Borbidge Ministry

The Borbidge Ministry was a Ministry of the Government of Queensland, led by National Party Premier Rob Borbidge and his deputy, Liberal leader Joan Sheldon. It commenced on 19 February 1996 after the Goss Ministry, led by Premier Wayne Goss of the Labor Party, resigned following the loss of the Mundingburra by-election two weeks earlier. The Coalition party leaders were sworn in by the Governor of Queensland as a two-member cabinet. A week later, on 26 February 1996, they resigned so that a full ministry could be sworn in. The Borbidge Ministry was followed by the Beattie Ministry on 26 June 1998 upon the Government's defeat at the 1998 election.

First Ministry

On 26 February 1996, a full ministry of 18 cabinet ministers (consisting of 12 Nationals and 6 Liberals) and 3 parliamentary secretaries was sworn in. It served until the end of the Ministry on 26 June 1998 following the 1998 election.

The list below is ordered by decreasing seniority within the Cabinet, as indicated by the Government Gazette and the Hansard index. Blue entries indicate members of the Liberal Party.

Office	Minister
Premier	Rob Borbidge, MP
Deputy Premier Treasurer Minister for the Arts	Joan Sheldon, BPhysio, MP
Leader of the House Minister for Families Minister for Youth and Community Care	Kev Lingard, BEdSt, BA, AEd, MP (until 13 February 1998)
Attorney-General Minister for Justice	Denver Beanland, MP
Minister for Police and Corrective Services Minister for Racing	Russell Cooper, MP
Minister for Health	Mike Horan, MP
Minister for Education	Bob Quinn, DipTeach, MP
Minister for Economic Development and Trade Minister assisting the Premier	Doug Slack, MP
Minister for Tourism Minister for Small Business and Industry	Bruce Davidson, MP
Minister for Environment and Heritage	Brian Littleproud, DipTeach, MP
Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Fisheries and Forestry	Trevor Perrett, MP (until 13 February 1998)
Minister for Local Government and Planning	Di McCauley, BA, MP
Minister for Training Minister for Industrial Relations	Santo Santoro, BA, BEcon(Hons), MP
Minister for Natural Resources	Howard Hobbs, MP (until 13 February 1998)
Minister for Transport Minister for Main Roads	Vaughan Johnson, MP
Minister for Public Works and Housing	Ray Connor, MP (until 28 April 1997)
Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Sport	Mick Veivers, MP
Minister for Public Works and Housing	Dr David Watson, BCom(Hons), AAUQ (Qld), MA, PhD, FCPA, FCA, MP (from 28 April 1997)
Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Fisheries and Forestry	Marc Rowell, MP (from 16 February 1998)
Minister for Natural Resources	Lawrence Springborg, MP (from 16 February 1998)
Minister for Families Minister for Youth and Community Care	Naomi Wilson, BEd, DipTeach, MP (from 16 February 1998)
Parliamentary Secretaries	Mark Stoneman Dr David Watson (until 28 April 1997) Naomi Wilson (until 16 February 1998) Tony Fitzgerald Bob Harper (from 8 May 1997) Graham Healy (from 16 February 1998)

References

• All information about ministries was sourced from Ministries from December 1989, extracted from the Queensland Parliamentary Handbook.
• All information about events was sourced from the "Australian Political Chronicle" in various instalments of the Australian Journal of Politics and History.