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Leaders of the Government in the NSW Legislative Council

Leaders of the Government in the NSW Legislative Council

NAME PERIOD SERVED
Francis (later Sir Francis) Bathurst SUTTOR
(b. 30.04.1839 - d. 04.04.1915)
(Progressive)
12.06.1900 - 23.05.1903
James Alexander MACKAY
(b. 05.06.1859 - d. 16.11.1935)
(Progressive)
(Ministerialist)
06.06.1903 - 15.06.1904
15.06.1904 - 29.08.1904
John HUGHES
(b. 11.05.1857 - d. 18.12.1912)
(Liberal)
30.08.1904 - 20.10.1910
Frederick FLOWERS
(b. 04.03.1864 - d.14.12.1928)
(A.L.P)
21.10.1910. - 27.04.1914
John Daniel FITZGERALD
(b. 11.06.1862 - d. 04.07.1922)
(A.L.P)
(Nationalist)
27.04.1915 - 15.11.1916
15.11.1916 - 12.06.1918
John GARLAND
(b. 17.09.1862 - d. 23.02.1921)
(Nationalist)
12.06.1918 - 12.04.1920
Edward John KAVANAGH
(b. 30.10.1871 - 10.10.1956)
(A.L.P)
12.04.1920 - 13.04.1922
Sir Joseph Hector CARRUTHERS
(b.21.12.1857 - d. 10.12.1932)
(Nationalist)
20.12.1921
13.04.1922 - 17.06.1925
Albert Charles WILLIS
(b. 24.05.1876 - d. 22.04.1954)
(A.L.P)
17.06.1925 - 18.10.1927
04.11.1930 - 02.04.1931
Francis Stewart BOYCE
(b. 26.06.1872 - d. 27.6.1940)
(Nationalist)
18.10.1927 - 03.11.1930
James Matthew CONCANNON
(b. 10.11.1890 - d. 08.08.1973)
(A.L.P)
03.04.1931 - 13.05.1932
James RYAN
(b. 1863 - d. 21.06.1940)
(U.A.P)
16.05.1932 - 17.06.1932
Sir Henry Edward MANNING
(b. 27.06.1877 - d. 03.05.1963)
(U.A.P)
18.06.1932 - 16.05.1941
Robert Reginald DOWNING
(b.06.11.1904 - d. 09.09.1994
(A.L.P)
16.05.1941 - 13.05.1965
Arthur Dalgety BRIDGES
(b. 19.11.1901 - d. 22.05.1968)
(Liberal)
13.05.1965 - 22.05.1968
John (later Sir John) Bryan Munro FULLER
(b. 22.09.1917 - d. 31.01.2009)
10.07.1968 - 14.05.1976
David Paul LANDA
(b. 29.05.1941 - d. 24.11.1984)
(A.L.P)
14.05.1976 - 03.03.1984
Barrie John UNSWORTH
(b. 16.04.1934 -
(A.L.P)
05.04.1984 - 04.07.1986
Jack Rowland HALLAM
(b.10.09.1942 -
(A.L.P)
04.07.1986 - 24.03.1988
Edward Philip PICKERING
(b. 01.11.1939 -
(Liberal)
25.03.1988 - 22.10.1992
John Planta HANNAFORD
(b. 21.01.1949 -
(Liberal)
22.10.1992 - 04.04.1995
Michael Rueben EGAN
(b. 21.02.1948 -
(A.L.P)
04.04.1995 - 21.01.2005
John DELLA BOSCA
(b 18.07.1956 -
(A.L.P)
01.02.2005 - 13.06.2008
Mr Della Bosca stood aside as head of the Government
Michael COSTA
(b 15.07.1956 -
(A.L.P)
17.6.2008 - 08.09.2008
Acting Leader of the Government
John DELLA BOSCA
(b 18.07.1956 -
(A.L.P)
08.09.2008 - 01.09.2009
Tony KELLY
(b. 25.08.1948 -
(A.L.P)
01.09.2009 - 22.09.2009
Acting Leader of the Government
John HATZISTERGOS
(b.20.08.1960 -
(A.L.P)
22.09.2009 - 28.03.2011
Michael Joseph GALLACHER
(b.27.09.1961-
(Liberal)
30.03.2011- 06.05.2014
Duncan John GAY
(b.02.05.1950 -
(The Nationals)
06.05.2014 - 23.1.2017
Donald Thomas HARWIN
(b. 05.07.1964 -
(Liberal)
​30.01.2017 - 15.04.2020
03.07.2020 - 21.12.2021

Damien Francis TUDEHOPE
(Liberal)

​15.04.2020 - 03.07.2020
21.12.2021 -