Minister for Social Services (Australia)
List of Ministers for Social Services
Columns: Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Term start | Term end | Term in office
1 | Don Grimes | Labor | Hawke | 13December1984 | 16February1987 | 2years, 65days | 2 | Chris Hurford | Labor | Hawke | 16February1987 | 24July1987 | 158 days | 3 | Neal Blewett | Labor | Hawke | 24July1987 | 4April1990 | 2years, 254days | 4 | Brian Howe | Labor | Hawke | 4April1990 | 7June1991 | 3years, 355days | 4 | Brian Howe | Labor | Hawke | 7June1991 | 20December1991 | 3years, 355days | 4 | Brian Howe | Labor | Keating | 20December1991 | 24March1993 | 3years, 355days | 4 | Brian Howe | Labor | Keating | 24March1993 | 23December1993 | 3years, 355days | 4 | Brian Howe | Labor | Keating | 23December1993 | 25March1994 | 3years, 355days | 5 | Carmen Lawrence | Labor | Keating | 25March1994 | 11March1996 | 1year, 352days | 6 | Michael Wooldridge | Liberal | Howard | 11March1996 | 21October1998 | 2years, 224days | 7 | Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | Howard | 21October1998 | 30January2001 | 2years, 101days | 8 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | 30January2001 | 7October2003 | 2years, 250days | 9 | Kay Patterson | Liberal | Howard | 7October2003 | 27January2006 | 2years, 112days | 10 | Mal Brough | Liberal | Howard | 27January2006 | 3December2007 | 1year, 310days | 11 | Jenny Macklin | Labor | Rudd | 3December2007 | 24June2010 | 5years, 289days | 11 | Jenny Macklin | Labor | Gillard | 24June2010 | 14December2011 | 5years, 289days | 11 | Jenny Macklin | Labor | Gillard | 14December2011 | 27June2013 | 5years, 289days | 11 | Jenny Macklin | Labor | Rudd | 27June2013 | 18September2013 | 5years, 289days | 12 | Kevin Andrews | Liberal | Abbott | 18September2013 | incumbent | 136 days