As Arts Minister,his first shadow was Opposition Leader John Hewson who had also been the Shadow Arts Minister.[3] He lost his ministerial responsibility with the defeat of the Keating government at the 1996 election. He was Shadow Minister for Health from 1996 to 1998 and shadow Minister for Education from 1998 to 2001.[2] Following his defeat in 2001,he ran as the Labor candidate for Lord Mayor of Sydney in 2004,and was defeated by Clover Moore,but was elected to the council.
Lee became President of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party in 2010,following the resignation of Bernie Riordan.
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