NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jack Renshaw

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. A premier is an executive official of government. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Born on 8 August 1909 at Wellington in central New South Wales - his parents were John Ignatius Renshaw and Ann Renshaw (née Reidy) - Jack was educated at the Binnaway Central School, Patrician Brothers at Orange, and then Holy Cross College at Ryde in north-western Sydney. After leaving school, he helped to run the family dairy property at Hampden Park, and also helped operate a milk run out of Binnaway. With his brothers he opened a butchery business, as well as a stock and station agency and oil and fuel depot. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Wellington is a town and Local Government Area located at the junction of the Macquarie River and Bell River in inland New South Wales, Australia. ... Binnaway is a small town located on the Castlereagh River in central west New South Wales near the larger centre of Coonabarabran which is about 50 kilometres to the north. ... Orange is a provincial city and Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia. ... Ryde, seen from Ryde Pier and showing the well-known twin spires. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...

He joined the Labor Party in 1930, becoming a member of the central executive from 1945 to 1950, then President of the Gwydir electorate council for ten years from 1939. In addition, he was an alderman in the Coonabarabran Shire Council from 1937 to 1944. For part of that time (1939-40) he was Shire President. He went on to serve as Deputy Premier from 1959 to 1964 (when Robert Heffron was Premier). Once Heffron retired in April 1964, Renshaw became Premier himself. The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Coonabarabran, a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, has about 3000 inhabitants and was established in the 1850s. ... 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. ...

This tenure proved to be no more than a stopgap for a party which, after almost a quarter of a century in government, was tired. It ended in May 1965, when for the first time ever in New South Wales history, the Liberals won power. The Liberal leader, Sir Robert Askin, often used the slogan "Twenty-four years of Labor misrule". Renshaw stayed on as leader of Labor in opposition, until a second defeat by Askin in 1968, whereupon he resigned. (Former Deputy Premier Pat Hills succeeded him as leader, and held the office till 1973.) But Renshaw remained an important figure in the party's ruling circles, and he served as Treasurer during the first four years (1976-80) of Neville Wran's administration. The Honourable Sir Robert William Askin, GCMG, (Born Sydney, April 4, 1907; Died September 9, 1981. ... Patrcick Pat Hills (1917-1992) was the Deputy Premier of New South Wales in 1964 and 1965. ... The Honourable Neville Kenneth Wran AC, QC, (born October 11, 1926) was the Premier of New South Wales in 1976 until 1986. ...

In 1943 Renshaw wed Hilda May Wall; by her he had a son. His second wife, whom he married in 1966, was Meg Mackay (who had four children in total: one by Renshaw, three by a previous marriage). He died at the age of 77 on 28 July 1987 in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chatswood pedestrian mall, facing west towards Chatswood station Chatswood is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and the seat of the City of Willoughby local government area. ...

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. ... List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Honourable Sir Robert William Askin, GCMG, (Born Sydney, April 4, 1907; Died September 9, 1981. ...

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