Cahill ministry (1952–53)
Cahill ministry | |
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55th Cabinet of the Liberal/Country coalition | |
Opposition leader | Vernon Treatt |
History | |
Election(s) | 1950 New South Wales election |
Predecessor | Third McGirr ministry |
Successor | Second Cahill ministry |
The Cahill ministry (1952–1953) or First Cahill ministry was the 55th ministry of the
Labor Party
. The ministry was the first of four consecutive occasions when the Government was led by Cahill, as Premier.
Cahill was first elected to the
Labor Leader and became Premier.[1]
This ministry covers the period from 2 April 1952 until 23 February 1953[2][3] when Cahill led Labor to victory at the 1953 state election and the Second Cahill ministry was formed.
Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Cahill following his election as Labor Leader and his appointment as Premier on 2 April 1952, and covers the period until 23 February 1953. Ministers are listed in order of seniority and in most cases, serve the full term of this ministry.
Portfolio | Minister | Party | Term commence | Term end | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Premier | Joe Cahill | Labor | 2 April 1952 | 23 February 1953 | 327 days | |
Treasurer
Minister for Local Government |
3 April 1952 | 326 days | ||||
Minister of Education
|
Bob Heffron[a] | |||||
Assistant Treasurer
|
Clive Evatt [b] | |||||
Attorney General | Clarrie Martin, KC [c] | |||||
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council
|
Reg Downing, MLC [c] | |||||
Chief Secretary
|
Gus Kelly | |||||
Minister for Health | Maurice O'Sullivan [c] | |||||
Minister for Secondary Industries and
Minister for Building Materials |
William Dickson, MLC [c][d] | 15 August 1952 | 135 days | |||
Minister for Agriculture | Eddie Graham [c] | 23 February 1953 | 326 days | |||
Minister for Conservation
|
George Weir [c][e] | 3 November 1952 | 214 days | |||
George Enticknap [Acting] [f] | 28 August 1952 | 3 November 1952 | 179 days | |||
George Enticknap [f] | 3 November 1952 | 23 February 1953 | ||||
Minister for Transport | Bill Sheahan [c] | 3 April 1952 | 326 days | |||
George Weir [Acting] [e] | 3 November 1952 | 29 December 1952 | 56 days | |||
Minister for Social Welfare
|
Frank Finnan [c] | 3 April 1952 | 23 February 1953 | 326 days | ||
Minister for Immigration
|
Joshua Arthur [c][g] | 12 February 1953 | |315 days | |||
Secretary for Lands
|
Frank Hawkins | 23 February 1953 | 326 days | |||
Secretary for Public Works Assistant Minister for Local Government |
Jack Renshaw | |||||
Minister without portfolio | George Enticknap [f] | 3 November 1952 | 214 days | |||
George Weir [e] | 3 November 1952 | 23 February 1953 | 112 days | |||
Assistant Minister in the Legislative Council | Francis Buckley, MLC | 19 November 1952 | 96 days |
- ^ Retained portfolio of Education from third McGirr ministry.
- ^ Retained portfolios of Co-operative societies and Assistant Treasurer from third McGirr ministry.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Retained portfolios from third McGirr ministry.
- ^ Dickson resigned from the ministry in August 1952 and was appointed as President of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[4] The portfolios of Secondary Industries and Building Materials were abolished.
- ^ a b c George Weir, who was Minister for Conservation, was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio, acting briefly in the Transport portfolio, before his resignation from Parliament in 1953 and taking up an appointment as a Judge on the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales.[5]
- ^ a b c George Enticknap, who was without portfolio, acted as Minister for Conservation before being appointed to the role in November 1952.
- ^ On 12 February 1953 Joshua Arthur voluntarily stood down as a minister pending a Royal Commission concerning his relationship with Reginald Doyle in the lead-up to the state election on 14 February 1953.[6]
See also
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- 1950–1953
References
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Edward Dickson (1893-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr George Weir (1903-1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- Illawarra Daily Mercury. 12 February 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 2 December 2021 – via Trove.