List of ministers of public works (Queensland) explained

The list of ministers for the Department of Public Works in the Government of Queensland, Australia, include:

MinisterTerm startTerm endTitlePartyNotes
St. George Richard Gore14 January 186221 March 1862Secretary for Public Lands and Works
Arthur Macalister21 March 18621 February 1866Secretary for Lands and Public Works
Arthur Macalister1 February 186620 July 1866Premier and Secretary for Lands and Works
John Watts21 July 18667 August 1866Secretary for Lands and Public Works
John Watts7 August 18663 May 1867Secretary for Public Works
John Douglas21 May 186718 August 1867Secretary for Public Works[1]
Arthur Hunter Palmer15 August 186710 September 1868Secretary for Public Works
Arthur Hodgson10 September 186825 November 1868Secretary for Public Works
Arthur Macalister25 November 186828 January 1869Secretary for Lands and Public Work
Arthur Macalister28 January 18693 May 1870Secretary for Public Works and Gold Field
William Henry Walsh3 May 187010 July 1873Secretary for Public Works
Arthur Hunter Palmer10 July 187315 July 1873Secretary for Public Works
John Malbon Thompson15 July 18738 January 1874Secretary for Public Works
Thomas McIlwraith8 January 187424 October 1874Secretary for Public Works and MinesMinisterialist
Arthur Macalister24 October 187413 November 1874Secretary for Public Works and Mines
Henry Edward King13 November 187410 May 1876Secretary for Public Works and Mines
James Dickson10 May 18765 June 1876Secretary for Public Works and Minessee article
George Thorn5 June 18768 March 1877Premier, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Works and Mines
George Thorn8 March 18777 November 1877Secretary for Public Works
William Miles7 November 187721 September 1878Secretary for Public Works
Samuel Griffith21 September 187821 January 1879Secretary for Public Works
John Macrossan21 January 187913 March 1883Secretary for Public Works and Mines
Albert Norton13 March 188313 November 1883Secretary for Public Works and Mines
William Miles13 November 188322 August 1887Secretary for Public Works and Mines
Charles Dutton30 August 188712 December 1887Secretary for Public Works and Mines
William Hodgkinson19 May 188813 May 1893Secretary for Mines and Work
John Macrossan13 June 18884 January 1890Secretary for Public Works and Mines
Hugh Nelson4 January 189012 August 1890Secretary for Railways and Public WorksMinisterialist
Horace Tozer12 August 189027 March 1893Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist
Isidor Lissner27 March 189325 May 1893Secretary for Mines and Public WorksMinisterialist
Robert Philp25 May 189323 August 1894Secretary for Mines and Public Workssee article
Robert Philp23 August 189429 March 1895Secretary for Mines, Public Works and Public Instruction
Robert Philp29 March 18956 May 1896Secretary for Public Works and Railways
David Dalrymple6 May 189627 April 1898Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist
John Murray27 April 18981 December 1899Secretary for Railways and Public Works
John Murray7 December 18991 February 1901Secretary for Railways and Public Works
David Dalrymple28 March 18991 December 1899Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist
Andrew Fisher1 December 18997 December 1899Secretary for Railways and Public WorksLabor
John Leahy1 February 190117 September 1903Secretary for Railways and Public Workssee article
William Browne17 September 190312 April 1904Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLabor
Peter Airey19 April 190427 April 1904Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLabor
Digby Denham27 April 190419 January 1906Secretary for Public WorksMinisterialist
Thomas O'Sullivan19 January 19066 February 1907Secretary for Public Workssee article
Thomas O'Sullivan6 February 190719 November 1907Secretary for Public Works and AgricultureKidstonite
Patrick Leahy19 November 190718 February 1908Secretary for Public Works and MinesConservative/Philpite
George Kerr18 February 190829 October 1908Secretary for Railways and Public WorksKidstonite
John Appel29 October 190829 June 1909Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLiberal
George Jackson29 June 190922 October 1909Secretary for Mines and Public WorksLiberal
Walter Barnes22 October 19097 February 1911Secretary for Public Instruction and for Public WorksLiberal
Walter Barnes7 February 19111 June 1915Treasurer and Secretary for Public WorksLiberal
Ted Theodore1 June 191522 October 1919Treasurer & Secretary for Public WorksLabor
James Larcombe22 October 19197 April 1920Secretary for Public WorksLabor
John Fihelly7 April 19208 February 1922Secretary for Public WorksLabor
Ted Thedore8 February 19226 October 1922Premier and Chief Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary for Public WorksLabor
William Forgan Smith6 October 192226 February 1925Secretary for Public WorksLabor
Mick Kirwan26 February 192521 May 1929Secretary for Public WorksLabor
Reginald King21 May 192917 June 1932Secretary for Public Works and Public InstructionCPNP
Harry Bruce17 June 193215 May 1947Secretary for Public WorksLabor
William Power15 May 194710 May 1950Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local GovernmentLabor
Paul Hilton10 May 19501 May 1952Secretary for Public Works, Housing and Local GovernmentLabor
Paul Hilton1 May 195228 May 1956Secretary for Public Works and HousingLabor
Colin McCathie28 May 195612 August 1957Secretary for Public Works, Housing and ImmigrationLabor/QLP
James Heading12 August 19579 June 1960Minister for Public Works and Local Government and ImmigrationCountry
Lloyd Roberts9 June 196011 April 1961Minister for Public Works and Local GovernmentCountryDied in office
Harold Richter4 May 196126 September 1963Minister for Public Works and Local GovernmentCountry
Joh Bjelke-Petersen26 September 19638 August 1968Minister for Works and HousingCountry
Max Hodges8 August 196823 December 1974Minister for Works and HousingCountry
Max Hodges23 December 197410 March 1975Minister for Works and Housing and Minister for PoliceNational
Norm Lee10 March 197516 December 1977Minister for Works and HousingLiberal
Claude Wharton16 December 197718 October 1986Minister for Works and HousingNational
Ivan Gibbs1 December 198625 November 1987Minister for Works and HousingNational
Ivan Gibbs25 November 19871 December 1987Minister for Works, Housing and IndustryNational
Bill Gunn9 December 198719 January 1989Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Main Roads and Expo and Minister for PoliceNational
Bill Gunn19 January 198925 September 1989Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Housing and Main RoadsNational
Jim Randell25 September 19897 December 1989Minister for Works and HousingNational
Ron McLean7 December 198919 September 1992Minister for Administrative ServicesLabor
Tom Burns24 September 199218 October 1993Minister for Administrative ServicesLabor
Glen Milliner18 October 199319 February 1996Minister for Administrative ServicesLabor
Ray Connor26 February 199628 April 1997Minister for Public Works and HousingLiberal
David Watson28 April 199726 June 1998Minister for Public Works and HousingLiberal
Robert Schwarten29 June 199812 February 2004Minister for Public Works and HousingLabor
Robert Schwarten12 February 200413 September 2006Minister for Public Works, Housing and RacingLabor
Robert Schwarten13 September 200612 October 2006Minister for Public Works and HousingLabor
Robert Schwarten12 October 200621 February 2011Minister for Public Works, Information and Communications TechnologyLabor
Simon Finn21 February 201126 March 2012Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication TechnologyLabor
Bruce Flegg3 April 201214 November 2012Minister for Housing and Public WorksLNP
Tim Mander19 November 201213 February 2015Minister for Housing and Public WorksLNP
Leeanne Enoch16 February 20158 December 2015Minister for Housing and Public WorksLabor
Mick de Brenni8 December 201518 December 2023Minister for Public Works and ProcurementLabor
Meaghan Scanlon18 December 2023Minister for Public WorksLabor

Other roles

Other politicians occupying important roles in the area of public works include:

MinisterTerm startTerm endTitlePartyNotes
Sandy McPhie20 April 198919 October 1989Chairman, Public Works CommitteeNational
Tony McGrady6 March 199016 December 1991Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Robert Schwarten18 March 199225 August 1992Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Judy Spence10 November 199220 June 1995Chair, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Bill D'Arcy15 September 19952 April 1996Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Len Stephan2 April 199619 May 1998Chairman, Public Works CommitteeNational
Neil Roberts30 July 199817 February 2001Chairman, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Don Livingstone3 May 200115 August 2006Chair, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Pat Purcell12 February 200428 July 2005Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and RacingLabor
Barbara Stone11 October 200620 March 2009Chair, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Wayne Wendt23 April 200928 May 2009Chair, Public Works CommitteeLabor
Wayne Wendt28 May 200916 June 2011Chair, Public Accounts and Public Works CommitteeLabor

Notes and References

  1. 1 January 2017.

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