Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers: Tasmania

Year Political Party Premier Minister for Education

May 1972 - May 1982

ALP

Reece | Neilson | Lowe | Holgate

Minister for Education
William NEILSON – May 1972 – Apr 1974 (Reece)
Neil BATT – Apr 1974 to May 1976 (Reece/Neilson)

Minister for Education, Recreation and Federal Affairs
Neil BATT – May 1976 to Dec 1976 (Neilson)

Minister for Education, Recreation and the Arts
Neil BATT – Dec 1976 to Dec 1977
Harold HOLGATE – Dec 1977 to Aug 1980 (Lowe)

Minister for Education
Harold HOLGATE – Aug 1980 to Jul 1981

Minister for Education and the Arts
Terrence AULICH – Jul 1981 to May 1982 (Lowe/Holgate)

May 1982 - Jun 1989

LIB

Gray

Minister for Education
Eardley Max BINGHAM – May 1982 to Jun 1984
Richard BESWICK – Jun 1984 to Feb 1986

Minister of Education and the Arts
Peter RAE – Feb 1986 to May 1989
Richard BESWICK – Jun 1989 to Jun 1989

Jun 1989 - Feb 1992

ALP

Field

Minister for Education & the Arts
Peter PATMORE – Jul 1989 to Apr 1991
Michael AIRD – Apr 1991 to Feb 1992

Feb 1992 - Sep 1998

LIB

Rundle | Groom

Minister for Education and the Arts
Richard BESWICK – Feb 1992 to Mar 1996 (Groom)

Minister for Education and Vocational Training
Suzanne NAPIER – Mar 1996 to Sep 1998 (Rundle)

Sep 1998 - 2005*

ALP

Bacon | Lennon

Ministerfor Education
Paula WRIEDT – Sep 1998 to Oct 2001 (Bacon)
Frances BLADEL – Oct 2001 to Jan 2002
Paula WRIEDT – Jan 2002 to Apr 2006 (Bacon/Lennon)
David BARTLETT – Apr 2006 to current (Lennon)

*Still in government at project end date of 2005.

Sources:
Colin A. Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1965-1974 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1977) 1975-1984 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1986); and 1975-1999 Edition (Canberra: Federation Press, 2002); The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library online. Accessed 25 January 2008.