Cahill ministry (1956–59)

The Cahill ministry (1956–1959) or Third Cahill ministry was the 57th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 29th Premier, the Honourable Joe Cahill, MLA, of the Australian Labor Party. The ministry was the third of four consecutive occasions when the Government was led by Cahill, as Premier.

Cahill was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1925 and served until 1932, representing the seats of St George and Arncliffe before being defeated. He was re-elected in 1935, again representing Arncliffe, and then represented Cook's River between 1941 and 1959. Having served continuously as Secretary for Public Works in the first, second, and third ministries of Jim McGirr, when Deputy Premier Jack Baddeley resigned, Cahill was appointed as McGirr's deputy on 21 September 1949. McGirr resigned as Premier several years later, on 2 April 1952, and Cahill was elected as Labor Leader and became Premier.

This ministry covers the period from 15 March 1956 when Cahill won the 1956 state election, until 1 April 1959[1][2] when Cahill led Labor to victory at the 1959 state election and the Fourth Cahill ministry was formed.

Composition of ministry

First arrangement

The composition of this arrangement of the ministry was announced by Premier Cahill following the 1956 state election on 15 March 1956, and covers the period until 22 November 1957, when there was a minor rearrangement of the ministry. Ministers are listed in order of seniority and in most cases, serve the full term of this ministry.

Portfolio Minister Party Term commence Term end Term of office
Premier
Colonial Treasurer		 Hon. Joseph Cahill, MLA   Labor 15 March 1956 1 April 1959 3 years, 17 days
Deputy Premier
Minister of Education		 Hon. Bob Heffron, MLA  
Attorney–General
Minister for Justice
Vice-President of the Executive Council
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council		 Hon. Reg Downing, MLC  
Colonial Secretary
Minister for Immigration
Minister for Co-operative Societies		 Hon. Gus Kelly, MLA  
Minister for Agriculture
Minister for Food Production		 Hon. Eddie Graham, MLA 1   13 November 1957 1 year, 243 days
Minister for Health Hon. Bill Sheahan, QC, MLA   1 April 1959 3 years, 17 days
Minister for Child Welfare
Minister for Social Welfare		 Hon. Frank Hawkins, MLA  
Minister for Local Government
Minister for Highways		 Hon. Jack Renshaw, MLA  
Minister for Transport Hon. George Enticknap, MLA  
Minister for Housing Hon. Abe Landa, MLA  
Secretary for Public Works Hon. John McGrath, MLA  
Minister for Conservation Hon. Ernest Wetherell, MLA  
Minister without portfolio Hon. William Gollan, MLA   22 November 1957 1 year, 252 days
Secretary for Lands
Secretary for Mines		 Hon. Roger Nott, MLA  
Minister for Labour and Industry Hon. James Maloney, MLC  
Minister without portfolio Hon. Jim Simpson, MLA  
^1 Graham died in office.

Second arrangement

The rearrangement of the ministry was triggered by the death of the Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production, Eddie Graham, who died in office on 13 November 1957.[3] Cahill took the opportunity to make a minor rearrangement of the ministry. Ministers are listed in order of seniority. Only changes in portfolios are shown and covers the period until 1 April 1959, when the 1959 state election was held.

Portfolio Minister Party Term commence Term end Term of office
Secretary for Lands Hon. William Gollan, MLA 3   Labor 22 November 1957 1 April 1959 1 year, 130 days
Minister for Agriculture
Minister for Food Production		 Hon. Roger Nott, MLA 2   14 November 1957 1 year, 138 days
Secretary for Mines Hon. Jim Simpson, MLA 4  
Minister without portfolio Hon. John McMahon, MLA 5  
^2 Following the death of Graham, Nott was promoted as Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production.
^3 Following the promotion of Nott, Gollan was promoted as Secretary for Lands.
^4 Following the promotion of Gollan, Simpson was promoted as Secretary for Mines.
^5 Following the promotion of Simpson, McMahon was promoted into the ministry, without portfolio.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Former Members - Chronological List of Ministries 1856 to 2009 (requires download)". Project for the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original (Excel spreadsheet) on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Wah, Malvyne Jong; Page, Jeffrey E. (November 2007). "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2007" (PDF). VIII. Parliament of New South Wales: 276–277. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Hon. Edgar Hugh Graham(1897 - 1957)". Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006. New South Wales Parliament. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
Preceded by
Cahill ministry (1953–1956)		 Cahill ministry (1956–1959)
1956–1959 		Succeeded by
Cahill ministry (1959)
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