due to the resignation of barry o'farrell as premier, and the subsequent ministerial reshuffle by mike baird, the new liberal leader, in april 2014 humphries was promoted as minister for natural resources, lands and water and retained the portfolio as minister for western new south wales in the baird ministry. humphries lost his cabinet roles in april 2015 due to a post-election reshuffle. humphries was a member of parliament as the member for barwon from 2007 until his retirement in 2019.