Minister for Health (Queensland)

Minister for Health of Queensland
Incumbent
Tim Nicholls
since 1 November 2024
Queensland Health
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorPremier of Queensland
AppointerGovernor of Queensland
Inaugural holderNed Hanlon (as the Secretary for Health)
Formation5 December 1935

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

List of ministers

No. Minister Party Ministry Title Term start Term end Term in office Ref.
1 Ned Hanlon   Labor Forgan Smith (2) (3) (4)
Cooper (1)		 Secretary for Health 5 December 1935 27 April 1944 8 years, 144 days [4][5][6]
2 Tom Foley Cooper (2)
Hanlon (1)		 27 April 1944 15 May 1947 3 years, 18 days [5][7][8]
3 Arthur Jones Hanlon (2) 15 May 1947 10 May 1950 2 years, 360 days [7][9]
4 Bill Moore Hanlon (3)
Gair (1) (2) (3)		 10 May 1950 26 April 1957 7 years, 94 days [7][10][11]
  Queensland Labor 26 April 1957 12 August 1957
5 Winston Noble   Liberal Nicklin (1) (2) (3) Minister for Health 12 August 1957 28 March 1964 6 years, 229 days [12][13]
6 Douglas Tooth Pizzey
Chalk
Bjelke-Petersen (1) (2) (3)		 14 April 1964 23 December 1974 10 years, 253 days [14][15][16][17]
7 Llew Edwards Bjelke-Petersen (4) (5) 23 December 1974 15 December 1978 3 years, 357 days [16][18]
8 William Knox Bjelke-Petersen (5) 15 December 1978 23 December 1980 2 years, 8 days [16][19]
9 Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (6) 23 December 1980 18 August 1983 2 years, 238 days [16][20]
10 Angelo Bertoni   National Bjelke-Petersen (7) 19 August 1983 7 November 1983 80 days [16][21]
(9) Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (8) 7 November 1983 1 December 1986 3 years, 24 days [16][20]
11 Mike Ahern Bjelke-Petersen (9) 1 December 1986 25 November 1987 359 days [16][22]
12 Kev Lingard 25 November 1987 1 December 1987 6 days [16][23]
13 Leisha Harvey Ahern 9 December 1987 19 January 1989 1 year, 41 days [24][25]
14 Ivan Gibbs 19 January 1989 25 September 1989 322 days [24][26]
Cooper 25 September 1989 7 December 1989 [27]
15 Ken McElligott   Labor Goss (1) 7 December 1989 10 December 1991 2 years, 3 days [28][29]
16 Ken Hayward 16 December 1991 24 September 1992 3 years, 67 days [28][30]
Goss (2) 24 September 1992 21 February 1995 [28]
17 Jim Elder 21 February 1995 31 July 1995 160 days [28][31]
18 Peter Beattie Goss (3) 31 July 1995 19 February 1996 203 days [28][32]
19 Mike Horan   National Borbidge 26 February 1996 26 June 1998 2 years, 120 days [33][34]
20 Wendy Edmond   Labor Beattie (1) (2) 29 June 1998 12 February 2004 5 years, 228 days [35][36]
21 Gordon Nuttall Beattie (3) 12 February 2004 28 July 2005 1 year, 166 days [35][37]
22 Stephen Robertson Beattie (4) (5)
Bligh (1)		 28 July 2005 26 March 2009 3 years, 241 days [35][38][39]
23 Paul Lucas Bligh (2) 26 March 2009 21 February 2011 1 year, 332 days [38][40]
24 Geoff Wilson Bligh (3) 21 February 2011 26 March 2012 1 year, 34 days [38][41]
25 Lawrence Springborg   Liberal National Newman 3 April 2012 14 February 2015 2 years, 316 days [42][43]
26 Cameron Dick   Labor Palaszczuk (1) Minister for Health and Ambulance Services 16 February 2015 11 December 2017 2 years, 298 days [44][45]
27 Steven Miles Palaszczuk (2) 12 December 2017 11 November 2020 2 years, 335 days [44][46]
28 Yvette D'Ath Palaszczuk (3) 12 November 2020 17 May 2023 2 years, 186 days [44][47]
29 Shannon Fentiman Palaszczuk (3)
Miles		 Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services 18 May 2023 28 October 2024 1 year, 163 days [44][48][49]
30 Tim Nicholls   Liberal National Crisafulli Minister for Health and Ambulance Services 1 November 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 301 days [50][51]

References

  1. ↑ "Queensland Health organisational structure". Queensland Health. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Minister for Health and Ambulance Services: Timothy (Tim) Nicholls MP". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "MEDIA STATEMENT: A Fresh Start for Queensland: Crisafulli Ministry unveiled as Cabinet gets to work". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Smith Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Cooper Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Hanlon, Edward Michael (Ned)". Queensland Parliament. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Hanlon Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Foley, Thomas Andrew (Tom)". Queensland Parliament. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Jones, Arthur". Queensland Parliament. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Gair Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Moore, William Matthew". Queensland Parliament. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Nicklin Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Noble, Henry Winston". Queensland Parliament. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  14. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Pizzey Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  15. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Chalk Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Carr, Adam. "Bjelke-Petersen Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Tooth, Seymour Douglas (Doug)". Queensland Parliament. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Edwards, Llewellyn Roy, AC (Llew)". Queensland Parliament. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Knox, William Edward, OSJ, KSJI". Queensland Parliament. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Austin, Brian Douglas". Queensland Parliament. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  21. ↑ "Bertoni, Angelo Pietro Dante". Queensland Parliament. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  22. ↑ "Ahern, Michael John, AO (Mike)". Queensland Parliament. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  23. ↑ "Lingard, Kevin Rowson". Queensland Parliament. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  24. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Ahern Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  25. ↑ "Harvey, Leisha Teresa". Queensland Parliament. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  26. ↑ "Gibbs, Ivan James". Queensland Parliament. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  27. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Cooper Ministry (25 September 1989 to 7 December 1989)". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 Carr, Adam. "Goss Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  29. ↑ "McElligott, Kenneth Victor (Ken)". Queensland Parliament. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  30. ↑ "Hayward, Kenneth William (Ken)". Queensland Parliament. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  31. ↑ "Elder, James Peter (Jim)". Queensland Parliament. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  32. ↑ "Beattie, Peter Douglas, AC". Queensland Parliament. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  33. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Borbidge Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  34. ↑ "Horan, Michael James, AM (Mike)". Queensland Parliament. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  35. 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Beattie Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  36. ↑ "Edmond, Wendy Marjorie". Queensland Parliament. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  37. ↑ "Nuttall, Gordon Richard". Queensland Parliament. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  38. 1 2 3 Carr, Adam. "Bligh Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  39. ↑ "Robertson, Stephen". Queensland Parliament. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  40. ↑ "Lucas, Paul Thomas". Queensland Parliament. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  41. ↑ "Wilson, Geoffrey James (Geoff)". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  42. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Newman Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  43. ↑ "Springborg, Lawrence James". Queensland Parliament. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  44. 1 2 3 4 Carr, Adam. "Palaszczuk Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  45. ↑ "Hon Cameron Dick". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  46. ↑ "Mr Steven Miles". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  47. ↑ "D'Ath, Yvette Maree". Queensland Parliament. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  48. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Miles Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  49. ↑ "Ms Shannon Fentiman". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  50. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Crisafulli Ministry". Psephos. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  51. ↑ "Hon Timothy (Tim) Nicholls". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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