# Minister for Health (Queensland)

The Queensland Minister for Health is a minister in the Queensland Government who has overall responsibility for Queensland Health and its sixteen Hospital and Health Boards. Through this, the Minister for Health administers the health portfolio which includes hospitals, health services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and the Queensland Ambulance Service.
The current minister is Tim Nicholls, who was sworn in on 1 November 2024 as part of the full Crisafulli ministry following the Liberal National Party's victory at the 2024 Queensland state election.

## List of ministers

| No. | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Ned Hanlon | Labor | Forgan Smith (2) (3) (4) Cooper (1) | Secretary for Health | 5 December 1935 (1935-12-05) | 27 April 1944 (1944-04-27) | 8 years, 144 days |
| 2 | Tom Foley | Labor | Cooper (2) Hanlon (1) | Secretary for Health | 27 April 1944 (1944-04-27) | 15 May 1947 (1947-05-15) | 3 years, 18 days |
| 3 | Arthur Jones | Labor | Hanlon (2) | Secretary for Health | 15 May 1947 (1947-05-15) | 10 May 1950 (1950-05-10) | 2 years, 360 days |
| 4 | Bill Moore | Labor | Hanlon (3) Gair (1) (2) (3) | Secretary for Health | 10 May 1950 (1950-05-10) | 26 April 1957 (1957-04-26) | 7 years, 94 days |
| 4 | Bill Moore | Queensland Labor | Hanlon (3) Gair (1) (2) (3) | Secretary for Health | 26 April 1957 (1957-04-26) | 12 August 1957 (1957-08-12) | 7 years, 94 days |
| 5 | Winston Noble | Liberal | Nicklin (1) (2) (3) | Minister for Health | 12 August 1957 (1957-08-12) | 28 March 1964 (1964-03-28) | 6 years, 229 days |
| 6 | Douglas Tooth | Liberal | Pizzey Chalk Bjelke-Petersen (1) (2) (3) | Minister for Health | 14 April 1964 (1964-04-14) | 23 December 1974 (1974-12-23) | 10 years, 253 days |
| 7 | Llew Edwards | Liberal | Bjelke-Petersen (4) (5) | Minister for Health | 23 December 1974 (1974-12-23) | 15 December 1978 (1978-12-15) | 3 years, 357 days |
| 8 | William Knox | Liberal | Bjelke-Petersen (5) | Minister for Health | 15 December 1978 (1978-12-15) | 23 December 1980 (1980-12-23) | 2 years, 8 days |
| 9 | Brian Austin | Liberal | Bjelke-Petersen (6) | Minister for Health | 23 December 1980 (1980-12-23) | 18 August 1983 (1983-08-18) | 2 years, 238 days |
| 10 | Angelo Bertoni | National | Bjelke-Petersen (7) | Minister for Health | 19 August 1983 (1983-08-19) | 7 November 1983 (1983-11-07) | 80 days |
| (9) | Brian Austin | National | Bjelke-Petersen (8) | Minister for Health | 7 November 1983 (1983-11-07) | 1 December 1986 (1986-12-01) | 3 years, 24 days |
| 11 | Mike Ahern | National | Bjelke-Petersen (9) | Minister for Health | 1 December 1986 (1986-12-01) | 25 November 1987 (1987-11-25) | 359 days |
| 12 | Kev Lingard | National | Bjelke-Petersen (9) | Minister for Health | 25 November 1987 (1987-11-25) | 1 December 1987 (1987-12-01) | 6 days |
| 13 | Leisha Harvey | National | Ahern | Minister for Health | 9 December 1987 (1987-12-09) | 19 January 1989 (1989-01-19) | 1 year, 41 days |
| 14 | Ivan Gibbs | National | Ahern | Minister for Health | 19 January 1989 (1989-01-19) | 25 September 1989 (1989-09-25) | 322 days |
| 14 | Ivan Gibbs | National | Cooper | Minister for Health | 25 September 1989 (1989-09-25) | 7 December 1989 (1989-12-07) | 322 days |
| 15 | Ken McElligott | Labor | Goss (1) | Minister for Health | 7 December 1989 (1989-12-07) | 10 December 1991 (1991-12-10) | 2 years, 3 days |
| 16 | Ken Hayward | Labor | Goss (1) | Minister for Health | 16 December 1991 (1991-12-16) | 24 September 1992 (1992-09-24) | 3 years, 67 days |
| 16 | Ken Hayward | Labor | Goss (2) | Minister for Health | 24 September 1992 (1992-09-24) | 21 February 1995 (1995-02-21) | 3 years, 67 days |
| 17 | Jim Elder | Labor | Goss (2) | Minister for Health | 21 February 1995 (1995-02-21) | 31 July 1995 (1995-07-31) | 160 days |
| 18 | Peter Beattie | Labor | Goss (3) | Minister for Health | 31 July 1995 (1995-07-31) | 19 February 1996 (1996-02-19) | 203 days |
| 19 | Mike Horan | National | Borbidge | Minister for Health | 26 February 1996 (1996-02-26) | 26 June 1998 (1998-06-26) | 2 years, 120 days |
| 20 | Wendy Edmond | Labor | Beattie (1) (2) | Minister for Health | 29 June 1998 (1998-06-29) | 12 February 2004 (2004-02-12) | 5 years, 228 days |
| 21 | Gordon Nuttall | Labor | Beattie (3) | Minister for Health | 12 February 2004 (2004-02-12) | 28 July 2005 (2005-07-28) | 1 year, 166 days |
| 22 | Stephen Robertson | Labor | Beattie (4) (5) Bligh (1) | Minister for Health | 28 July 2005 (2005-07-28) | 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26) | 3 years, 241 days |
| 23 | Paul Lucas | Labor | Bligh (2) | Minister for Health | 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26) | 21 February 2011 (2011-02-21) | 1 year, 332 days |
| 24 | Geoff Wilson | Labor | Bligh (3) | Minister for Health | 21 February 2011 (2011-02-21) | 26 March 2012 (2012-03-26) | 1 year, 34 days |
| 25 | Lawrence Springborg | Liberal National | Newman | Minister for Health | 3 April 2012 (2012-04-03) | 14 February 2015 (2015-02-14) | 2 years, 316 days |
| 26 | Cameron Dick | Labor | Palaszczuk (1) | Minister for Health and Ambulance Services | 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) | 11 December 2017 (2017-12-11) | 2 years, 298 days |
| 27 | Steven Miles | Labor | Palaszczuk (2) | Minister for Health and Ambulance Services | 12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) | 11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) | 2 years, 335 days |
| 28 | Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Palaszczuk (3) | Minister for Health and Ambulance Services | 12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) | 17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) | 2 years, 186 days |
| 29 | Shannon Fentiman | Labor | Palaszczuk (3) Miles | Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services | 18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) | 28 October 2024 (2024-10-28) | 1 year, 163 days |
| 30 | Tim Nicholls | Liberal National | Crisafulli | Minister for Health and Ambulance Services | 1 November 2024 (2024-11-01) | Incumbent | 111 days |