The McGirr ministry (1947) or First McGirr ministry was the 52nd ministry of the
New South Wales Government
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governme ...
, and was led by the 28th
Premier,
Jim McGirr, of the
Labor Party. The ministry was the first of three occasions when the Government was led by McGirr, as Premier.
McGirr was first elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
in 1922 and served continuously until 1952, holding the various seats of
Cootamundra,
Cumberland,
Bankstown
Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...
, and
Liverpool
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. McGirr was a staunch supporter of
Jack Lang and served in the
third Lang ministry, he was the only Langite to be appointed to
William McKell
Sir William John McKell (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985) was an Australian politician who served as the 12th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947 ...
's
first ministry, retaining his portfolio in the
second McKell ministry. When McKell stood aside as Premier in 1947 in order to take up an appointment as
Governor-General of Australia, there was a bitter struggle for the
Labor Leadership between McGirr and
Bob Heffron, with McGirr eventually winning by just two votes.
This ministry covers just 102 days, from 6 February 1947 until the
1947 state election, held on 19 May,
when McGirr led Labor to victory and the
Second McGirr ministry was sworn in.
Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier McGirr on 6 February 1947 and covers until 19 May 1947 when the 1947 state election was held. There were minimal changes from the second McKell ministry, with
Clive Evatt
Clive Raleigh Evatt (6 June 1900 – 15 September 1984) was an Australian politician, barrister and raconteur. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1939 until 1959. At various times he sat as a member of the Industr ...
replacing McGirr as
Minister for Housing and
Frank Finnan replacing Evatt.
Ministers are members of the
Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
References
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