# Minister for Sport (New South Wales)

The Minister for Sport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the administration and support for all sporting bodies in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It has often been combined with other portfolio responsibilities, most commonly Tourism.

## Scope
### Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation (1975-1976)

The formation of the ministry and supporting department was a response to the Government’s growing involvement in leisure and sporting activities. Included in these activities were sport, recreation, the visual arts and crafts, and the performing arts. Some of the government controls relating to motor, horse and greyhound racing, Sunday entertainment and the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground were also transferred to the new Department from the Chief Secretary, although the Chief Secretary’s successor, the Department of Services, continued to provide the administrative staff for many of these activities.
The responsibilities of the portfolio included the Advisory Committee on Cultural Grants, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Archives Authority of New South Wales, the Library and Library Board of New South Wales, Museums, Film Council, Observatory and Opera House and the sport and recreation service of New South Wales. The last organisation aimed to promote physical fitness and recreational opportunities which was achieved by providing camping facilities, swimming instruction, school vacation play centres.
The ministry was abolished in the first Wran ministry in 1976, separated into the portfolio of Sport and Recreation and while cultural activities became the responsibility of the Premier.

## List of ministers

The following individuals have served as minister where sport was one of the responsibilities in the portfolio:
| Title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| Minister for Tourism and Sport | Eric Willis | Liberal | Askin (4) | 11 March 1971 | 19 June 1972 | 1 year, 100 days | |
| Minister for Sport | Ian Griffith | Liberal | Askin (4) (5) (6) | 19 June 1972 | 3 January 1975 | 2 years, 198 days | |
| Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation | John Barraclough | Liberal | Lewis (1) (2) | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | 1 year, 20 days | |
| Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation | David Arblaster | Liberal | Willis | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 112 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Ken Booth | Labor | Wran (1) (2) (3) | 14 May 1976 | 2 October 1981 | 5 years, 141 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Michael Cleary | Labor | Wran (4) | 2 October 1981 | 26 May 1982 | 6 years, 171 days | |
| Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism | Michael Cleary | Labor | Wran (4) (5) | 26 May 1982 | 10 February 1984 | 6 years, 171 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Michael Cleary | Labor | Wran (6) (7) (8) Unsworth | 10 February 1984 | 21 March 1988 | 6 years, 171 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing | Bob Rowland Smith | National | Greiner (1) | 25 March 1988 | 18 September 1989 | 3 years, 60 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Bob Rowland Smith | National | Greiner (1) | 18 September 1989 | 24 May 1991 | 3 years, 60 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing | George Souris | National | Greiner (2) Fahey (1) | 6 June 1991 | 3 July 1992 | 1 year, 27 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing | Joe Schipp | Liberal | Fahey (2) | 3 July 1992 | 26 May 1993 | 327 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing | Christopher Downy | Liberal | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Gabrielle Harrison | Labor | Carr (1) (2) | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | 4 years, 4 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | John Watkins | Labor | Carr (3) | 8 April 1999 | 21 November 2001 | 2 years, 227 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Morris Iemma | Labor | Carr (3) | 21 November 2001 | 2 April 2003 | 1 year, 132 days | |
| Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation | Sandra Nori | Labor | Carr (4) Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | 4 years, 0 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Graham West | Labor | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | 1 year, 156 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Kevin Greene | Labor | Rees Keneally | 5 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | 2 years, 204 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Graham Annesley | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 28 August 2013 | 2 years, 147 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Gabrielle Upton | Liberal | O'Farrell | 30 August 2013 | 23 April 2014 | 236 days | |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | Stuart Ayres | Liberal | Baird (1) | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 4 years, 334 days | |
| Minister for Sport | Stuart Ayres | Liberal | Baird (2) Berejiklian (1) | 2 April 2015 | 23 March 2019 | 4 years, 334 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans | John Sidoti | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 17 September 2019 | 168 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans | Geoff Lee (acting) | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) | 17 September 2019 | 27 May 2021 | 1 year, 232 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans | Natalie Ward | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 27 May 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 208 days | [25] [26] |
| Minister for Tourism and Sport | Stuart Ayres | Liberal | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 3 August 2022 | 225 days | |
| Minister for Sport | Alister Henskens | Liberal | Perrottet (2) | 5 August 2022 | 5 April 2023 | 2 years, 225 days | |
| Minister for Sport | Steve Kamper | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 347 days | |