Order
|
Minister
|
Party
|
Prime Minister
|
Title
|
Term start
|
Term end
|
Term in office
|
1
|
Arthur Calwell
|
|
Labor
|
Chifley
|
Minister for Immigration
|
13 July 1945
(
1945-07-13
)
|
19 December 1949
(
1949-12-19
)
|
4 years, 159 days
|
2
|
Harold Holt
|
|
Liberal
|
Menzies
|
19 December 1949
(
1949-12-19
)
|
24 October 1956
(
1956-10-24
)
|
6 years, 310 days
|
3
|
Athol Townley
|
24 October 1956
(
1956-10-24
)
|
19 March 1958
(
1958-03-19
)
|
1 year, 146 days
|
4
|
Alick Downer
|
19 March 1958
(
1958-03-19
)
|
18 December 1963
(
1963-12-18
)
|
5 years, 274 days
|
5
|
Hubert Opperman
|
18 December 1963
(
1963-12-18
)
|
26 January 1966
(
1966-01-26
)
|
2 years, 361 days
|
Holt
|
26 January 1966
(
1966-01-26
)
|
14 December 1966
(
1966-12-14
)
|
6
|
Billy Snedden
|
14 December 1966
(
1966-12-14
)
|
19 December 1967
(
1967-12-19
)
|
2 years, 333 days
|
McEwen
|
19 December 1967
(
1967-12-19
)
|
10 January 1968
(
1968-01-10
)
|
Gorton
|
10 January 1968
(
1968-01-10
)
|
12 November 1969
(
1969-11-12
)
|
7
|
Phillip Lynch
|
McMahon
|
12 November 1969
(
1969-11-12
)
|
22 March 1971
(
1971-03-22
)
|
1 year, 130 days
|
8
|
Jim Forbes
|
22 March 1971
(
1971-03-22
)
|
5 December 1972
(
1972-12-05
)
|
1 year, 258 days
|
9
|
Lance Barnard
1
|
|
Labor
|
Whitlam
|
5 December 1972
(
1972-12-05
)
|
19 December 1972
(
1972-12-19
)
|
14 days
|
10
|
Al Grassby
|
19 December 1972
(
1972-12-19
)
|
12 June 1974
(
1974-06-12
)
|
1 year, 175 days
|
11
|
Clyde Cameron
|
Minister for Labour and Immigration
|
12 June 1974
(
1974-06-12
)
|
6 June 1975
(
1975-06-06
)
|
359 days
|
12
|
Jim McClelland
|
6 June 1975
(
1975-06-06
)
|
11 November 1975
(
1975-11-11
)
|
158 days
|
13
|
Tony Street
|
|
Liberal
|
Fraser
|
12 November 1975
(
1975-11-12
)
|
22 December 1975
(
1975-12-22
)
|
40 days
|
14
|
Michael MacKellar
|
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
|
22 December 1975
(
1975-12-22
)
|
8 December 1979
(
1979-12-08
)
|
3 years, 351 days
|
15
|
Ian Macphee
|
8 December 1979
(
1979-12-08
)
|
7 May 1982
(
1982-05-07
)
|
2 years, 150 days
|
16
|
John Hodges
|
7 May 1982
(
1982-05-07
)
|
11 March 1983
(
1983-03-11
)
|
308 days
|
17
|
Stewart West
|
|
Labor
|
Hawke
|
11 March 1983
(
1983-03-11
)
|
13 December 1984
(
1984-12-13
)
|
1 year, 277 days
|
18
|
Chris Hurford
|
13 December 1984
(
1984-12-13
)
|
16 February 1987
(
1987-02-16
)
|
2 years, 65 days
|
19
|
Mick Young
|
Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
|
16 February 1987
(
1987-02-16
)
|
12 February 1988
(
1988-02-12
)
|
361 days
|
20
|
Clyde Holding
|
12 February 1988
(
1988-02-12
)
|
2 September 1988
(
1988-09-02
)
|
203 days
|
21
|
Robert Ray
|
2 September 1988
(
1988-09-02
)
|
4 April 1990
(
1990-04-04
)
|
1 year, 214 days
|
22
|
Gerry Hand
|
4 April 1990
(
1990-04-04
)
|
20 December 1991
(
1991-12-20
)
|
2 years, 354 days
|
Keating
|
20 December 1991
(
1991-12-20
)
|
24 March 1993
(
1993-03-24
)
|
23
|
Nick Bolkus
|
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
|
24 March 1993
(
1993-03-24
)
|
11 March 1996
(
1996-03-11
)
|
2 years, 353 days
|
24
|
Philip Ruddock
|
|
Liberal
|
Howard
|
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
|
11 March 1996
(
1996-03-11
)
|
26 November 2001
(
2001-11-26
)
|
7 years, 210 days
|
Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
|
26 November 2001
(
2001-11-26
)
|
7 October 2003
(
2003-10-07
)
|
25
|
Amanda Vanstone
|
7 October 2003
(
2003-10-07
)
|
27 January 2006
(
2006-01-27
)
|
3 years, 115 days
|
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
|
27 January 2006
(
2006-01-27
)
|
30 January 2007
(
2007-01-30
)
|
26
|
Kevin Andrews
|
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
|
30 January 2007
(
2007-01-30
)
|
3 December 2007
(
2007-12-03
)
|
307 days
|
27
|
Chris Evans
|
|
Labor
|
Rudd
|
3 December 2007
(
2007-12-03
)
|
24 June 2010
(
2010-06-24
)
|
2 years, 285 days
|
Gillard
|
24 June 2010
(
2010-06-24
)
|
14 September 2010
(
2010-09-14
)
|
28
|
Chris Bowen
|
14 September 2010
(
2010-09-14
)
|
4 February 2013
(
2013-02-04
)
|
2 years, 143 days
|
29
|
Brendan O'Connor
|
4 February 2013
(
2013-02-04
)
|
1 July 2013
(
2013-07-01
)
|
147 days
|
30
|
Tony Burke
|
Rudd
|
Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship
|
1 July 2013
(
2013-07-01
)
|
18 September 2013
(
2013-09-18
)
|
79 days
|
31
|
Scott Morrison
|
|
Liberal
|
Abbott
|
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
|
18 September 2013
(
2013-09-18
)
|
23 December 2014
(
2014-12-23
)
|
1 year, 96 days
|
32
|
Peter Dutton
|
23 December 2014
(
2014-12-23
)
|
15 September 2015
(
2015-09-15
)
|
3 years, 241 days
|
Turnbull
|
15 September 2015
(
2015-09-15
)
|
21 August 2018
(
2018-08-21
)
|
33
|
David Coleman
|
Morrison
|
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
|
28 August 2018
(
2018-08-28
)
|
29 May 2019
(
2019-05-29
)
|
1 year, 107 days
|
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
|
29 May 2019
(
2019-05-29
)
|
13 December 2019
(
2019-12-13
)
|
(acting)
|
Alan Tudge
|
13 December 2019
(
2019-12-13
)
|
22 December 2020
(
2020-12-22
)
|
1 year, 9 days
|
34
|
Alex Hawke
|
22 December 2020
(
2020-12-22
)
|
23 May 2022
(
2022-05-23
)
|
1 year, 152 days
|
35
|
Andrew Giles
|
|
Labor
|
Albanese
|
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
|
1 June 2022
(
2022-06-01
)
|
incumbent
|
2 years, 14 days
|