 Following the 2011 state election, Hodgkinson was appointed on 3 April 2011 as NSW's first female Minister for Primary Industries and also as Minister for Small Business.In 2013 a further statewide electoral redistribution was announced by the NSW Electoral Commission that resulted in a substantial revision of Hodgkinson's seat of Burrinjuck, including the loss of her home town of Yass, and the seat renamed Cootamundra, with effect from the 2015 NSW State election.At the same time, the neighbouring seat of electoral district of Goulburn, held by Minister for Community Services Pru Goward, was pushed westward to take in portions of Hodgkinson's former territory, including Hodgkinson's hometown of Yass and her current home in Berrima.