Renshaw ministry

The Renshaw ministry was the 61st ministry of the

Labor Party

. The ministry was the only occasion when the government was led by Renshaw, as premier.

Renshaw was elected to the

Labor Leader

in April 1964, Renshaw was elected to lead Labor and became Premier.

This ministry covers the period from 30 April 1964 until 13 May 1965,

Country coalition led by Robert Askin and Charles Cutler; ending twenty-four consecutive years of Labor government in New South Wales under William McKell

, McGirr, Cahill, Heffron and Renshaw.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Renshaw following his appointment as Premier on 30 April 1964, and covers the period until 13 May 1965, when Renshaw's Labor-led government was defeated. Ministers are listed in order of seniority and in all cases, serve the full term of this ministry.

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation	Jack Renshaw ^[a]	Labor	30 April 1964	13 May 1965	1 year, 13 days
Minister for Highways	Pat Hills ^[b]
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Reg Downing, MLC ^[c]
Minister for Tourism Activities	Gus Kelly ^[c]
Minister for Health	Bill Sheahan ^[c]
Minister for Social Welfare	Frank Hawkins ^[c]
Minister for Conservation	George Enticknap ^[c]
Minister for Co-operative Societies	Abe Landa ^[c]
Minister for Education	Ernest Wetherell ^[c]
Minister for Labour and Industry	Jim Maloney, MLC ^[c]
Minister for Mines	Jim Simpson ^[c]
Minister for Transport	John McMahon ^[c]
Minister for Public Works	Norm Ryan ^[c]
Minister of Justice	Jack Mannix ^[c]
Minister for Lands	Keith Compton ^[c]
Assistant Minister	Thomas Murphy

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

Notes

^ Retained portfolios of Treasurer and Industrial Development and Decentralisation from second Heffron ministry.
^ Retained portfolios of Local Government and Highways from second Heffron ministry.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Retained portfolios from second Heffron ministry.

References

^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

Preceded by Heffron ministry (1962–1964)	Renshaw ministry 1964–1965	Succeeded by Askin–Cutler ministry (1965–1968)

[2] Retained portfolios of Treasurer and Industrial Development and Decentralisation from second Heffron ministry.

[3] Retained portfolios of Local Government and Highways from second Heffron ministry.

[retained-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Retained portfolios from second Heffron ministry.

[1] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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v t e New South Wales ministries
Colonial government (1856–1900)	Donaldson Cowper (1) Parker Cowper (2) Forster Robertson (1) Cowper (3) Martin (1) Cowper (4) Martin (2) Robertson (2) Cowper (5) Martin (3) Parkes (1) Robertson (3) Parkes (2) Robertson (4) Farnell Parkes (3) Stuart Dibbs (1) Robertson (5) Jennings Parkes (4) Dibbs (2) Parkes (5) Dibbs (3) Reid Lyne
State government (1901–present)	See Waddell Carruthers Wade McGowen Holman (1) (2) Storey Dooley (1) Fuller (1) Dooley (2) Fuller (2) Lang (1) (2) Bavin Lang (3) Stevens (1) (2) (3) Mair McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2) (3) Cahill (1) (2) (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Lewis (1) (2) Willis Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Unsworth Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3) Carr (1) (2) (3) (4) Iemma (1) (2) Rees Keneally O'Farrell Baird (1) (2) Berejiklian (1) (2) Perrottet (1) (2) Minns

Composition of ministry

See also

Notes

References