Minister for Major Events (New South Wales)

The Minister for Major Events was a ministry first established in 2010 in the Keneally ministry and combined with Tourism and Gaming and Racing in the O'Farrell ministry. Major Events was abolished as a portfolio title in the second Berejiklian ministry.[1]

Minister for Major Events of New South Wales
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Formation11 March 2010
First holderIan Macdonald
Final holderAdam Marshall
Abolished23 March 2019

History

The first minister with specific responsibility for a major event was Michael Knight as the Minister for Olympics, following the success of the Sydney bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The minister concurrently held the portfolios of Public Works and Services and Roads and was closely linked to the provisions of buildings and infrastructure for the event.[2]

The portfolio of Major Events was not responsible for a department, nor any legislation, with the Major Events Act 2009 remaining the responsibility of the Premier.[3] The first minister, Ian Macdonald, also held the portfolios of State and Regional Development, Mineral and Forest Resources, and Central Coast.[1] In 2011 the portfolio was absorbed by the new portfolio of Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing and remained a named part of portfolios until 2019 when it became part of the portfolio of Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney.[4]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as minister where major events were part of the responsibilities in the portfolio:

TitleMinister [1]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for the Olympics Michael Knight   Labor Carr (1) 4 April 1995 12 January 2001 5 years, 283 days
Minister for Major Events Ian Macdonald   Labor Keneally 11 March 2010 5 June 2010 86 days
Kevin Greene 5 June 2010 28 March 2011 296 days
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing George Souris   National O'Farrell 4 April 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 19 days
Minister for Tourism and Major Events Andrew Stoner Baird (1) 23 April 2014 17 October 2014 177 days
Troy Grant 17 October 2014 2 April 2015 167 days [5]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres   Liberal Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days [6]
Minister for Tourism and Major Events Adam Marshall   National Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days

References
  1. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "PFO-163 Olympics". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. "PFO-328 Major Events". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. "PFO-384 Tourism and Major Events [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  5. "The Hon. Troy Wayne GRANT, MP". Current Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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