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Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and fourth Prime Minister of Australia. George Reid may refer to: George Reid (soldier) (1733â€“1815), American Revolutionary War general Sir George Reid (Scottish artist) (1841â€“1913) Sir George Reid (Australian politician) (1845â€“1918), Prime Minister of Australia George Reid (Scottish politician) (born 1939), Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, 2003-07. ... reupload of image that was originally Georgereid. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... Federal elections for the inaugural Parliament of Australia were held in Australia on March 29 and March 30, 1901 following Federation and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on December 16, 1903. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on December 12, 1906. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Chris Watson (musician). ... Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 â€“ 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ... List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir George Richard Dibbs KCMG (Born Sydney, October 12, 1834; died Hunters Hill, August 5, 1904) was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales on three occasions. ... Sir William Lyne Sir William John Lyne (6 April 1844 - 3 August 1913), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales and a member of the first federal ministry. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn FriÃ¹ in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Free Trade Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) Ribbon of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on May 18, 1725. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...

Reid was the last leader of the Liberal tendency in New South Wales, led by Charles Cowper and Henry Parkes and which Reid organised as the Free Trade and Liberal Association in 1889.^[1] He was more effective as Premier of New South Wales from 1894 to 1899 than he was as Prime Minister in 1904 and 1905. This partly reflected the disappearance of the rationale of the Free Trade Party with the imposition of tariffs by the federal government and the disappearance of the political centre ground^{[citation needed]} with the rise of the Australian Labor Party. Although a supporter of Federation, he took an equivocal position on it during the campaign for the first referendum in June 1898, earning himself the nickname of "Yes-No Reid." NSW redirects here. ... Sir Charles Cowper (April 26, 1807 - October 19, 1875) was an Australian politican and the Premier of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870. ... Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes GCMG, (27 May 1815 â€“ 27 April 1896) was an Australian politician, also called the Father of Federation because he was the one who started Federation for Australians and is at least considered the most prominent among the Australian Founding Fathers. ... The Free Trade Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... This article describes the national government of Australia. ... ALP redirects here. ... The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federated on 1 January 1901, to form the Commonwealth of Australia, of which they became component states. ...

Early life

Reid was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, son of a Church of Scotland minister, migrated to Victoria with his family in 1852.^[1] His family was one of many Presbyterian families brought out from Scotland by Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang, with whom his father worked at Scots' Church, Sydney.^[2] He was educated at what later became Scotch College, where he said he could "read, write and count fairly well", but had "a lazy horror of Greek" and no appetite for the "wide range of metaphysical propositions" which formed part of the curriculum.^[3] For people named Johnstone, see Johnstone (surname) Johnstone (Baile EÃ²in in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, three miles west of neighbouring Paisley. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn FriÃ¹ in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... The Church of Scotland (CofS; Scottish Gaelic: ), known informally by its pre-Union Scots name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. ... VIC redirects here. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... John Dunmore Lang (25 August 1799 - 8 August 1878), Australian clergyman, writer, politician and activist, was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism. ... For other schools named Scotch College, see Scotch College. ...

When the family moved to Sydney when he was 13 years old, Reid obtained a job as a clerk. At the age of 15 he joined the School of Arts Debating Society, and according to his autobiography, a more crude novice than he was never began the practise of public speaking.^[4] He became an assistant accountant in the Colonial Treasury in 1864 and rose rapidly and became head of the Attorney-General's department in 1878.^[1] In 1875 he had published his Five Essays on Free Trade, which brought him an honorary membership of the Cobden Club, and in 1878 the government published his New South Wales, the Mother Colony of the Australias, for distribution in Europe.^[4] In 1876 he began to study law seriously, which would give him an income and allow him to sit in Parliament, which was unpaid, and in 1879 he qualified as a barrister.^[3] This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline. ... // Artists impression of an English and Irish barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions which employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ...

Political career

Reid was elected top of the poll to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a member for the four-member electoral district of East Sydney in 1880.^[5] He was not active at first, as he was building up his legal practice, although he was concerned to reform the Robertson Land Acts, which had not prevented 96 land holders from controlling eight million acres (32,000 km²) between them. Henry Parkes and John Robertson attempted to make minor amendments to the land acts but were defeated and at the subsequent election Parkes' party lost many seats. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... East Sydney was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1859 to 1894, in the inner eastern suburban of Sydney. ... The Crown Lands Acts 1861 (NSW) were introduced by the New South Wales Premier, John Robertson, in 1861 to reform land holdings and in particular to break the squatters domination of land tenure. ... Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes GCMG, (27 May 1815 â€“ 27 April 1896) was an Australian politician, also called the Father of Federation because he was the one who started Federation for Australians and is at least considered the most prominent among the Australian Founding Fathers. ... Sir John Robertson (Born Bow, October 15, 1816; Died Watsons Bay, May 8, 1891. ...

The new premier, Alexander Stuart, offered Reid the position of Colonial Treasurer in January 1883, but he thought it wiser to accept the junior office of Minister for Public Instruction. He was 14 months in office and succeeded in passing a much improved Education Act, which included the establishment of the first government high schools in the leading towns, technical schools (which became a model for the other colonies)^[3] and the provision of evening lectures at the university.^[4] There are a few persons known by the name Alexander Stuart: Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, United States Secretary of the Interior between 1850 and 1853. ...

In February 1884, Reid lost his seat in parliament owing to a technicality; the necessary notice had not appeared in the Government Gazette declaring that the Minister for Public Instruction was a position that a parliamentarian could hold instead of being excluded from parliament for holding an "office of profit" . At the by-election Reid was defeated by a small majority as a result of the government's financial stringencies due to the loss of revenue as a result of the suspension of land sales. In 1885 he was re-elected to East Sydney and took a great part in the free trade or protection issue. He supported Sir Henry Parkes on the free trade side but, when Parkes came into power in 1887, declined a seat in his ministry. Parkes offered him a portfolio two years later and Reid again refused. He did not like Parkes personally and felt he would be unable to work with him. When payment of members of parliament was passed Reid, who had always opposed it, paid the amount of his salary into the treasury.^[4] Reid had become Sydney's leading barrister by impressing juries by his cross-examinations and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1898.^[3] For information about The Times satire Queens Counsel, see Queens Counsel (comic strip). ...

Premier

In September 1891, the Parkes ministry was defeated, the Dibbs government succeeded it, and Parkes retired from the leadership of the Free Trade Party. Reid was elected leader of the opposition in his place. In 1891, he married Flora Ann Brumby. He managed to form his party into a coherent group although it "ran the whole gamut from conservative Sydney merchants through middle-class intellectuals to reformers who wished to replace indirect by direct taxation for social reasons."^[3] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sir George Richard Dibbs KCMG (Born Sydney, October 12, 1834; died Hunters Hill, August 5, 1904) was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales on three occasions. ... The Free Trade Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...

At the 1894 election he made the establishment of a real free trade tariff with a system of direct taxation the main item of his policy, and had a great victory. Edmund Barton and other well-known protectionists lost their seats, the Labour following was reduced from 30 to 18, and Reid formed his first cabinet. One of his earliest measures was a new lands bill which provided for the division of pastoral leases into two halves, one of which was to be open to the free selector, while the pastoral lessee got some security of tenure for the other half. Classification of crown lands according to their value was provided for, and the free selector, or his transferee, had to reside on the property.^[4] Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 â€“ 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... ALP redirects here. ...

Parkes at an early stage of the session raised the question of federation again, and Reid invited the premiers of the other colonies to meet in conference on 29 January 1895. As a consequence of this conference an improved bill was drafted which ensured that both the people and the parliaments of the various colonies should be consulted. Meanwhile Reid had great trouble in passing his land and income tax bills. When he did get them through the Assembly the Council threw them out. Reid obtained a dissolution, was victorious at the polls, and heavily defeated Parkes for the new single-member electoral district of Sydney-King. He eventually succeeded in passing his acts, which were moderate, but strenuously opposed by the Council, and it was only the fear that the chamber might be swamped with new appointments that eventually wore down the opposition. Reid was also successful in bringing in reforms in the keeping of public accounts and in the civil service generally. Other acts dealt with the control of inland waters, and much needed legislation relating to public health, factories, and mining, was also passed.^[4] In five years he had achieved more than any of his predecessors.^[3] The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... Sydney-King was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 in inner Sydney and named after Governor King. ...

Federation

Reid supported the federation of the Australian colonies, but since the campaign was led by his Protectionist opponent Edmund Barton he did not take a leading role. He was dissatisfied by the draft constitution, especially the power of a Senate, elected on the basis of States rather than population, to reject money bills. In the referendum campaign after the close of the Australasian Federal Convention, Reid, on 28 March 1898, made his famous "Yes-No" speech at the Sydney town hall. He told his audience that he intended to deal with the bill "with the deliberate impartiality of a judge addressing a jury". After speaking for an hour and three-quarters the audience was still uncertain about his verdict. He ended up by saying that while he felt he could not become a deserter to the cause he would not recommend any course to the electors. He consistently kept this attitude until the poll was taken on 3 June 1898. This earned him the nick-name "Yes-No Reid." The referendum in New South Wales resulted in a small majority in favour, but the yes votes fell about 8000 below the required number of 80,000.^[4] Subsequently Reid was able to secure greater concessions for New South Wales. reupload of image that was originally Georgereid. ... reupload of image that was originally Georgereid. ... The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 â€“ 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

At the general election held soon after, Barton accepted Reid's challenge to contest the East Sydney seat and Reid defeated him, but his party came back with a reduced majority. Reid fought for federation at the second referendum and it was carried in New South Wales by a majority of nearly 25,000, 107,420 Votes being cast in favour of it. "A bizarre combination of the Labor Party, protectionists, Federation enthusiasts and die-hard anti-Federation free traders" censured Reid for paying the expenses of J. C. Neild who had been commissioned to report on old-age pensions, prior to parliamentary approval. Governor Beauchamp refused Reid a dissolution and he resigned.^[3] By this time Reid had grown extremely overweight and sported a walrus moustache and a monocle, but his buffoonish image concealed a shrewd political brain. Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales in 1899 William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC, (February 20, 1872 â€“ November 15, 1938), British politician, succeeded his father as Earl Beauchamp in 1891, and was mayor of Worcester at age 23. ...

Federal politics

Reid was elected to the first federal Parliament as the Member for East Sydney in 1901. The Free Trade Party had 26 out of 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 17 out of 36 seats in the Senate. Labour no longer trusted Reid and gave their support to the Edmund Barton government, so Reid became the first Leader of the Opposition, a position well-suited to his robust debating style and rollicking sense of humour. In the long tariff debate Reid was at a disadvantage as parliament was sitting in Melbourne and he could not entirely neglect his practice as a barrister in Sydney, as his parliamentary income was less than a tenth of his income from his legal practice. With the rise of the Labour Party, the Free Trade Party had lost much of the middle ground to Barton and his followers, and it was increasingly dependent on conservatives, including militant Protestants.^[4]^[3] Federal elections for the inaugural Parliament of Australia were held in Australia on March 29 and March 30, 1901 following the establishment of the Federation of Australia. ... The Division of East Sydney was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Type Lower house Speaker of the House David Hawker, Liberal since November 16, 2004 Members 150 Political groups Liberal Party (74) ALP (60) National Party (12) Country Liberal Party (1) Last elections 9 October 2004 Meeting place Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Web site House of Representatives Entrance to the House... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 â€“ 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

On 18 August 1903, Reid resigned (the first member of the House of Representatives to do so). He contested the by-election for East Sydney on 4 September, and won it back ^[6]. He is the only person in Australian federal parliamentary history to win back his seat at a by-election triggered by his own resignation.

Reid improved his party's position in the December 1903 election, and in August 1904, when the Watson government resigned, he became Prime Minister. He was the first former state premier to become Prime Minister (the only other to date being Joseph Lyons). Reid did not have a majority in either House, and he knew it would be only a matter of time before Deakin's Protectionists patched up their differences with Labour, so he enjoyed himself in office while he could. In July 1905 the other two parties duly voted him out, and he left office with a good grace. He gained seats once more in 1906, but failed to win a majority. Federal elections were held in Australia on December 16, 1903. ... For other uses, see Chris Watson (musician). ... Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 â€“ 7 April 1939), Australian politician, tenth Prime Minister of Australia. ... Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 â€“ 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...

In 1907-08, Reid strenuously resisted Deakin's commitment to increase tariff rates. In 1908, when Deakin proposed a "Fusion" of the two non-Labour parties, Reid stood aside from the leadership. On 24 December 1909 he resigned from Parliament (he was the first Member to have resigned twice) and in 1910 was appointed as Australia's first High Commissioner in London.^[3] The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

High Commissioner

Reid was extremely popular in Britain, and in 1916, when his term as High Commissioner ended, he was returned unopposed to the House of Commons for the seat of St George, Hanover Square as a Unionist candidate, where he acted as a spokesman for the self-governing Dominions in supporting the war effort. He died suddenly in London in September 1918, aged 73 of cerebral thrombosis, survived by his wife and their two sons and daughter.^[3] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 713 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 Ã— 673 pixel, file size: 121 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)George Reid, Florence Reid and their children (left to right) Douglas, Thelma and Clive, in London c. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 713 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 Ã— 673 pixel, file size: 121 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)George Reid, Florence Reid and their children (left to right) Douglas, Thelma and Clive, in London c. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn FÃ©in... Westminster St Georges, originally named St Georges, Hanover Square, was a parliamentary constituency in Central London. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about Dominions of the British Empire and of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... A thrombus or blood clot is the final product of blood coagulation, through the aggregation of platelets and the activation of the humoral coagulation system. ...

Reid's posthumous reputation suffered from the general acceptance of protectionist policies by all parties, as well as from his buffoonish public image. In 1989 W. G. McMinn published George Reid (Melbourne University Press), a serious biography designed to rescue Reid from his reputation as a clownish reactionary and attempt to show his Free Trade policies as having been vindicated by history.

Honours

Reid was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1911 and was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1916.^[3] On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) Ribbon of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on May 18, 1725. ...

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William Arthur Holman (Born Clapham, London August 4, 1871; Died Gordon, June 6, 1934) was an Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales, Australia, who split with the party on the conscription issue in 1916 during World War 1, and immediately became Premier of a conservative Nationalist Party Government. ... John Storey (May 15, 1869â€“October 5, 1921) was Premier of New South Wales from April 12, 1920 until his sudden death in Sydney. ... James Thomas Dooley (26 April 1877 - 2 January 1950) served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s. ... Portrait of Fuller taken circa 1910-1913. ... John Thomas Lang (21 December 1876 - 27 September 1975), Australian politician, usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, familiarly known as Jack and nicknamed The Big Fella, was Premier of New South Wales for two terms (1925-27, 1930-32). ... Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin (born Kaiapoi, New Zealand May 5, 1874; died Bellevue Hill, August 31, 1941) was the Nationalist Premier of New South Wales from October 18, 1927 to November 4, 1930. ... Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens (born Redfern, January 2, 1889; died Concord West, March 24, 1973) was the UAP Premier of New South Wales May 16, 1932 - August 5, 1939. ... The Hon. ... Sir William McKell William John McKell (26 September 1891 - 11 January 1985), twelfth Governor-General of Australia, was born in Pambula New South Wales, the son of a butcher. ... Ñ†James McGirr was born in Parkes on 6 February 1890, and was the Labor Premier of New South Wales 6 February 1947 - 3 April 1952. ... (John) Joseph Joe Cahill (21 January 1891â€“22 October 1959) was Premier of New South Wales from 1952 to 1959. ... Robert James Heffron (Born, Thames, New Zealand September 10, 1890; Died, Sydney, July 27, 1978) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from October 28, 1959 to April 30, 1964. ... John Brophy (Jack) Renshaw was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965, a period of 1 year and 14 days. ... The Honourable Sir Robert William Askin, GCMG, (Born Sydney, April 4, 1907; Died September 9, 1981. ... Thomas Lancelot (Tom) Lewis (Born Adelaide, January 23, 1922) is an Australian political figure. ... Eric Archibald Willis (Born Murwillumbah, January 15, 1922; Died Sydney, May 10, 1999) was Premier of New South Wales, Australia from January 23, 1976 to May 14, 1976. ... Neville Kenneth Wran AC QC (born October 11, 1926) was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. ... Barrie Unsworth (born Dubbo, 16 April 1934), is an Australian politician. ... Nicholas Franciscus Hugo Greiner (born April 27, 1947) was the parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales, Australia and also Premier from 1988 to 1992. ... John Fahey (born 10 January 1945) was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996. ... For other persons named Bob Carr, see Bob Carr (disambiguation). ... Morris Iemma (pronounced Yemma), born 21 July 1961, is an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_South_Wales. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... 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