The Hon. Jack Rowland HALLAM (1942 - )

Date of Birth: 10/09/1942
Place of Birth: Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Apr 1973	12 Sep 1991	18yrs 4mths 21days	46th (1978 - 1981) 49th (1988 - 1991) 51st (1995 - 1999)	A Member before reconstitution. A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 5 April 1973. Granted retention of the title "Honourable" for life.
Minister for Decentralisation and Minister Assisting the Premier	19 Oct 1978	29 Feb 1980	1yr(s) 4mth(s) 11day(s)
Minister for Agriculture	29 Feb 1980	2 Oct 1981	1yr(s) 7mth(s) 4day(s)
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	2 Oct 1981	4 Jul 1986	4yr(s) 9mth(s) 3day(s)
Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Lands and Vice President of Executive Council	4 Jul 1986	5 Nov 1986	4mth(s) 2day(s)
Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Lands, Minister for Forests and Vice President of Executive Council	5 Nov 1986	25 Mar 1988	1yr(s) 4mth(s) 21day(s)
Deputy Leader of Government in the Legislative Council	18 Oct 1978	4 Jul 1986	7yr(s) 8mth(s) 17day(s)
Leader of Government in the Legislative Council	4 Jul 1986	21 Mar 1988	1yr(s) 8mth(s) 18day(s)
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council	6 Apr 1988	1 Jul 1991	3yr(s) 2mth(s) 26day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, and Rural Affairs; Shadow Minister for Forests. Member Griffith Branch since 1966. Secretary of Riverina Federal Electorate Council 1967-1985 (President 1974). Secretary of New South Wales Rural Committee and Rural Organiser 1973- 1978. Inaugurated quarterly journal Rural Review 1977 and editor 1977- 1986.

Community Activity

Former member of Australian Workers Union and Federated Clerks Union. Former secretary of Murrumbidgee Branch United Farm Workers of Australia.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Qualified Wool Classer. Worked as an apprentice plumber in 1956, roustabout and wool classer 1956-1959, contract harvester and share farmer in partnership 1959-1964, share farmer, sheep 1964-1967, farm owner sheep, rice 1967-1976. Recreational interests include reading, swimming, jogging, bushwalking, fine wines.

Personal

Married and had issue, 2 daughters.

Additional Information

Worked as apprentice plumber (1956), roustabout, wool classer (1956-59), contract harvester and share farmer in partnership (1959-64), share farmer, sheep (1964-67), farm owner sheep/rice (1967-76). Interested in conservation, reading, swimming, jogging, bushwalking, fine wines. Author of The Untold Story, an analysis of rural Labor in NSW.

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