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{{Short description|61st New South Wales government, led by Jack Renshaw}}
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The '''Renshaw ministry''' was the 61st ministry of the [[government of New South Wales Government]], and was led by the 31st [[Premier of New South Wales|Premier]], [[Jack Renshaw]], of the [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]]. The ministry was the only occasion when the Governmentgovernment was led by Renshaw, as Premierpremier.
 
Renshaw was elected to the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] in 1941 and served continuously until 1980, representing the seat of [[Electoral district of Castlereagh|Castlereagh]]. Having served as the [[Minister for Lands (New South Wales)|Secretary for Lands]] in the [[McGirr ministry (1950–1952)|third]] [[James McGirr|McGirr]] ministry, Renshaw was promoted as the [[Secretary for Public Works (New South Wales)|Secretary for Public Works]] and [[Minister for Local Government (New South Wales)|Minister for Local Government]] in the [[Cahill ministry (1952–1953)|first]] and [[Cahill ministry (1953–1956)|second]] [[Joseph Cahill|Cahill]] ministries. He then served as the Minister for Local Government and the [[Minister for Roads (New South Wales)|Minister for Highways]] in the [[Cahill ministry (1956–1959)|third]] and [[Cahill ministry (1959)|fourth]] Cahill ministries. When [[Bob Heffron]] became Premier in 1959, Renshaw was elected as his [[Deputy Premier of New South Wales|Deputy]], serving variously as the [[Treasurer of New South Wales|Treasurer]], the Minister for Lands, the [[Minister for Agriculture (New South Wales)|Minister for Agriculture]], and the Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation in the [[Heffron ministry (1959–1962)|first]] and [[Heffron ministry (1962–1964)|second]] Heffron ministries. When Heffron resigned as [[Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales|Labor Leader]] in April 1964, Renshaw was elected to lead Labor and became Premier.