Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Charles Kingston |
Formation | 1901 |
The Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment is The Honourable Steven Ciobo MP, since 18 February 2016.
The Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment is The Honourable Keith Pitt MP, since 19 July 2016.
Portfolio
In the Government of Australia, the Minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, although prior to 1987 there was a separate Department of Trade. Other trade-related bodies for which he is responsible are:
- Austrade
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
- Trade Policy Advisory Council
List of Ministers for Trade, Tourism and Investment
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, or any of its precedent titles:[1]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Charles Kingston | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 1 January 1901 | 24 July 1903 | 2 years, 204 days | |
2 | William Lyne | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 11 August 1903 | 24 September 1903 | 260 days | |
Deakin | 24 September 1903 | 27 April 1904 | ||||||
3 | Andrew Fisher | Labor | Watson | 27 April 1904 | 17 August 1904 | 112 days | ||
4 | Allan McLean | Protectionist | Reid | 17 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | 322 days | ||
n/a | William Lyne | Deakin | 5 July 1905 | 30 July 1907 | 2 years, 25 days | |||
5 | Austin Chapman | 30 July 1907 | 13 November 1908 | 1 year, 106 days | ||||
6 | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 13 November 1908 | 2 June 1909 | 201 days | ||
7 | Robert Best | Protectionist | Deakin | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | 331 days | ||
n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 29 April 1910 | 24 June 1913 | 3 years, 56 days | ||
8 | Littleton Groom | Commonwealth Liberal | Cook | 24 June 1913 | 17 September 1914 | 1 year, 85 days | ||
n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 17 September 1914 | 27 October 1915 | 1 year, 363 days | ||
Hughes | 27 October 1915 | 14 September 1916 | ||||||
9 | Billy Hughes | Labor | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 29 September 1916 | 14 November 1916 | 46 days | |
10 | William Archibald | National Labor | 14 November 1916 | 17 February 1917 | 95 days | |||
11 | Jens Jensen | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 | 13 December 1918 | 1 year, 299 days | |||
12 | William Watt | 13 December 1918 | 17 January 1919 | 35 days | ||||
13 | Walter Massy-Greene | 17 January 1919 | 21 December 1921 | 2 years, 338 days | ||||
14 | Arthur Rodgers | 21 December 1921 | 5 February 1923 | 1 year, 46 days | ||||
15 | Austin Chapman | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 9 February 1923 | 26 May 1924 | 1 year, 107 days | |
n/a | Littleton Groom | 26 May 1924 | 13 June 1924 | 18 days | ||||
16 | Herbert Pratten | 13 June 1924 | 7 May 1928 | 3 years, 329 days | ||||
17 | Stanley Bruce | 8 May 1928 | 28 November 1928 | 204 days | ||||
18 | Henry Gullett | 28 November 1928 | 22 October 1929 | 328 days | ||||
19 | James Fenton | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 4 February 1931 | 1 year, 105 days | ||
20 | Frank Forde | 4 February 1931 | 6 January 1932 | 336 days | ||||
n/a | Henry Gullett | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 14 January 1933 | 1 year, 8 days | ||
21 | Thomas White | 14 January 1933 | 8 November 1938 | 5 years, 298 days | ||||
22 | John Perkins | 8 November 1938 | 7 April 1939 | 169 days | ||||
Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
23 | John Lawson | Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 23 February 1940 | 303 days | |||
24 | Robert Menzies | 23 February 1940 | 14 March 1940 | 20 days | ||||
25 | George McLeay | 14 March 1940 | 28 October 1940 | 228 days | ||||
26 | Eric Harrison | 28 October 1940 | 29 August 1941 | 344 days | ||||
Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
27 | Richard Keane | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 6 July 1945 | 4 years, 201 days | ||
Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 26 April 1946 | ||||||
28 | John Dedman | 26 April 1946 | 18 June 1946 | 53 days | ||||
29 | James Fraser | 18 June 1946 | 1 November 1946 | 136 days | ||||
30 | Ben Courtice | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | ||||
31 | Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 January 1956 | 6 years, 23 days | ||
32 | John McEwen | Country | Minister for Trade | 11 January 1956 | 18 December 1963 | 15 years, 25 days | ||
Minister for Trade and Industry | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | ||||||
Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
33 | Doug Anthony | 5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 270 days | ||||
McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
34 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
35 | Jim Cairns | Minister for Overseas Trade | 19 December 1972 | 11 December 1974 | 1 year, 357 days | |||
36 | Frank Crean | 11 December 1974 | 11 November 1975 | 335 days | ||||
n/a | Doug Anthony | National Country | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 20 December 1977 | 7 years, 120 days | ||
Minister for Trade and Resources | 20 December 1977 | 16 October 1982 | ||||||
National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
37 | Lionel Bowen | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | |
38 | John Dawkins | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | 2 years, 223 days | ||||
39 | Michael Duffy | Minister for Trade Negotiations | 24 July 1987 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 254 days | |||
40 | Neal Blewett | 4 April 1990 | 1 February 1991 | 1 year, 267 days | ||||
Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 1 February 1991 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 December 1991 | ||||||
41 | John Kerin | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | 1 year, 87 days | ||||
42 | Peter Cook | Minister for Trade | 24 March 1993 | 30 January 1994 | 312 days | |||
43 | Bob McMullan | 30 January 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 41 days | ||||
44 | Tim Fischer | National | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 20 July 1999 | 3 years, 131 days | ||
45 | Mark Vaile | 20 July 1999 | 29 September 2006 | 7 years, 71 days | ||||
46 | Warren Truss | 29 September 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 65 days | ||||
47 | Simon Crean | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | ||
Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 28 June 2010 | ||||||
48 | Stephen Smith | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | 78 days | ||||
49 | Craig Emerson | 14 September 2010 | 5 March 2012 | 2 years, 286 days | ||||
Minister for Trade and Competitiveness | 5 March 2012 | 27 June 2013 | ||||||
50 | Richard Marles | Rudd | Minister for Trade | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 83 days | ||
51 | Andrew Robb | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Trade and Investment | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 153 days | |
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 18 February 2016 | ||||||
52 | Steve Ciobo | Liberal National | 18 February 2016 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |||
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 | Incumbent |
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry that comprised just Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was announced.
List of Assistant Ministers for Trade, Tourism and Investment
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, or any of its precedent titles:[1]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | John Howard | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Special Trade Negotiations | 17 July 1977 | 20 December 1977 | 156 days | |
2 | Victor Garland | Minister for Special Trade Representations | 20 December 1977 | 8 December 1979 | 1 year, 353 days | |||
3 | Douglas Scott | National Country | 8 December 1979 | 19 August 1980 | 255 days | |||
4 | Ian Sinclair | 19 August 1980 | 3 November 1980 | 76 days | ||||
5 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |
6 | Keith Pitt | Liberal National | Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 | Incumbent | 150 days |
References
- 1 2 "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2013.