Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (New South Wales)

Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Duncan Gay
since 6 May 2014
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder William Mayne (Representative)
Formation 6 June 1856
Deputy John Ajaka

The Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, known before 1 July 1966 as Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council, is an office held in New South Wales by the most senior minister in the New South Wales Legislative Council, elected to lead the governing party (or parties) in the council. Though the leader in the Council does not have the power of the office of Premier, there are some parallels between the latter's status in the Legislative Assembly and the former's in the Council. This means that the leader has responsibility for all policy areas, acts as the government's principal spokesperson in the upper house and has priority in gaining recognition from the President of the Council to speak in debate.

Traditionally, but not always, the office has been held with the sinecure office of Vice-President of the Executive Council. The current leader is Duncan Gay (Nationals). The leader is assisted by a Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, currently John Ajaka (Liberal).

List of leaders

Leaders

Representatives of the Government 1856–1966[1]
Leader Party affiliation Period
William Mayne No party 6 June 1856 – 25 August 1856
Alfred Lutwyche 26 August 1856 – 2 October 1856
Edward Deas Thomson 3 October 1856 – 7 September 1857
John Dickson 7 September 1857 – 26 October 1859
Geoffrey Eagar 27 October 1859 – 8 March 1860
John Hargrave 9 March 1860 – 15 October 1863
John Plunkett 16 October 1863 – 2 February 1865
John Hargrave 3 February 1865 – 21 January 1866
Joseph Docker 22 January 1866 – 26 October 1868
Robert Owen 27 October 1868 – 1 August 1870
Joseph Docker 16 December 1870 – 13 May 1872
Saul Samuel 14 May 1872 – 8 February 1875
Joseph Docker 9 February 1875 – 21 March 1877
George Lloyd 22 March 1877 – 16 August 1877
Joseph Docker 17 August 1877 – 17 December 1877
John Marks 18 December 1877 – 20 December 1878
Sir John Robertson 21 December 1878 – 10 November 1881
Frederick Darley 14 November 1881 – 4 January 1883
William Bede Dalley 5 January 1883 – 6 October 1885
James Farnell 7 October 1885 – 9 October 1885
George Thornton 13 November 1885 – 21 December 1885
George Bowen Simpson 22 December 1885 – 25 February 1886
Charles Mackellar 26 February 1886 – 19 January 1887
Julian Salomons Free Trade 20 January 1887 – 16 January 1889
Edmund Barton Protectionist 17 January 1889 – 7 March 1889
William Suttor, Jr. Free Trade 8 March 1889 – 22 October 1891
Sir Julian Salomons Protectionist 23 October 1891 – 26 January 1893
Henry MacLaurin 5 April 1893 – 2 August 1894
William Suttor, Jr. Free Trade 3 August 1894 – 15 March 1895
Andrew Garran 19 March 1895 – 18 November 1898
John Hughes 22 November 1898 – 13 September 1899
James Mackay Protectionist 14 September 1899 – 24 April 1900
Francis Suttor 12 June 1900 – 9 April 1901
Progressive 28 March 1901 – 23 May 1903
James Mackay 6 June 1903 – 29 August 1904
John Hughes Liberal Reform 29 August 1904 – 20 October 1910
Fred Flowers Labor 21 October 1910 – 27 April 1915
John Daniel FitzGerald 27 April 1915 – 15 November 1916
Nationalist 15 November 1916 – 12 April 1920
Edward Kavanagh Labor 12 April 1920 – 20 December 1921
Sir Joseph Carruthers Nationalist 20 December 1921
Edward Kavanagh Labor 20 December 1921 – 13 April 1922
Sir Joseph Carruthers Nationalist 13 April 1922 – 17 June 1925
Albert Willis Labor 17 June 1925 – 18 October 1927
Francis Boyce Nationalist 18 October 1927 – 3 November 1930
Albert Willis Labor 4 November 1930 – 2 April 1931
James Concannon 3 April 1931 – 15 October 1931
Labor (NSW) 15 October 1931 – 13 May 1932
James Ryan United Australia 16 May 1932 – 17 June 1932
Henry Manning 18 June 1932 – 16 May 1941
Reg Downing Labor 16 May 1941 – 13 May 1965
Arthur Bridges Liberal 13 May 1965 – 30 June 1966
Leaders of the Government 1966–present[1]
Arthur Bridges Liberal 1 July 1966 – 22 May 1968
Sir John Fuller Country 10 July 1968 – 14 May 1976
Paul Landa Labor 14 May 1976 – 5 April 1984
Barrie Unsworth 5 April 1984 – 4 July 1986
Jack Hallam 4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988
Ted Pickering Liberal 25 March 1988 – 22 October 1992
John Hannaford 22 October 1992 – 4 April 1995
Michael Egan Labor 4 April 1995 – 21 January 2005
John Della Bosca 3 August 2005 – 13 June 2008
Michael Costa (acting) 17 June 2008 – 8 September 2008
John Della Bosca 8 September 2008 – 1 September 2009
Tony Kelly (acting) 1 September 2009 – 22 September 2009
John Hatzistergos 22 September 2009 – 28 March 2011
Michael Gallacher Liberal 3 April 2011 – 2 May 2014
Duncan Gay Nationals 6 May 2014 – present

Deputy Leaders

Deputy Leader Party affiliation Period
John Fuller Country 1 July 1966 – 10 July 1968
Frederick Hewitt Liberal 3 September 1968 – 14 May 1976
Edna Roper Labor 14 May 1976 – 17 October 1978
Jack Hallam 18 October 1978 – 4 July 1986
Deirdre Grusovin 4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988
Bob Rowland Smith National 25 March 1988 – 11 June 1991
Robert Webster 12 June 1991 – 4 April 1995
Ron Dyer Labor 4 April 1995 – 28 February 2003
John Della Bosca 28 February 2003 – 3 August 2005
Michael Costa 1 February 2005 – 5 September 2008
Tony Kelly 7 September 2008 – 28 March 2011
Duncan Gay Nationals 3 May 2011 – 6 May 2014
John Ajaka Liberal 6 May 2014 – present

References

  1. 1 2 "Leaders of the Government in the NSW Legislative Council". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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