Minister for Gaming and Racing

Minister for Gaming and Racing
Minister for Gaming and Racing
	Incumbent; David Harris; since 5 April 2023
	Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Michael Cleary (as Minister for Racing)
Formation	4 July 1986

The New South Wales Minister for Gaming and Racing is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the oversight of hospitality and for racing in the state of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

Role and responsibilities

Racing became a portfolio for the first time in the Unsworth ministry.^[2] The minister was responsible for regulating bookmakers and the control of greyhound, trotting and horse racing, racecourse development and the management of the NSW Totalisator Agency Board.^[3] With the establishment of the Sydney Harbour Casino in 1995, the portfolio included the Casino Control Board.^[4] The portfolio was abolished in the Second Berejiklian ministry and responsibility shared by the Minister for Customer Service and the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, before being re-established in the second Perrottet ministry. In addition to racing and gambling, the minister is also responsible for registered clubs.^[5]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for Gaming and Racing, or any precedent title:

Ministerial title	Minister ^[2]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Racing	Michael Cleary	Labor	Unsworth	4 July 1986	21 March 1988	1 year, 261 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 Racing ^[a]	Bob Rowland Smith		Greiner (1)	18 September 1989	24 May 1991	3 years, 60 days
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing	George Souris		Greiner (2) Fahey (1)	6 June 1991	24 June 1992	1 year, 18 days
	Joe Schipp	Liberal	Fahey (2)	3 July 1992	26 May 1993	327 days
	Chris Downy	Liberal	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for Gaming and Racing	Richard Face	Labor	Carr (1) (2) (3)	4 April 1995	13 February 2003	7 years, 315 days
	Michael Egan		Carr (3)	13 February 2003	2 April 2003	48 days
	Grant McBride		Carr (4) Iemma (1)	2 April 2003	2 April 2007	4 years, 0 days
	Graham West		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	8 September 2008	1 year, 159 days
	Kevin Greene		Rees Keneally	8 September 2008	28 March 2011	2 years, 201 days
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing	George Souris	National	O'Farrell	4 April 2011	23 April 2014	3 years, 19 days
Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing	Troy Grant		Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	2 years, 282 days
Minister for Racing	Troy Grant		Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	2 years, 282 days
Minister for Racing	Paul Toole		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days

Minister for Hospitality and Racing	Kevin Anderson	National	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	5 April 2023	1 year, 105 days	^[1]
Minister for Gaming and Racing	David Harris	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 262 days

Notes

^ The portfolio of Racing was separated from Sport and Recreation however Bob Rowland Smith retained responsibility for both portfolios.

References

^ ^a ^b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "PFO-109 Racing [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
^ "PFO-110 Gaming and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
^ "PFO-435 Hospitality and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[6] The portfolio of Racing was separated from Sport and Recreation however Bob Rowland Smith retained responsibility for both portfolios.

[Gazette_2021-12-21-1] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[Ministries-2] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[PFO-109-3] "PFO-109 Racing [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[PFO-110-4] "PFO-110 Gaming and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[PFO-435-5] "PFO-435 Hospitality and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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Role and responsibilities

List of ministers

See also

Notes

References