The Wran ministry (1986) or Eighth Wran ministry was the 78th ministry of the
New South Wales Government
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, and was led by the 35th
Premier of New South Wales
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,
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 eighth of eight consecutive and final 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
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.
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.
Barrie Unsworth
Barrie John Unsworth (born 16 April 1934) is a former Australian politician, representing the Labor Party in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1978 to 1991. He served as the 36th Premier from July 1986 to March 1988.
Early years
Unswo ...
was elected by Labor caucus as the
Labor Leader
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, accepted commission as Premier and the
Unsworth ministry
The Unsworth ministry was the 79th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 36th Premier of New South Wales, Barrie Unsworth, representing the Labor Party.
After the surprise announcement in June 1986 that Neville Wran w ...
was formed.
Ministers are members of the
Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
*
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1984–1988
*
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1984–1988
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 48th Parliament were elected at the Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council), 1978, Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislati ...
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References
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New South Wales ministries
1986 establishments in Australia
1986 disestablishments in Australia
Australian Labor Party ministries in New South Wales