Greiner–Murray ministry (1988–1991)
The Greiner–Murray ministry (1988–1991) or First Greiner–Murray ministry or First Greiner ministry was the 80th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 37th Premier of New South Wales, Nick Greiner, representing the Liberal Party in coalition with the National Party, led by Wal Murray.
First Greiner–Murray ministry | |
|---|---|
| 80th Cabinet of Government of New South Wales | |
| Date formed | 21 March 1988 |
| Date dissolved | 6 June 1991 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Sir James Rowland (1981–1989) Sir David Martin(1989–1990) Peter Sinclair(1990–1996) |
| Premier | Nick Greiner |
| Deputy Premier | Wal Murray |
| No. of ministers | 20 |
| Ministers removed | 3 |
| Total no. of members | 23 |
| Member party | Liberal–National coalition |
| Status in legislature | Majority Coalition Government |
| Opposition parties | Labor |
| Opposition leader | Bob Carr |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1988 New South Wales state election |
| Outgoing election | 1991 New South Wales state election |
| Predecessor | Unsworth ministry –– |
| Successor | Second Greiner–Murray ministry |
The ministry covers the period from 21 March 1988 when the coalition defeated the sitting Unsworth Labor government at the 1988 state election until 6 June 1991, when Greiner reconfigured his ministry following victory at the 1991 state election.
Composition of ministry
The ministry was rearranged on four occasions.
- The first rearrangement was due to the sudden death of Ray Aston in May 1988.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
- The second rearrangement in January 1989 was caused by the resignation of Matt Singleton from the ministry.[lower-alpha 3]
- The third rearrangement was in September 1989.[lower-alpha 4]
- The fourth rearrangement in July 1990 was caused by the resignation of Terry Metherell from the ministry.[1][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9]
Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
Notes
- Ray Aston died in May 1988 and John Fahey replaced him in the Corrective Services portfolio. Michael Yabsley returned to parliament, elected to replaced Aston as the member for Vaucluse and was immediately appointed to the portfolio.
- The portfolios of Mineral Resources and Energy were combined into one portfolio Minerals and Energy.
- Matt Singleton resigned from the ministry in January 1989 and Robert Webster was appointed to the ministry to Singleton's portfolios of Administrative Services and Assistant Minister for Transport.
- Tim Moore relinquished the portfolio of Assistant Minister for Transport and Bob Rowland Smith was appointed in his place. Rowland Smith's portfolio of Sport, Recreation and Racing was split into Sport and Recreation and the portfolio of Racing.
- Terry Metherell resigned from the ministry in July 1990. Further education and training was split from the Education portfolio and John Fahey was appointed minister. Virginia Chadwick was appointed minister for school education. Fahey's role in assisting the Premier was transferred to Bruce Baird who was also appointed to assist the Treasurer.
- The new portfolio of Roads was created from Transport and Wal Murray was appointed minister, assisted by new minister Michael Yabsley.
- Wal Murray relinquished the State Development and John Hannaford was appointed to the ministry and the portfolio.
- Garry West and Ian Causley swapped parts of their portfolios. West gained the new portfolios of Land and Forests which were split from Causley's abolished portfolio of Natural Resources, with Causley retaining Water Resources from his former portfolio and gaining West's portfolio of Chief Secretary.
- Robert Webster was appointed to the Family and Community Services portfolio, replacing Virginia Chadwick and relinquished the role of Assistant Minister for Transport.
References
- "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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