The Wran ministry (1981–1983) or Fourth Wran ministry was the 74th 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 Governmen ...
, and was led by the 35th
Premier of New South Wales
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislature. ...
,
Neville Wran
Neville Kenneth Wran, (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician who was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986. He was the national president of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980 to 1986 and chairman of ...
, representing the
Labor Party. It was the fourth of eight consecutive occasions when Wran was Premier.
Background
Wran had been elected to the
Legislative Council of New South Wales
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 th ...
by a joint sitting of the
New South Wales Parliament
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on 12 March 1970. He was
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 22 February 1972.
He resigned from the council on 19 October 1973 to switch to the
Legislative Assembly, successfully contesting the
election for Bass Hill, which he would hold until his retirement in 1986.
Wran successfully challenged
Pat Hills
Patrick Darcy Hills (31 December 1917 – 22 April 1992) was a New South Wales politician. He served in various high offices across the state most notably the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Leader of the Opposition and as the Lord Mayor ...
to become
Leader of Labor Party and
Leader of the Opposition
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from 3 December 1973 and became Premier following a narrow one seat victory at the
1976 election.
Labor retained government at the
1981 election, gaining an additional 6 seats despite a 2% swing against Labor, giving a majority of 19 seats in the Legislative Assembly and two seats in the Legislative Council.
Composition of ministry
The ministry covers the period from 2 October 1981. There was a slight rearrangement in May 1982 that altered the titles of two ministers. The ministry ended on 1 February 1983, when Wran reconfigured his ministry, and the
Fifth Wran ministry was formed.
Ministers are members of the
Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1981–1984
Notes
References
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New South Wales ministries
1981 establishments in Australia
1983 disestablishments in Australia
Australian Labor Party ministries in New South Wales