Minister for Interior
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holderArchdale Parkhill
Formation12 April 1932 (1932-04-12)

The Australian Minister for Interior was a ministerial portfolio responsible for the local government and external territories administration. The portfolio was originally held by the Minister for Home Affairs from 1901 to 1932 and then Minister for the Interior in the first Lyons Ministry—subsuming his portfolios of Home Affairs and Transport.

The establishment of portfolios such as Transport, Immigration, Agriculture and Industry left the Minister for the Interior mainly responsible for administering the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, including, until 1967, the Australian Aboriginals residing there.[1] On 19 December 1972 the interior portfolio was replaced in the Whitlam Ministry by the Minister for the Capital Territory and the Minister for the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory portfolio was abolished on 28 September 1978, following the granting of self-government to the Northern Territory. From July 1987, administration of the Australian Capital Territory was subsumed in the portfolio of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, anticipating ACT self-government on 11 May 1989.

List of ministers

Interior

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Interior:[2]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Archdale Parkhill   United Australia Lyons Minister for the Interior 12 April 1932 13 October 1932 184 days
2 John Perkins 13 October 1932 12 October 1934 1 year, 364 days
3 Eric Harrison 12 October 1934 9 November 1934 28 days
4 Thomas Paterson   Country 9 November 1934 29 November 1937 3 years, 20 days
5 John McEwen 29 November 1937 7 April 1939 1 year, 148 days
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
6 Harry Foll   United Australia Menzies 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 164 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
7 Joe Collings   Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 3 years, 279 days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
8 Herbert Johnson Chifley 13 July 1945 19 December 1949 4 years, 159 days
9 Philip McBride   Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 24 October 1950 309 days
n/a Eric Harrison 24 October 1950 11 May 1951 199 days
10 Wilfrid Kent Hughes 11 May 1951 11 January 1956 4 years, 245 days
11 Allen Fairhall 11 January 1956 10 December 1958 2 years, 333 days
12 Gordon Freeth 10 December 1958 18 December 1963 5 years, 8 days
13 John Gorton 18 December 1963 4 March 1964 77 days
14 Doug Anthony   Country 4 March 1964 26 January 1966 3 years, 226 days
Holt 26 January 1966 16 October 1967
15 Peter Nixon 16 October 1967 19 December 1967 3 years, 112 days
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 5 February 1971
16 Ralph Hunt 5 February 1971 10 March 1971 1 year, 304 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972
17 Lance Barnard   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days

Territories

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories § List of ministers for territories.[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Territories, or any precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Charles Marr United Australia Lyons Minister in charge of Territories 6 January 1932 (1932-01-06) 24 May 1934 (1934-05-24) 2 years, 138 days
2 Harry Lawson 24 May 1934 (1934-05-24) 12 October 1934 (1934-10-12) 141 days
3 George Pearce 12 October 1934 (1934-10-12) 29 November 1937 (1937-11-29) 3 years, 48 days
4 Billy Hughes 29 November 1937 (1937-11-29) 7 November 1938 (1938-11-07) 343 days
5 John Perkins Minister without portfolio administering External Territories 7 November 1938 (1938-11-07) 8 November 1938 (1938-11-08) 1 day
6 Eric Harrison 8 November 1938 (1938-11-08) 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) 169 days
Page 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)
(5) John Perkins Menzies 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26) 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) 323 days
7 Horace Nock Country Minister without portfolio in charge of External Territories 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) 228 days
8 Thomas Collins Minister without portfolio assisting the Prime Minister dealing with External Territories 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) 26 June 1941 (1941-06-26) 241 days
9 Allan McDonald United Australia Minister for External Territories 26 June 1941 (1941-06-26) 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) 103 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)
10 James Fraser Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07) 21 September 1943 (1943-09-21) 1 year, 349 days
11 Eddie Ward 21 September 1943 (1943-09-21) 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) 6 years, 89 days
Forde 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
Chifley 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)
12 Percy Spender Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) 26 April 1951 (1951-04-26) 1 year, 128 days
13 Richard Casey 27 April 1951 (1951-04-27) 11 May 1951 (1951-05-11) 15 days
14 Paul Hasluck Minister for Territories 11 May 1951 (1951-05-11) 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) 12 years, 221 days
15 Charles Barnes Country 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 8 years, 38 days
Holt 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)
McEwen 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
Gorton 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28)
Minister for External Territories 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)
McMahon 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 25 January 1972 (1972-01-25)
16 Andrew Peacock Liberal 25 January 1972 (1972-01-25) 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 315 days
17 Gough Whitlam1 Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 14 days
18 Bill Morrison 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) 346 days
19 Tom Uren Labor Hawke Minister for Territories and Local Government 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 1 year, 277 days
20 Gordon Scholes Minister for Territories 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 2 years, 223 days
21 John Brown Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 18 December 1987 (1987-12-18) 147 days
22 Gary Punch Minister for the Arts and Territories 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) 2 September 1988 (1988-09-02) 227 days
22 Clyde Holding 2 September 1988 (1988-09-02) 22 May 1989 (1989-05-22) 1 year, 214 days
Minister for the Arts, Tourism and Territories 22 May 1989 (1989-05-22) 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)
23 David Simmons 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 1 year, 267 days
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
24 Wendy Fatin Minister for the Arts and Territories 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 1 year, 87 days
25 Ros Kelly Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 1 March 1994 (1994-03-01) 342 days
26 Graham Richardson 1 March 1994 (1994-03-01) 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25) 24 days
27 John Faulkner 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 1 year, 352 days
28 Warwick Smith Liberal Howard Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 1 year, 212 days
29 Alex Somlyay Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 1 year, 12 days
30 Ian Macdonald Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 3 years, 36 days
31 Wilson Tuckey 25 January 2002 (2002-01-25) 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 1 year, 255 days
(30) Ian Macdonald Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 18 July 2004 (2004-07-18) 285 days
32 Jim Lloyd 18 July 2004 (2004-07-18) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 3 years, 138 days
33 Paul Fletcher Liberal Turnbull Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 302 days
34 Fiona Nash National Minister for Local Government and Territories 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) 1 year, 100 days
35 Darren Chester 27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 54 days
36 John McVeigh Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 251 days
Morrison 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
37 Sussan Ley Liberal Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 274 days
38 Nola Marino 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 2 years, 359 days
39 Kristy McBain Labor Albanese Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 1 year, 228 days

Capital Territory

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories § Capital Territory.[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Capital Territory:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Kep Enderby   Labor Whitlam Minister for the Capital Territory 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 9 October 1973 (1973-10-09) 294 days
2 Gordon Bryant 9 October 1973 (1973-10-09) 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 2 years, 33 days
3 Reg Withers   Liberal Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 41 days
4 Eric Robinson 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 16 February 1976 (1976-02-16) 56 days
5 Tony Staley 16 February 1976 (1976-02-16) 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 1 year, 307 days
6 Bob Ellicott 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) 2 years, 319 days
7 Michael Hodgman 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 2 years, 128 days

See also

References

  1. ↑ Attwood, B.; Markus, A. (2004). Thinking Black, William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines' League. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-85575-459-1.
  2. ↑ "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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