Cahill ministry (1959)

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Cahill ministry
58th Cabinet of the
Liberal/Country coalition
Opposition leaderPat Morton
Robert Askin
History
Election(s)1959 New South Wales election
PredecessorThird Cahill ministry
SuccessorFirst Heffron ministry

The Cahill ministry (1959) or Fourth Cahill ministry was the 58th ministry of the

Labor Party
. The ministry was the fourth and final 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]

Cahill led Labor to victory at the 1953, 1956, and 1959 state elections. Ministers mostly retained their portfolios from the second Cahill ministry. The main changes were that John McGrath retired at the 1959 election, William Gollan was dropped from the ministry, while Pat Hills and Norm Ryan were promoted.[2] Some ministerial titles were changed, dropping colonial and changing secretary to minister for lands, mines and public works.[3]

This ministry covers the period from 1 April when Cahill won the 1959 state election, until 28 October 1959.[2] On 22 October 1959 Cahill, a heavy smoker, died at Sydney Hospital of a myocardial infarction while still serving as Premier.[4] Cahill's deputy, Bob Heffron succeeded Cahill as Premier.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Cahill following the 1959 state election on 1 April 1959, and covers the period until 28 October 1959, when the ministry was reconfigured as the First Heffron ministry.

Portfolio Minister Party Term commence Term end Term of office
Premier
Treasurer 		Joe Cahill [a]   Labor 1 April 1959 22 October 1959 204 days
Bob Heffron [a] 23 October 1959 28 October 1959 5 days
Deputy Premier 1 April 1959 23 October 1959 205 days
Minister for Education
 28 October 1959 210 days
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council
 Reg Downing, MLC [a]
Minister for Tourism Activities
 Gus Kelly [b]
Minister Assisting the Premier and Treasurer Pat Hills
Minister for Health Bill Sheahan [a]
Minister for Social Welfare
 Frank Hawkins [a]
Minister for Highways
 Jack Renshaw [a]
Minister for Transport George Enticknap [a]
Minister for Co-operative Societies
 Abe Landa [a]
Minister for Conservation
 Ernest Wetherell [a]
Minister for Agriculture Roger Nott [a]
Minister for Labour and Industry
 Jim Maloney, MLC [a]
Minister for Mines
 Jim Simpson [a]
Minister for Lands
 John McMahon
Minister for Public Works
 Norm Ryan

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

  • Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
  • 1958–1961

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Retained portfolios from third Cahill ministry.
  2. ^ Retained portfolio of Chief Secretary from third Cahill ministry

References

  1. ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ Ministers of the Crown Act 1959 No 4 (NSW)
  4. ^ "Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891-1959)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

 

New South Wales government ministries
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