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Sixth Wran ministry
Sixth Wran ministry
; 76th Cabinet of Government of New South Wales
	Premier Neville Wran
Date formed	10 February 1984
Date dissolved	5 April 1984
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir James Rowland
Premier	Neville Wran
Deputy Premier	Ron Mulock
No. of ministers	19
Member party	Labor
Opposition parties	Liberal National coalition
Opposition leader	Nick Greiner
History
Predecessor	Fifth Wran ministry
Successor	Seventh Wran ministry

The Wran ministry (1984) or Sixth Wran ministry was the 76th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 35th Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran, representing the Labor Party. It was the sixth of eight consecutive occasions when Wran was Premier.

Background

Wran had been elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament on 12 March 1970.^[1] He was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 22 February 1972.^[2] He resigned from the council on 19 October 1973 to switch to the Legislative Assembly, successfully contesting the election for Bass Hill, which he would hold until his retirement in 1986.^[3] Wran successfully challenged Pat Hills to become Leader of Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 3 December 1973 and became Premier following a narrow one seat victory at the 1976 election.^[4]

Labor retained government at the 1981 election, gaining an additional 6 seats despite a 2% swing against Labor, giving a majority of 19 seats in the Legislative Assembly and two seats in the Legislative Council. The reconfiguration of the ministry was triggered by the resignation in February 1984 of Jack Ferguson, who had been Wran's deputy since 1973 and Deputy Premier since 1976.^[5]

Composition of ministry

The ministry covers the period from 10 February 1984 when Wran reconfigured his ministry following the resignation of Jack Ferguson, until 5 April 1984 when Wran reconfigured his ministry after the Wran–led Labor Party was re-elected at the 1984 election, and the Seventh Wran ministry was formed.^[6]

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Minister for the Arts	Neville Wran	Labor	10 February 1984	5 April 1984	55 days
Deputy Premier Minister for Health	Ron Mulock
Minister for Transport	Peter Cox ^[a]
Minister for Youth and Community Services Minister for Housing	Frank Walker
Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Roads	Pat Hills
Attorney General Minister for Justice Minister for Consumer Affairs Vice-President of the Executive Council Leader of the Government in Legislative Council	Paul Landa, MLC ^[a]
Treasurer	Ken Booth ^[a]
Minister for Public Works Minister for Employment	Laurie Brereton
Minister for Mineral Resources	Don Day
Minister for Education	Eric Bedford
Minister for Local Government	Kevin Stewart
Minister for Lands Minister for Ports	Lin Gordon
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	Jack Hallam, MLC ^[a]
Minister for Planning and Environment	Terry Sheahan
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Corrective Services	Peter Anderson ^[a]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Minister for Tourism	Michael Cleary ^[a]
Minister for Water Resources Minister for Forests Minister for Aboriginal Affairs	Paul Whelan
Minister for Industry and Decentralisation Minister for Small Business and Technology	George Paciullo
Minister for Energy Minister for Finance	Rodney Cavalier