Everything about Barrie Unsworth totally explained
Barrie John Unsworth (b.
16 April 1934), is an
Australian
politician. He served as the 36th
Premier of New South Wales from July 1986 to March 1988 as leader of the
Australian Labor Party and local member for the
Electoral district of Rockdale.
Early years
Unsworth was born in
Dubbo and educated at
Canterbury High School, leaving school at 15. He married Pauline Hennessy in 1955 and they'd one daughter and three sons, one of who has died. He has nine grandchildren. Mr. Unsworth built his career in the
New South Wales labour movement through the
Electrical Trades Union. He was Secretary of the
Labor Council of New South Wales from 1979 to 1984.
Political career
Unsworth was elected a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council in
1978. After the retirement of Premier
Neville Wran in May 1986, he was elected leader of the NSW
Labor Party and became
Premier. As Premiers are required by convention to be members of the
Legislative Assembly,
Brian Bannon, member for
Rockdale, resigned to create a by-election, held in July 1986, which Unsworth contested and narrowly won. He was Premier until the Labor Party's landslide defeat in the
1988 elections. Unsworth didn't contest the 1991 election.
Since 1991 Unsworth has had little political involvement, although he was commissioned by the NSW Government to conduct a formal review of public bus services in 2003 and 2004 . In 2008 he headed a committee that considered the privatisation of the New South Wales' electricity industry. The committee and Unsworth supported the sale.
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