Wran ministry (1980–1981)

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Third Wran ministry
73rd Cabinet of Government of New South Wales
Premier Neville Wran
Date formed	29 February 1980 (1980-02-29)
Date dissolved	2 October 1981 (1981-10-02)
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Roden Cutler Sir James Rowland
Premier	Neville Wran
Deputy Premier	Jack Ferguson
No. of ministers	19
Member party	Labor
Opposition parties	Liberal National coalition
Opposition leader	Bruce McDonald John Mason
History
Predecessor	Second Wran ministry
Successor	Fourth Wran ministry

The Wran ministry (1980–1981) or Third Wran ministry was the 73rd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 35th Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran, representing the Labor Party. It was the third of eight consecutive occasions when Wran was Premier.

Background

Wran had been elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament on 12 March 1970.^[1] He was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 22 February 1972.^[2] 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.^[3] Wran successfully challenged Pat Hills to become Leader of Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 3 December 1973 and became Premier following a narrow one seat victory at the 1976 election.^[4]

Labor retained government at the 1978 election in a landslide victory, popularly known as the "Wranslide", with a majority of 14 seats in the Legislative Assembly and four seats in the Legislative Council.

The reconfiguration of the ministry was triggered by the resignation of former Premier Jack Renshaw.

Composition of ministry

The ministry covers the period from 29 February 1980 until 2 October 1981 when the Wran–led Labor Party was re-elected at the 1981 election, and the Fourth Wran ministry was formed.^[5]

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Treasurer	Neville Wran	Labor	29 February 1980	2 October 1981	1 year, 216 days
Deputy Premier Minister for Public Works Minister for Ports	Jack Ferguson ^[a]
Minister for Transport	Peter Cox ^[a]
Attorney General Minister for Justice	Frank Walker ^[a]
Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Energy	Pat Hills
Minister for Education Vice-President of the Executive Council Leader of the Government in Legislative Council	Paul Landa, MLC
Minister for Industrial Development Minister for Decentralisation	Don Day
Minister for Planning and Environment	Eric Bedford
Minister for Local Government Minister for Roads	Harry Jensen
Minister for Police Minister for Services	Bill Crabtree
Minister for Health	Kevin Stewart ^[a]
Minister for Consumer Affairs	Syd Einfeld
Minister for Mineral Resources Minister for Technology	Ron Mulock
Minister for Sport and Recreation Minister for Tourism Assistant Treasurer	Ken Booth
Minister for Lands Minister for Forests Minister for Water Resources	Lin Gordon ^[a]
Minister for Youth and Community Services	Rex Jackson ^[a]
Minister for Corrective Services	Bill Haigh
Minister for Agriculture	Jack Hallam, MLC
Minister for Housing Minister for Co-operative Societies Assistant Minister for Transport	Terry Sheahan

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Retained portfolios from the second Wran ministry.

References

^ "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 36–37. 13 March 1970. p. 849. Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "The Hon. Neville Kenneth Wran (1926–2014)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

Preceded by Second Wran ministry (1978–1980)	Third Wran ministry 1980–1981	Succeeded by Fourth Wran ministry (1981–1983)

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