994.... |
1988–1991 | ||
| Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths (politician) Terence Allan "Terry" Griffiths , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Georges River from 1988 to 1995 initially for the Liberal Party and then as an independent member... |
1991 | Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services | |
| Post abolished | 1991–1995 | ||
| Bob Debus Bob Debus Robert John "Bob" Debus AM , a former Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party. Debus has been a minister in both the Australian and New South Wales governments... |
Labor | 1995–2003 | Minister for Corrective Services |
| Post abolished | 2003–2009 | ||
| John Robertson John Robertson (New South Wales politician) John Cameron Robertson MP , an Australian politician, is the Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales and the Leader of the Opposition. Robertson is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Blacktown for Labor since 2011... |
2009 | Minister for Corrective Services | |
| Phillip Costa | 2009–2011 |