Dibbs ministry (1885)

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Dibbs ministry (1885) - Wikipedia

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First Dibbs ministry
21st Cabinet of the Colony of New South Wales
Premier George Dibbs and the Colony of New South Wales (1863–1900)
Date formed	7 October 1885 (1885-10-07)
Date dissolved	21 December 1885 (1885-12-21)
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Governor	Lord Augustus Loftus / The Lord Carrington
Head of government	George Dibbs
No. of ministers	10
Member party	unaligned
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition party	unaligned
Opposition leader	John Robertson
History
Predecessor	Stuart ministry
Successor	Fifth Robertson ministry

The first Dibbs ministry was the 21st ministry of the Colony of New South Wales, and was the first of three occasions of being led by the Premier, George Dibbs. Dibbs was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1874.

The title of Premier was widely used to refer to the Leader of Government, but was not a formal position in the government until 1920. Instead the Premier was appointed to another portfolio, usually Colonial Secretary, but on this occasion Dibbs kept the portfolio of Colonial Treasurer he had held in the Stuart ministry.

There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887.^[1] Under the constitution, ministers in the Legislative Assembly were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed.^[2] Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and on this occasion most of the ministers had been appointed prior to the election in October 1885. The two new ministers, Thomas Slattery (Boorowa) and William Lyne (The Hume), were re-elected unopposed.^[3]

This ministry covers the period from 7 October 1885 until 21 December 1885. Dibbs took over as Premier following the October 1885 resignation of Sir Alexander Stuart due to ill-health. At the subsequent election Dibbs' government polled badly and despite attempting to govern; less than three months later when it became clear that there would be a budget deficit of over £1m.^[4]^[5]^[6] Dibbs was succeeded by Sir John Robertson.^[7]

Composition of ministry

Portfolio	Minister	Term start	Term end	Term length
Premier	George Dibbs	7 October 1885	21 December 1885	75 days
Colonial Treasurer		10 October 1885	21 December 1885	72 days
Colonial Secretary		7 October 1885	9 October 1885	2 days
Colonial Secretary	Sir Patrick Jennings	10 October 1885	21 December 1885	72 days
Minister of Public Instruction	William Trickett	7 October 1885	21 December 1885	75 days
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	George Thornton MLC	13 November 1885	21 December 1885	38 days
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	James Farnell MLC	7 October 1885	9 October 1885	2 days
Minister of Justice	James Farnell MLC	7 October 1885	9 October 1885	2 days
Minister of Justice	Thomas Slattery	2 November 1885	21 December 1885	49 days
Attorney General	Jack Want	7 October 1885		75 days
Secretary for Lands	Joseph Abbott			75 days
Secretary for Public Works	Henry Badgery		31 October 1885	24 days
Secretary for Public Works	William Lyne	2 November 1885	21 December 1885	49 days
Postmaster-General	John See	7 October 1885	21 December 1885	75 days
Secretary for Mines	Francis Wright	7 October 1885	17 October 1885	10 days
Secretary for Mines	George Thornton MLC	13 November 1885	21 December 1885	38 days

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

References

^ Green, Antony (20 October 2010). "Centenary of the First NSW Labor Government". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
^ Twomey, Anne (2004). The Constitution of New South Wales. Federation Press. pp. 442. ISBN 9781862875166. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "By-elections 1885-87". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ Mansfield, Bruce E. "Dibbs, Sir George Richard (1834–1904)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834–1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Dibbs, Sir George Richard (1834–1904)". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

Preceded by Stuart ministry	First Dibbs ministry 1885	Succeeded by Fifth Robertson ministry

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

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