Wran ministry (1986)

Eighth Wran ministry
Eighth Wran ministry
78th Cabinet of Seventh Wran ministry
Successor	Unsworth ministry

The Wran ministry (1986) or Eighth Wran ministry was the 78th ministry of the

Labor Party

. It was the eighth of eight consecutive and final occasions when Wran was Premier.

Background

Wran had been elected to the

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.^[a]

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.

Labor Leader, accepted commission as Premier and the Unsworth ministry was formed.^[5]

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Minister for Ethnic Affairs	Neville Wran ^[b]	Labor	6 February 1986	4 July 1986	148 days
Deputy Premier Minister for Transport	Ron Mulock ^[b]
Minister for Housing	Frank Walker
Minister for Public Works and Ports Minister for Roads	Laurie Brereton ^[b]
Minister for Industrial Relations	Pat Hills
Minister for Youth and Community Services Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Assisting the Premier	Peter Anderson
Treasurer	Ken Booth ^[b]
Minister for Co-operative Societies	Terry Sheahan ^[b]
Leader of the Government in Legislative Council	Barrie Unsworth, MLC
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	Jack Hallam, MLC ^[b]
Minister for Education	Rodney Cavalier
Minister for Energy and Technology	Peter Cox
Minister for Tourism	Michael Cleary ^[b]
Minister for Police and Emergency Services	George Paciullo
Minister for Local Government	Janice Crosio
Minister for Employment Minister for Finance	Bob Debus ^[b]
Minister for Corrective Services	John Akister ^[b]
Minister for Consumer Affairs	Bob Carr
Minister for Natural Resources	John Aquilina
Minister for Mineral Resources	Ken Gabb

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.

Preceded by Seventh Wran ministry (1984–1986)	Eighth Wran ministry 1986	Succeeded by Unsworth ministry

[LC-5] 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-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Retained portfolios from the seventh Wran ministry.

[1] "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.

[2] "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[Green_Bass_Hill-3] 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.

[Wran_NSW_parl-4] "The Hon. Neville Kenneth Wran (1926–2014)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

[Ministries-6] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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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

Background

Composition of ministry

See also

Notes

References