Jack Renshaw

Jack Renshaw (1968)

John "Jack" Brophy Renshaw AC (born August 8, 1909 in Wellington , New South Wales , † July 28, 1987 in Northbridge , New South Wales) was a politician of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and between April 1964 and May 1965 Prime Minister of New South Wales .

Life

Entrepreneurial activities and MPs

Renshaw grew up in Binnaway in Warrumbungle Shire and attended Central School and the Patrician Brothers School and the Orange and Holy Cross College in Ryde . He then joined the family business in Binnaway, which initially included a dairy and a dairy farm. Later he and his brothers founded butchers, grocery stores, and oil and fuel depots.

Renshaw, who became a member of the Australian Labor Party in 1930, began his political career in local politics when he became a councilor in Coonabarabran Shire in 1937 and was a member until 1941 and was its president from 1939 to 1940. He was also a member of the electoral council of the ALP in Gwydir between 1939 and 1949 and, since 1940, a board member of the Wheat Farmers Union of Northern Australia.

On May 10, 1941, Renshaw was first a member of the Legislative Assembly ( Legislative Assembly ) of New South Wales and represented in this after several re-elections for almost 39 years until January 29, 1980 the constituency of Castlereagh . He was also a member of the Central Executive Board of the ALP in New South Wales between 1945 and 1950.

In June 1950 he became State Secretary for Lands and was then from April 1952 to March 1956 State Secretary for Public Works. In addition, he was initially Vice Minister for Local Government until February 1953.

Minister and Prime Minister

In February 1953, Prime Minister Joseph Cahill appointed him minister for local government in his cabinet. He held this position at the end of Cahill's tenure in October 1959 and was at the same time between March 1956 and October 1959 Minister for Highways ( Minister for Highways ).

Cahill's successor as Prime Minister, Robert Heffron , then named him Vice Prime Minister in October 1959. Renshaw held this position until the end of Heffron's tenure on April 30, 1964. He was also Treasurer from October 1959 to April 1964 , Minister of Lands between May 1960 and March 1961, Minister of Agriculture from March 1961 to March 1962 and between March 1962 and April 1964 Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralization.

At the same time he was between 1959 and 1964 vice chairman of the ALP, before he was then chairman of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales from 1964 to 1968.

On April 30, 1964, Renshaw was Heffron's successor himself Prime Minister of New South Wales and held the office for a little over a year until he was defeated by Robert Askin of the Liberal Party of Australia on May 13, 1965. During this time he was at the same time, he will continue to be Minister of the Treasury and Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralization.

He held the office of treasurer again between May 1976 and January 1980 in the government of Prime Minister Neville Wran .

Renshaw was also involved in the Sydney cricket club , the Sydney Cricket Ground , for over 25 years , where he was trustee from 1952 to 1978 and chairman of the trust committee from 1972 to 1977.

For his longstanding services, Jack Renshaw was named Companion of the Order of Australia in 1979 .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Parliament of New South Wales (accessed 25 June 2012)
• Australian States (rulers.org)