Deputy Premier of New South Wales
| Deputy Premier of New South Wales | |
|---|---|
At the Governor's pleasure | |
| Formation | 16 May 1932 |
| First holder | Sir Michael Bruxner |
| Salary | A$343,460 |
The Deputy Premier of New South Wales is the second-most senior officer in the Government of New South Wales. The deputy premiership has been a ministerial portfolio since 1932, and the deputy premier is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Premier.
The current Deputy Premier is Prue Car, since 28 March 2023. Car is also the Minister for Education.
Ultimately, the Deputy Premier is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
History
The office of Deputy Premier was created in May 1932 for
Country Party
(later renamed the National Party). Prior to that time the term was sometimes used unofficially (without capital letters) for the second-highest ranking minister in the government.
In
Liberal-National Coalition
governments, the position has been held by the Leader of the National Party or its predecessors.
Three deputy premiers have subsequently become Premier in their own right:
Robert Heffron, and Jack Renshaw
. However, this has not occurred since 1964.
Duties
The duties of the deputy premier are to act on behalf of the premier in his or her absence overseas or on leave. The deputy premier has always been a member of the
Cabinet
, and has always held at least one substantive portfolio (It would be technically possible for a minister to hold only the portfolio of Deputy Premier, but this has never happened).
If the premier were to die, become incapacitated or resign, the Governor would normally appoint the deputy premier as Premier. If the governing or majority party had not yet elected a new leader, that appointment would be on an interim basis. Should a different leader emerge, that person would then be appointed Premier.
List of deputy premiers of New South Wales
| No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Portfolio | Party | Premier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 | 
|
Michael Bruxner MLA for Tenterfield (1882–1970) |
16 May 1932 |
16 May 1941 |
9 years, 0 days |
|
Country | Bertram Stevens United Australia (1932–1939) | ||
| Alexander Mair United Australia (1939–1941) | ||||||||||
| 2 | 
|
Jack Baddeley MLA for Cessnock (1881–1953) |
16 May 1941 |
8 September 1949 |
8 years, 115 days |
|
Labor
|
Labor (1941–1947) | ||
Labor (1947–1952) | ||||||||||
| 3 | 
|
Joseph Cahill MLA for Cook's River (1891–1959) |
21 September 1949 |
2 April 1952 |
2 years, 194 days | Labor
| ||||
| None (2 April 1952–23 February 1953) |
Labor (1952–1959) | |||||||||
| 4 | 
|
Bob Heffron MLA for Maroubra (1890–1978) |
23 February 1953 |
28 October 1959 |
6 years, 247 days |
|
Labor
| |||
| 5 | 
|
Jack Renshaw MLA for Castlereagh (1890–1978) |
28 October 1959 |
14 March 1964 |
4 years, 169 days |
|
Labor
|
Labor (1959–1964) | ||
| 6 | 
|
Pat Hills MLA for Castlereagh (1917–1992) |
30 April 1964 |
13 May 1965 |
1 year, 13 days | Labor
|
Labor (1964–1965) | |||
| 7 | Sir Charles Cutler MLA for Orange (1918–2006) |
13 May 1965 |
16 December 1975 |
10 years, 217 days |
|
Country | Liberal (1965–1975) | |||
Liberal (1975–1976) | ||||||||||
| 8 | Leon Punch MLA for Gloucester (1928–1991) |
17 December 1975 |
14 May 1976 |
149 days | Country | |||||
Liberal (1976) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Jack Ferguson MLA for Merrylands (1924–2002) |
14 May 1976 |
10 February 1984 |
7 years, 272 days | Labor
|
Labor (1976–1986) | ||||
| 10 | Ron Mulock MLA for St Marys (1930–2014) |
10 February 1984 |
25 March 1988 |
4 years, 44 days |
|
Labor
| ||||
Labor (1986–1988) | ||||||||||
| 11 | Wal Murray MP for Barwon (1931–2004) |
25 March 1988 |
26 May 1993 |
5 years, 62 days |
|
National | Liberal (1988–1992) | |||
Liberal (1992–1995) | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ian Armstrong MP for Barwon (1937–2020) |
26 May 1993 |
4 April 1995 |
1 year, 313 days | National | |||||
| 13 | Andrew Refshauge MP for Marrickville (born 1949) |
4 April 1995 |
4 August 2005 |
10 years, 121 days |
|
Labor
|
Labor (1995–2005) | |||
| 14 | John Watkins MP for Ryde (born 1955) |
10 August 2005 |
3 September 2008 |
3 years, 24 days |
|
Labor
|
Labor (2005–2008) | |||
| 15 | Carmel Tebbutt MP for Marrickville (born 1964) |
5 September 2008 |
26 March 2011 |
2 years, 202 days |
|
Labor
|
Labor (2008–2009) | |||
Labor (2009–2011) | ||||||||||
| 16 | 
|
Andrew Stoner MP for Oxley (born 1960) |
28 March 2011 |
16 October 2014 |
3 years, 202 days | National | Liberal (2011–2014) | |||
Liberal (2014–2017) | ||||||||||
| 17 | 
|
Troy Grant MP for Dubbo (born 1970) |
16 October 2014 |
15 November 2016 |
2 years, 30 days |
|
National | |||
| 18 | 
|
John Barilaro[1][2] MP for Monaro (born 1971) |
15 November 2016 |
6 October 2021 |
4 years, 325 days |
|
National | |||
Liberal (2017–2021) | ||||||||||
| 19 | .jpg)
|
Paul Toole[3] MP for Bathurst (born 1970) |
6 October 2021 |
28 March 2023 |
1 year, 173 days |
|
National | Liberal (2021–2023) | ||
| 20 | 
|
Prue Car MP for Londonderry (born 1982 or 1983) |
28 March 2023 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 26 days | Labor
|
Labor (since 2023) | |||
See also
- List of New South Wales government agencies
- Leader of the New South Wales National Party
References
- ^ "John Barilaro elected as leader of NSW Nationals". ABC News. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ Tsikas, Mick (3 October 2021). "John Barilaro resigns as NSW Deputy Premier, will also leave Parliament". ABC News. AAP. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Paul Toole wins NSW Nationals leadership vote, becomes new Deputy Premier". ABC News. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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