Shadow ministry of Barry O'Farrell

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The New South Wales shadow ministry led by Barry O'Farrell MLA were the most senior members of the opposition to the Iemma, Rees and Keneally governments of the Australian Labor Party in the state of New South Wales. The shadow cabinet he led was made up of members of the Liberal Party and the National Party of Australia in a Coalition agreement. O'Farrell led from the majority Coalition partner, the Liberal Party and served as leader of the opposition from 4 April 2007 until the 2011 state election.

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The deputy leader of the shadow ministry during this period was Andrew Stoner MLA from the minority Coalition partner, the National Party. [1] The leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council was Mike Gallacher MLC from the Liberal Party and the deputy leader of the Legislative Council was Duncan Gay MLC from the National Party. [1]

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Final arrangement

Shadow ministers from the Legislative Assembly

Shadow Ministerial PortfolioShadow Minister
Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Liberal Party
Shadow Minister for Western Sydney		  Barry O'Farrell
Leader of the National Party
Shadow Minister for Roads, Ports and State Development		  Andrew Stoner
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Minister for Health
  Jillian Skinner
Deputy Leader of the Nationals
Shadow Minister for Education and Youth Affairs		  Adrian Piccoli
Shadow Treasurer
  Mike Baird
Shadow Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
  Brad Hazzard
Shadow Minister for Inter-Government Relations,
Special Minister for State and the Central Coast		  Chris Hartcher
Shadow Minister for Hospitality, Tourism, Racing and Major Events  George Souris
Shadow Minister for Transport  Gladys Berejiklian
Shadow Minister for Small Business and Regulatory Reform
and Shadow Minister for the North Coast		  Don Page
Shadow Minister for Aging and Disability Services  Andrew Constance
Shadow Minister for Natural Resource Management  Katrina Hodgkinson
Shadow Minister for Fair Trading  Greg Aplin
Shadow Attorney General and for Justice  Greg Smith
Shadow Minister for Women and Community Services  Pru Goward
Shadow Minister for Citizenship, Voluenteering and the Arts  Anthony Roberts
Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Healthy Lifestyles and for Western New South Wales  Kevin Humphries

Shadow ministers from the Legislative Council

Shadow Ministerial PortfolioShadow Minister
Leader of the Opposition in the Upper Legislative Council,
Shadow Minister for Police and the Hunter		  Mike Gallacher
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council
Shadow Minister for Industry		  Duncan Gay
Shadow Minister for Finance, Housing Strategy,
Industrial Relations and Shadow Minister for the Illawara		  Greg Pearce
Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability  Catherine Cusack
Shadow Minister for Emergency Services  Melinda Pavey

See also

2011 New South Wales state election

Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year-incumbent Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal–National Coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell. Labor suffered a two-party swing of 16.4 points, the largest against a sitting government at any level in Australia since World War II. From 48 seats at dissolution, Labor was knocked down to 20 seats—the worst defeat of a sitting government in New South Wales history, and one of the worst of a state government in Australia since federation. The Coalition picked up a 34-seat swing to win a strong majority, with 69 seats–the largest majority government, in terms of percentage of seats controlled, in NSW history. It is only the third time since 1941 that a NSW Labor government has been defeated.

2015 New South Wales state election

A general election for the 56th Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council using optional preferential proportional representation voting. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission.

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