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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1978–1981
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1981 held office following the 1978 referendum which reduced the number of members from 60 to 43, provided for the direct election of members of the Legislative Council and that members would serve for 3 terms of the Legislative Assembly. Only 15 of the 43 members had been elected at the 1978 Legislative Council election. Under the transitional arrangements, 28 members had been indirectly elected by joint sittings of the New South Wales Parliament, with 14 of those members to retire at the next general election, held in 1981, and the remaining 14 members would retire at the following general election, held in 1984. The President was Johno Johnson John Richard "Johno" Johnson GCSG (26 July 1930 – 9 August 2017) was an Australian politician. He served as President of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1991. Career Born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, he was a groc .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review. The Legislative Council has 42 members, elected by proportional representation in which the whole state is a single electorate. Members serve eight-year terms, which are staggered, with half the Council being elected every four years, roughly coinciding with elections to the Legislative Assembly. History The parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when New South Wales was a British colony under the control of the Governor, and was first established by the ''New South Wales Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 New South Wales Referendum
The 1978 New South Wales referendum was held on 17 June 1978 and contained a single question: Do you approve of the Bill entitled 'A Bill for an Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council directly by the people'. Background The Lang Labor government unsuccessfully attempted to abolish the Legislative Council in 1925 and 1930. In 1961 a referendum to abolish the council was put to New South Wales voters however it was defeated with only 42% support. Amendments to the constitution The headline change by the proposal was to alter the Constitution Act 1902 to provide for the members of the Legislative Council to be directly elected. The proposal included other changes, being: * a reduction in the number of members from 60 to 43, increasing to 44 and then 45; * Elections for the council to be held simultaneously with elections for the Legislative Assembly; * The term of members being reduced from a fixed 12 years to a maximum of 9 years; and * A third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1978 New South Wales State Election (Legislative Council)
The 1978 New South Wales state election was the first direct election for the Legislative Council since the council was reconstituted in 1856 and the creation of the Legislative Assembly. This was the result of the 1978 referendum which also reduced the number of members from 60 to 43 and that provided that members would serve for 3 terms of the Legislative Assembly. Under the transitional arrangements, 28 members had been indirectly elected by joint sittings of the New South Wales Parliament. Results Continuing Members 28 members retained their seats in the council, with 14 of those members to retire at the next general election, held in 1981, and the remaining 14 members would retire at the following general election, held in 1984. See also * Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) * Candidates of the 1978 New South Wales state election This is a list of candidates of the 1978 New South Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Parliament
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each house is directly elected by the people of New South Wales at elections held approximately every four years. The Parliament derives its authority from the King of Australia, King Charles III, represented by the Governor of New South Wales, who chairs the Executive Council. The parliament shares law making powers with the Australian Federal (or Commonwealth) Parliament. The New South Wales Parliament follows Westminster parliamentary traditions of dress, Green–Red chamber colours and protocols. It is located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street, Sydney. History The Parliament of New South Wales was the first of the Australian colonial legislatures, with its formation in the 1850s. At the time, New South Wales was a British colony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The New South Wales Legislative Council
The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales, the Legislative Council. The presiding officer of the lower house is the speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The role of President has generally been a partisan office, filled by the governing party of the time. As of May 2021, the president is Matthew Mason-Cox. Election Between 1856 and when the Legislative Council was re-constituted in 1934 the president was appointed by the Governor. From 1934 the President was chosen by the council, however there was no contested election between 1934 and 1988. Instead each of Sir John Peden, Ernest Farrar, William Dickson and Sir Harry Budd continued to hold office until they ceased to be a member of the council, regardless of the composition of the council or which party was in government. In 1991 this was changed by legislation that required the president to be chosen by ballot after each electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johno Johnson
John Richard "Johno" Johnson GCSG (26 July 1930 – 9 August 2017) was an Australian politician. He served as President of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1991. Career Born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, he was a grocer and trade union official before entering politics. He married Pauline Christina Russell, with whom he adopted two sons and two daughters. He served as director of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney and was chair of the Catholic Newspaper Company, publishers of ''The Catholic Weekly''. He was also a member of the boards of NSW Lotteries and Cancer Council Australia. In 1976, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Labor Party, having been Treasurer of the New South Wales party branch. He served as the council's president from 1978 to 1991, and remained a member of the Legislative Council until his resignation in 2001. He was replaced by Michael Costa. Honours In 2001, Johnson was awarded the Centenary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fuller (Australian Politician)
Sir John Bryan Munro Fuller (22 September 1917 – 31 January 2009) was an Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Country Party from 1961 to 1978. Early years Fuller was born in the Sydney suburb of Mosman in 1917, and was educated at Knox Grammar School at Wahroonga. Following his schooling, he worked in rural New South Wales and Queensland, before acquiring and settling on a farm property at Coolah. A member of the NSW Country Party since 1940, he served as a councillor on the Coolah Shire Council from 1955 to 1965. Political career He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council on 23 April 1961. During his term he served as Minister for Decentralisation and Development (1965–1973), Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (1966–1968), Minister for Planning and Environment (1973–1976), Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (1968– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Doohan (politician)
John James Doohan, (25 February 1920 – 16 June 2007) was an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1991. Doohan was born in Bourke, New South Wales, and was educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill before becoming a grazier at Louth. He served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force from 1942 to 1945 and in the 18th Ord Ammo Coy in New Guinea. He married Mena Beryl, with whom he had two children. He was a member of the Central Council (1957–78), including two periods as Vice-President (1965–68, 1971–73) and one as Treasurer (1969–71). He was also involved in many committees and organisations to do with the wool farming industry. In 1978, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales
The ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'', also known as the ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', is the government gazette of the Government of New South Wales in Australia. The ''Gazette'' is managed by the New South Wales Parliamentary Counsel's Office. History The first ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'' was published in 1832. Prior to the publication of the first issue of the ''Gazette'' on 7 March 1832, official notices were published in the '' Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser''. The articles in the ''Gazette'' include official notices from municipal councils and government departments about the naming of roads and the acquisition of land as well as changes to legislation and government departments in New South Wales. Government notices, regulations, forms and orders relating to the Port Phillip District were published in the ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'' until Victoria separated from New Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ducker
John Patrick Ducker AO (29 March 1932 – 25 November 2005), Australian labour leader and politician, played a leading role in the Australian labour movement and the Labor Party for 20 years. Background Ducker was born in Kingston upon Hull, in northern England, the son of a bus driver, and worked on the docks from the age of 14. He migrated to Australia with his family in 1950, and became an ironworker and active in the Federated Ironworkers Association, at that time controlled by the Communist Party of Australia. Ducker, a convert to Catholicism, was a strong anti-Communist and became a supporter of B.A. Santamaria's Industrial Groups, which campaigned successfully to overturn the Communist control of the union. Career From 1952, Ducker was an official of the union under the new anti-Communist leader, Laurie Short (a non-Catholic). When the Labor Party split in 1955 over the related issues of Communism and the role of Santamaria's "Movement" within the party, Ducker did n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Dyer
Ronald David Dyer (born 11 April 1943) is a former Australian politician. Born in St Leonards, he became a lawyer and was admitted to the New South Wales Supreme Court in 1972. He had earlier joined the Labor Party, and served as a member of the State Executive 1969–1971. On 3 February 1973 he married Dorothy Jones, with whom he had a son and a daughter. In 1979, Dyer was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member following the resignation of John Ducker. In 1988 he entered the shadow ministry as Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services. He was shifted to Housing in 1989 and to Family, Community and Disability Services in 1991. When the Labor Party won power in 1995, he was appointed Minister for Community Services and Minister for Aged Services, and was the deputy leader of the Government in the Legislative Council. In 1997 he became Minister for Public Works and Services. He was also the Chair of the NSW Parliamentary Standing Committe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wran Ministry (1978–80)
Wran or WRAN may refer to: * Neville Wran, 35th Premier of New South Wales and ALP President * Thomas Wran, English-born architectural sculptor in Sydney, Australia * WRAN (FM), a radio station (97.3 FM) licensed to Taylorville, Illinois, United States * WSVZ WSVZ (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Tower Hill, Illinois. WSVZ airs a country music format and is owned by Randal Miller, through licensee Miller Communications, Inc. External links * * Country radio stations in the United State ..., a radio station (98.3 FM) licensed to Tower Hill, Illinois, United States that held the WRAN call sign from 1997 to 2014 * WRAN-LP, a defunct low-power radio station (100.1 FM) formerly licensed to Randolph, Vermont, United States * IEEE 802.22, a standard for Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) using white spaces in the TV frequency spectrum See also * Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), a non-combat branch of the Royal Australian Navy that recruited wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
