Barry O'Farrell

MP

Mr Barry O'Farrell
MP; Mr Barry O'Farrell
	Barry O'Farrell in 2012
43rd Premier of New South Wales
	In office; 28 March 2011 – 23 April 2014
Governor	Marie Bashir
Deputy	Andrew Stoner
Preceded by	Kristina Keneally
Succeeded by	Mike Baird
Constituency	Ku-ring-gai
6th Minister for Western Sydney
	In office; 28 March 2011 – 23 April 2014
Preceded by	David Borger
Succeeded by	TBD
19th Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party
	In office; 4 April 2007 – 17 April 2014
Deputy	Jillian Skinner
Preceded by	Peter Debnam
Succeeded by	Mike Baird
35th Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales
	In office; 4 April 2007 – 28 March 2011
Deputy	Jillian Skinner
Preceded by	Peter Debnam
Succeeded by	John Robertson
Member of the New South Wales Parliament; for Ku-ring-gai
	In office; 27 March 1999 – 6 March 2015
Preceded by	Stephen O'Doherty
Succeeded by	Alister Henskens
Member of the New South Wales Parliament; for Northcott
	In office; 25 March 1995 – 26 March 1999
Preceded by	Bruce Baird
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	24 May 1959; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s)	Rosemary Cowan
Children	Tom O'Farrell; Willy O'Farrell
Occupation	politician
Profession	public servant

Barry Robert O'Farrell (born 24 May 1959) is a former Australian politician. He was 43rd Premier of New South Wales^[1] and Minister for Western Sydney. He was the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 2007 to 2014. On 16 April 2914, O'Farrell announced his resignation as Premier after giving misleading evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. He resigned on 17 April 2014. Mike Baird was elected new NSW Liberal Leader and was sworn in as the new Premier of New South Wales on 23 April 2014.

On 24 November 2014, O'Farrell announced his intention not to stand for re-election at the 2015 NSW election and to retire from politics. The Liberal candidate Alister Henskens was elected to succeed O'Farrell.^[2]

References

↑ "NSW Premier". NSW Government. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
↑ Nicholls, Sean (24 November 2014). "Barry O'Farrell announces his retirement from NSW Parliament". former NSW premier Barry O'Farrell has announced he will not recontest his seat of Ku-ring-gai at next year's state election. Fairfax Media. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 November 2014.