The New South Wales Minister for Local Government has responsibilities which includes all Local Government areas and related legislation in NSW.

The current Minister for Local Government is Don Page. He administers his portfolio through the Division of Local Government as well as through various other Commissions and Tribunals.

List of Ministers

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
John Fitzgerald John Daniel FitzGerald John Daniel FitzGerald was an Australian politician.Born in Shellharbour to schoolteacher John Daniel FitzGerald and Mary Ann Cullen, he attended Shellharbour Public School, Fort Street Public School and St Mary's Cathedral School in Sydney before being apprenticed as a compositor in Bathurst...	Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1916–1920	Minister for Local Government
Thomas Mutch Thomas Mutch Thomas Davies Mutch was an Australian politician.Born in London to busdriver William Murdoch Mutch and Sarah Davies, he arrived in New South Wales in 1887 and was educated at Double Bay Public School...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1920–1921
George Cann George Cann George Cann was an Australian miner and politician in the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales.Cann was born at Shankhouse, Cramlington, Northumberland, England, educated at Cramlington National School and became a coalminer at eleven. He married Catherine Roberts in 1890 and they had one...		1921
John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician) John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick was an Australian politician and journalist.Fitzpatrick was born in Moama in the Riverina region of New South Wales, but his family moved to Windsor in 1869. He was educated at a catholic school and he was apprenticed to the former Australian newspaper's Windsor...	Nationalist	1921
George Cann George Cann George Cann was an Australian miner and politician in the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales.Cann was born at Shankhouse, Cramlington, Northumberland, England, educated at Cramlington National School and became a coalminer at eleven. He married Catherine Roberts in 1890 and they had one...	Labor	1921–1922
John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician) John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick was an Australian politician and journalist.Fitzpatrick was born in Moama in the Riverina region of New South Wales, but his family moved to Windsor in 1869. He was educated at a catholic school and he was apprenticed to the former Australian newspaper's Windsor...	Nationalist	1922–1925
George Cann George Cann George Cann was an Australian miner and politician in the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales.Cann was born at Shankhouse, Cramlington, Northumberland, England, educated at Cramlington National School and became a coalminer at eleven. He married Catherine Roberts in 1890 and they had one...	Labor	1925–1926
Joseph Fitzgerald		1926–1927
Tom Keegan Tom Keegan (Australian politician) Thomas Michael "Tom" Keegan was an Australian politician.Born in Ararat to miner John Walter Keegan and Mary Flood, he attended primary schools before becoming a miner at Wyalong. Active in the miners' union and the Australian Labor Party, he moved to Sydney around 1901...		1927
Michael Bruxner Michael Bruxner Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner KBE, DSO, JP was an Australian politician and soldier, serving for many years as Leader of the Country Party and its predecessors...	Country	1927–1930
William McKell William McKell Sir William John McKell GCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, and was the 12th Governor-General of Australia. He was also the oldest Governor General of Australia, at 93 when he died....	Labor	1930–1931
James McGirr James McGirr James McGirr was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952.A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near...		1931–1932
Michael Bruxner Michael Bruxner Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner KBE, DSO, JP was an Australian politician and soldier, serving for many years as Leader of the Country Party and its predecessors...	Country	1932
Joseph Jackson Joseph Jackson (Australian politician) Joseph Jackson was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1956...	United Australia United Australia Party The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...	1932–1933
Eric Spooner Eric Spooner Eric Sydney Spooner was an Australian politician.Spooner was born in the Sydney suburb of Waterloo and educated at Christ Church St Laurence School. At 14 he became a telegraph messenger and studied at night at the University of Sydney to gain a diploma in economics and commerce. He married...		1933–1939
Bertram Stevens		1939
Alexander Mair Alexander Mair Alexander Mair was an Australian politician and served as the Premier of New South Wales from 5 August 1939 to 16 May 1941. Born in Melbourne, working in various businesses, Mair moved to Albury, New South Wales and went on to be a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for fourteen...		1939
Lewis Martin		1939–1941
James McGirr James McGirr James McGirr was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952.A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near...	Labor	1941–1944	Minister for Local Government and Housing
Joseph Cahill Joseph Cahill John Joseph Cahill was Premier of New South Wales in Australia from 1952 to 1959. He is best remembered as the Premier who approved construction on the Sydney Opera House, and for his work increasing the authority of local government in the state.-Early years:Joe Cahill, as he was popularly known,...		1944–1953	Minister for Local Government
Jack Renshaw Jack Renshaw John Brophy "Jack" Renshaw AC was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965.-Early life:...		1953–1959
Pat Hills		1959–1965
Pat Morton Pat Morton Philip Henry Morton was an Australian businessman and politician. Born in Lismore in Northern New South Wales to a prominent political family and educated at Lismore High School, Morton left school at fourteen to be employed in a legal firm, before branching out into various businesses...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1965–1972
Charles Cutler Charles Cutler Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler KBE, ED was an Australian politician, holding office for 28 years as an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange...	Country	1972–1975
Col Fisher Col Fisher Colin Murray "Col" Fisher, OAM was an Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1988, and held ministerial positions from 1975 to 1976....	Liberal	1975–1976
Tom Lewis Tom Lewis (Australian politician) Thomas Lancelot Lewis AO is a former New South Wales politician, Premier of New South Wales and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin and Sir Eric Willis. He was made the Premier of New South Wales following Askin's retirement from politics and held it until he was replaced by...		1976
Harry Jensen Harry Jensen Henry Frederick Jensen, usually called Harry Jensen was an Australian ALP politician, who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 until 1981...	Labor	1976–1981
Lin Gordon Lin Gordon Alan Robert Lindsay "Lin" Gordon was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Murrumbidgee in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1984...		1981–1984
Kevin Stewart		1984–1986
Peter Anderson Peter Anderson (politician) Peter Thomas Anderson , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Nepean between 1978 and 1981, Penrith between 1981 and 1988, and Liverpool between 1989 and 1995 for the Australian Labor Party...		1986
Janice Crosio Janice Crosio Janice Ann Crosio, AM, MBE , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives.-Early life:...		1986–1988
David Hay David Hay (politician) David Aberdeen Hay is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Manly in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1991, and state Minister for Local Government and Minister for Planning from 1988 to 1991....	Liberal	1988–1991
Gerry Peacocke	Country	1991–1993
Garry West Garry West Garry West is an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1995, representing the electorate of Orange...		1993–1994	Minister for Local Government and Co-operatives
Ted Pickering Ted Pickering Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....	Liberal	1994–1995
Ernie Page Ernie Page Ernest Thomas Page is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 2003, representing the electorates of Waverley and Coogee ....	Labor	1995–1999	Minister for Local Government
Harry Woods Harry Woods (Australian politician) Harry Francis Woods was an Australian politician. He was the member for Page, New South Wales in the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party from the March 1990 general election to his defeat in the March 1996 general election.Woods was elected as the Member...		1999–2003
Tony Kelly		2003–2005
Kerry Hickey Kerry Hickey Kerry Arthur Hickey , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Cessnock between 1999 and 2011 for the Australian Labor Party....		2005–2007
Paul Lynch Paul Lynch (politician) Paul Gerard Lynch MP, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Liverpool since 1995 for the Australian Labor Party.-Early career and background:...		2007–2008
Barbara Perry Barbara Perry Barbara Mazzel Anne Perry MP, , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Auburn for the Australian Labor Party since 2001. Perry is the Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Family and Community...		2008–2011
Don Page	Country	2011–present

External links

• Division of Local Government web site