Summary
The Minister for Medical Research is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which included medical research in New South Wales, Australia.
| Minister for Medical Research | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Inaugural holder | Frank Sartor (as the Minister for Science and Medical Research) |
| Formation | 2 April 2003 |
History edit
The New South Wales government was involved in medical research since 1871 with the establishment of the position of Analytical Chemist.[1][2] The NSW Medical Research Council was established on 18 September 1946 with objectives that included (1) carrying out a survey of medical research being conducted; (2) advising the government as to the expenditure of money upon medical research and the merits of reputed cures or methods of treatment. The Council however ceased to operate within a year of its establishment.[3]
Medical Research was not represented at a portfolio level until 2003 with the creation of the portfolio of Science and Medical Research. The issues within the portfolio included gene technology; prohibition of human cloning and regulation of research on human embryos; access to Australia’s genetic and biochemical resources; bioethics; and spinal cord injury.[4] The portfolio was combined with the Health portfolio in 2019 in the second Berejiklian ministry, named Health and Medical Research.[5] The portfolio returned to Health in the second Perrottet ministry.[6]
List of ministers edit
| Title | Minister [6] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Science and Medical Research | Frank Sartor | Labor | Carr (4) Iemma (1) |
2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | 4 years, 0 days | ||
| Verity Firth | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | 1 year, 159 days | ||||
| Tony Stewart | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 4 November 2008 | 57 days | ||||
| Jodi McKay | Rees Keneally |
4 November 2008 | 28 March 2011 | 2 years, 144 days | ||||
| Minister for Medical Research | Jillian Skinner [a] | Liberal | O'Farrell Baird (1) |
3 April 2011 | 2 April 2015 | 3 years, 364 days | ||
| Pru Goward | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | ||||
| Brad Hazzard [a] | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 4 years, 325 days | ||||
| Minister for Health and Medical Research | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) |
2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | |||||
| Minister for Medical Research | David Harris | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 14 days | ||
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b Concurrently held the Health portfolio.
References edit
- ^ "ACT-128 Medical Research". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "Appointment of Mr Charles Watt to be Analytical Chemist to the Government (216)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1 September 1871. p. 1932. Retrieved 13 May 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ "AGY-4581 New South Wales Medical Research Council". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "AGY-5358 Office of Science and Medical Research". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "PFO-275 Science and Medical Research (2003-2011) Medical Research (2011-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
