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Minister for Justice 
Arms of Her Majesty's GovernmentIncumbent
Greg Smith
since 3 April 2011Style The Honourable Appointer Governor of New South Wales Inaugural holder George Wigram Allen Formation 9 December 1873 The New South Wales Minister for Justice is The Honourable Greg Smith SC MP. The position supports the Attorney General and is typically held concurrently with that office.
He administers his portfolio through the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice and has responsibilities for Juvenile Justice, Prisons and Corrective Services.
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Ministers for Justice
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial title George Wigram Allen None 1873–1875 Minister for Justice and Public Instruction Joseph Docker 1875–1877 Francis Suttor 1877 John Lackey 1877 Joseph Leary 1877–1878 Francis Suttor 1878–1880 1880 Minister for Justice Sir Joseph Innes 1880–1881 William Foster 1881–1883 Henry Cohen 1883–1885 James Farnell 1885 Thomas Slattery 1885 Louis Heydon 1885–1886 James Garvan Protectionist 1886–1887 William Clarke Free Trade 1887–1889 Thomas Slattery Protectionist 1889 Albert Gould Free Trade 1889–1891 Richard O'Connor Protectionist 1891–1893 Thomas Slattery 1893–1894 Albert Gould Free Trade 1894–1898 Charles Lee 1898–1899 John Hughes 1899 William Wood Protectionist 1899–1901 Robert FitzGerald 1901 Post abolished 1901–1904 Thomas Waddell 1904 Minister for Justice Charles Wade Free Trade 1904 Liberal Reform 1904–1909 John Garland 1909–1910 William Holman Labor 1910–1912 David Hall 1912–1916 John Garland Nationalist 1916–1919 John FitzGerald 1919–1920 Edward McTiernan Labor 1920 William McKell 1920–1921 Thomas Bavin Nationalist 1921 William McKell Labor 1921–1922 Thomas Ley Nationalist 1922–1925 William McKell Labor 1925–1927 Andrew Lysaght 1927 John Lee Nationalist 1927–1930 Joseph Lamaro Labor 1930–1931 William McKell 1931–1932 Daniel Levy United Australia 1932 Lewis Martin 1932–1939 Vernon Treatt 1939–1941 Reg Downing Labor 1941–1960 Jack Mannix 1960–1965 John Maddison Liberal 1965–1976 Ron Mulock Labor 1976–1978 Frank Walker 1978–1983 Paul Landa 1983–1984 Post abolished 1984–1988 Liberal 1988–1991 Terry Griffiths 1991–1992 Minister for Justice Ted Pickering 1992 Wayne Merton 1992–1993 John Hannaford 1993–1995 Post abolished Labor 1995–2003 John Hatzistergos 2003–2005 Minister for Justice Tony Kelly 2005–2007 John Hatzistergos 2007–2011 Greg Smith Liberal 2011–present Ministers for Juvenile Justice
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial title Carmel Tebbutt Labor 1999–2003 Minister for Juvenile Justice Diane Beamer 2003–2005 Tony Kelly 2005–2007 John Hatzistergos 2007 Barbara Perry 2007–2008 Graham West 2008–2010 Barbara Perry 2010–2011 Ministers for Corrective Services
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial title Bill Haigh Labor 1978–1981 Minister for Corrective Services Rex Jackson 1981–1983 Peter Anderson 1983–1984 John Akister 1984–1988 John Fahey Liberal 1988 Michael Yabsley 1988–1991 Terry Griffiths 1991 Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services Post abolished 1991–1995 Bob Debus Labor 1995–2003 Minister for Corrective Services Post abolished 2003–2009 John Robertson 2009 Minister for Corrective Services Phillip Costa 2009–2011 References
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