Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
List of ministers for infrastructure, transport and regional development
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, or any precedent titles:

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

Section Title: List of ministers for infrastructure, transport and regional development
Table Section Text: The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, or any precedent titles:

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

1	Thomas Paterson	Country	Bruce	Minister for Markets and Transport	10 December 1928	22 October 1929	316 days

2	Parker Moloney	Labor	Scullin	22 October 1929	21 April 1930	2 years, 76 days

Minister for Transport	21 April 1930	6 January 1932

3	Archdale Parkhill	United Australia	Lyons	6 January 1932	12 April 1932	97 days

4	Larry Anthony	Country	Menzies	Minister for Transport	26 June 1941	28 August 1941	316 days

Fadden	28 August 1941	7 October 1941

5	George Lawson	Labor	Curtin	7 October 1941	21 September 1943	1 year, 349 days

6	Eddie Ward	21 September 1943	6 July 1945	6 years, 89 days

Forde	6 July 1945	13 July 1945

Chifley	13 July 1945	19 December 1949

7	Howard Beale	Liberal	Menzies	19 December 1949	17 March 1950	88 days

8	George McLeay	Minister for Shipping, Fuel and Transport	17 March 1950	11 May 1951	5 years, 181 days

Minister for Shipping and Transport	11 May 1951	14 September 1955

9	John Spicer	14 September 1955	27 September 1955	13 days

10	Shane Paltridge	27 September 1955	5 February 1960	4 years, 131 days

11	Hubert Opperman	5 February 1960	18 December 1963	3 years, 316 days

12	Gordon Freeth	18 December 1963	21 January 1966	4 years, 72 days

Holt	26 January 1966	19 December 1967

McEwen	19 December 1967	10 January 1968

Gorton	110 January 1968	28 February 1968

13	Ian Sinclair	Country	28 February 1968	5 February 1971	2 years, 342 days

14	Peter Nixon	5 February 1971	10 March 1971	1 year, 304 days

McMahon	10 March 1971	5 December 1972

15	Gough Whitlam	Labor	Whitlam	5 December 1972	19 December 1972	14 days

16	Charles Jones	Minister for Transport	19 December 1972	11 November 1975	2 years, 327 days

n/a	Peter Nixon	National Country	Fraser	11 November 1975	8 December 1979	4 years, 27 days

17	Ralph Hunt	8 December 1979	7 May 1982	3 years, 93 days

Minister for Transport and Construction	7 May 1982	16 October 1982

National	16 October 1982	11 March 1983

18	Peter Morris	Labor	Hawke	Minister for Transport	11 March 1983	24 July 1987	4 years, 135 days

19	Gareth Evans	Minister for Transport and Communications	24 July 1987	2 September 1988	1 year, 40 days

20	Ralph Willis	2 September 1988	4 April 1990	1 year, 214 days

21	Kim Beazley	4 April 1990	9 December 1991	1 year, 249 days

22	John Kerin	9 December 1991	20 December 1991	18 days

Keating	20 December 1991	27 December 1991

21	Graham Richardson	27 December 1991	18 May 1992	143 days

22	Bob Collins	18 May 1992	24 December 1993	1 year, 220 days

23	Laurie Brereton	Minister for Transport	24 December 1993	11 March 1996	2 years, 78 days

24	John Sharp	Nationals	Howard	Minister for Transport and Regional Development	11 March 1996	25 September 1997	1 year, 198 days

25	Mark Vaile	25 September 1997	21 October 1998	1 year, 26 days

26	John Anderson	Minister for Transport and Regional Services	21 October 1998	6 July 2005	6 years, 258 days

27	Warren Truss	6 July 2005	29 September 2006	1 year, 85 days

n/a	Mark Vaile	29 September 2006	3 December 2007	1 year, 65 days

28	Anthony Albanese	Labor	Rudd	Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	5 years, 289 days

Gillard	24 June 2010	28 June 2010

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport	14 September 2010	27 June 2013

Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013

n/a	Warren Truss	Nationals	Abbott	Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	2 years, 153 days

Turnbull	15 September 2015	18 February 2016

29	Darren Chester	Minister for Infrastructure and Transport	18 February 2016	20 December 2017	1 year, 305 days

30	Barnaby Joyce	20 December 2017	26 February 2018	68 days

31	Michael McCormack	26 February 2018	28 August 2018	344 days

Morrison	Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development	28 August 2018	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

In December 1928, Thomas Paterson was the Minister for Markets and Transport under Bruce.

final_sentence: In December 1928, Thomas Paterson was the Minister for Markets and Transport under Bruce.