Wran ministry (1986)
The Wran ministry (1986) or Eighth Wran ministry was the 78th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 35th Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran, representing the Labor Party. It was the eighth of eight consecutive and final occasions when Wran was Premier.
Eighth Wran ministry | |
|---|---|
| 78th Cabinet of Government of New South Wales | |
 Premier Neville Wran | |
| Date formed | 6 February 1986 |
| Date dissolved | 4 July 1986 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Sir James Rowland |
| Premier | Neville Wran |
| Deputy Premier | Ron Mulock |
| No. of ministers | 20 |
| Member party | Labor |
| Opposition parties | Liberal National coalition |
| Opposition leader | Nick Greiner |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Seventh Wran ministry |
| Successor | Unsworth ministry |
Background
Wran had been elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament on 12 March 1970.[1] He was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 22 February 1972.[2] He resigned from the council on 19 October 1973 to switch to the Legislative Assembly, successfully contesting the election for Bass Hill, which he would hold until his retirement in 1986.[3] Wran successfully challenged Pat Hills to become Leader of Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 3 December 1973 and became Premier following a narrow one seat victory at the 1976 election.[4]
Labor retained government at the 1984 election, despite a 6.95% swing against Labor, losing 11 seats, but retaining a majority of 8 seats in the Legislative Assembly and a single seat majority in the Legislative Council.[lower-alpha 1]
Composition of ministry
The ministry covers the period from 6 February 1986 when Wran reconfigured his ministry, until 4 July 1986 when Wran resigned from the ministry and from Parliament. Barrie Unsworth was elected by Labor caucus as the Labor Leader, accepted commission as Premier and the Unsworth ministry was formed.[5]
Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
Notes
- Labour retained 24 seats in the Legislative Council however the council had expanded from 44 to 45 seats due to the final step in the transition to a fully directly elected body.
- Retained portfolios from the seventh Wran ministry.
References
- "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 36–37. 13 March 1970. p. 849. Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via Trove.
- "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- "The Hon. Neville Kenneth Wran (1926–2014)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
