Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
List of resources ministers
Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.

Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science

Section Title: List of resources ministers
Table Section Text: Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office

1	Rex Connor	Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Minerals and Energy	19 December 1972	14 October 1975	2 years, 299 days

2	Ken Wriedt	14 October 1975	11 November 1975	28 days

3	Doug Anthony	National Country	Fraser	Minister for National Resources	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

4	Peter Walsh	Labor	Hawke	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1983	13 December 1984	1 year, 277 days

5	Gareth Evans	13 December 1984	24 July 1987	2 years, 223 days

6	Peter Morris	Minister for Resources	24 July 1987	19 January 1988	179 days

7	Peter Cook	19 January 1988	4 April 1990	2 years, 75 days

8	Alan Griffiths	4 April 1990	20 December 1991	2 years, 354 days

Keating	20 December 1991	24 March 1993

9	Michael Lee	24 March 1993	24 December 1993	275 days

10	David Beddall	24 December 1993	11 March 1996	2 years, 78 days

11	Warwick Parer	Liberal	Howard	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 224 days

12	Nick Minchin	Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001	3 years, 36 days

13	Ian Macfarlane	Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	3 December 2007	6 years, 7 days

14	Martin Ferguson	Labor	Rudd	Minister for Resources and Energy	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	5 years, 89 days

Gillard	24 June 2010	22 March 2013

15	Gary Gray	22 March 2013	27 June 2013	180 days

Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013

16	Josh Frydenberg	Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia	21 September 2015	18 February 2016	302 days

Minister for Resources and Energy	18 February 2016	19 July 2016

17	Matt Canavan	Liberal National	Minister for Resources and Northern Australia	19 July 2016	25 July 2017	1 year, 6 days

18	Barnaby Joyce	National	25 July 2017	27 October 2017	94 days

(17)	Matt Canavan	Liberal National	Minister for Resources and Northern Australia	27 October 2017	20 December 2017	54 days

Sentence(s)

Matt Canavan served as the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science from 27 October 2017 until 20 December 2017.

final_sentence: Matt Canavan served as the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science from 27 October 2017 until 20 December 2017.