Renshaw ministry

The Renshaw ministry was the 61st ministry of the government of New South Wales, and was led by the 31st Premier, Jack Renshaw, of the Labor Party. The ministry was the only occasion when the government was led by Renshaw, as premier.

Renshaw was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1941 and served continuously until 1980, representing the seat of Castlereagh. Having served as the Secretary for Lands in the third McGirr ministry, Renshaw was promoted as the Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Local Government in the first and second Cahill ministries. He then served as the Minister for Local Government and the Minister for Highways in the third and fourth Cahill ministries. When Bob Heffron became Premier in 1959, Renshaw was elected as his Deputy, serving variously as the Treasurer, the Minister for Lands, the Minister for Agriculture, and the Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation in the first and second Heffron ministries. When Heffron resigned as Labor Leader in April 1964, Renshaw was elected to lead Labor and became Premier.

This ministry covers the period from 30 April 1964 until 13 May 1965, when the Renshaw-led Labor Government was defeated at the 1965 state election by the Liberal-Country coalition led by Robert Askin and Charles Cutler; ending twenty-four consecutive years of Labor government in New South Wales under William McKell, McGirr, Cahill, Heffron and Renshaw.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Renshaw following his appointment as Premier on 30 April 1964, and covers the period until 13 May 1965, when Renshaw's Labor-led government was defeated. Ministers are listed in order of seniority and in all cases, serve the full term of this ministry.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Treasurer Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation	Jack Renshaw		Labor	30 April 1964	13 May 1965	1 year, 13 days
Deputy Premier Minister for Local Government Minister for Highways	Pat Hills
Attorney–General Vice-president of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Reg Downing, MLC
Chief Secretary Minister for Tourism Activities	Gus Kelly
Minister for Health	Bill Sheahan
Minister for Child Welfare Minister for Social Welfare	Frank Hawkins
Minister for Agriculture Minister for Conservation	George Enticknap
Minister for Housing Minister for Co-operative Societies	Abe Landa
Minister for Education	Ernest Wetherell
Minister for Labour and Industry	Jim Maloney, MLC
Minister for Mines	Jim Simpson
Minister for Transport	John McMahon
Minister for Public Works	Norm Ryan
Minister of Justice	Jack Mannix
Minister for Lands	Keith Compton
Assistant Minister	Thomas Murphy

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1962–1965
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1961–1964
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1964–1967