Section 5: Political timeline

Key

 

 = Liberal  

 

 = Labor (ALP)

 

 = Country-Liberal Coalition

 

 = National Party

 

 = Liberal-National Coalition

N.B. Underlined dates represent election dates under that jurisdiction

Robin W. Askin
13-May-65 to 3-Jan-75

1970

 

 

1971

(13-Feb)

 

1972

 

 

1973

(17-Nov)

 

1974

 

Thomas L. Lewis
3-Jan-75 to 23-Jan-76

1975

 

Sir Eric A. Willis
23-Jan-76 to 14-May-76
Neville K. Wran
14-May-76 to 4-July-86

1976
 

 

(1-May)

1976

Peter Coleman
16-Dec-77 to 7-Oct-78

1977

 

 

1978

(7-Oct)

 

1979

 

 

1980

 

 

1981

(19-Sep)

 

1982

 

Laurie J. Ferguson
16-May-83 to 29-Jul-83

1983

 

 

1984

(24-Mar)

 

1985

 

Barrie J. Unsworth
4-Jul-86 to 25-Mar-88

1986

 

 

1987

 

Nicholas F. Greiner
25-Mar-88 to 24-Jun-92

1988

(19-Mar)

 

1989

 

 

1990

 

 

1991

(25-May)

John J. Fahey
24-Jun-92 to 4-Apr-95

1992

 

 

1993

 

 

1994

 

Robert J. Carr
4-Apr-95 to 3-Aug-05

1995

(25-Mar)

 

1996

 

 

1997

 

 

1998

 

 

1999

(27-Mar)

 

2000

 

 

2001

 

 

2002

 

 

2003

(22-Mar)

 

2004

 

Morris Iemma
3-Aug-05 to 5-Sep-08

2005

 

 

2006

 

 

2007

(24-Mar)

Nathan Rees
5-Sep-08 to 4-Dec-2009

2008

 

Kristina Keneally
4-Dec-2009 to present
2009