John Brophy Renshaw AC was an Australian politician.
25 Facts About Jack Renshaw
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Jack Renshaw was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965.
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Jack Renshaw was the first New South Wales Premier born in the 20th century.
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Jack Renshaw was born on 8 August 1909 near Wellington in central New South Wales.
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Jack Renshaw's parents were John Ignatius Renshaw and Ann Renshaw.
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Jack Renshaw was educated at Binnaway Central School, Patrician Brothers at Orange, and then Holy Cross College at Ryde in north-western Sydney.
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Jack Renshaw joined the Binnaway branch of the Australian Labor Party in 1930, and soon held office in the branch.
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Jack Renshaw served on the state and federal electorate councils in the area, including as President of the Gwydir Electorate Council from 1939 to 1949.
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Jack Renshaw was active in local government, serving as an councillor in the Coonabarabran Shire Council from 1937 to 1944.
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Jack Renshaw resigned as Shire President in May 1941 following his election to state Parliament.
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Jack Renshaw was encouraged to run for state parliament in the local seat of Castlereagh by William Scully, the federal member for Gwydir, after Jack Renshaw had worked as campaign director for him.
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Jack Renshaw was supported by the Premier, William McKell, who realised that Renshaw's strong local identity and links to the farming community would help him in an election.
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Jack Renshaw stood in the 1941 election, winning the seat from the Country Party member, Alfred Yeo, who had held Castlereagh for the previous nine years.
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From 1945 to 1950 Jack Renshaw was a member of the central executive of the NSW ALP.
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Jack Renshaw was appointed Secretary for Lands in 1950 under Premier James McGirr.
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Jack Renshaw became Minister for Local Government in 1953, later transferring from Public Works to Minister for Highways in 1956.
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Jack Renshaw went on to serve as Deputy Premier from 1959 to 1964, and Treasurer from 1959 to 1965.
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Jack Renshaw served as Minister for Lands from 1960 to 1961, Minister for Agriculture from 1961 to 1962 and Minister for Industrial Development and Decentralisation from 1962 to 1965.
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Jack Renshaw waited as long as he could before calling an election for 1 May 1965.
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Jack Renshaw suffered a second and still more severe electoral defeat at the hands of Askin in 1968.
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Jack Renshaw resigned soon after this election, and was succeeded by former Deputy Premier Pat Hills.
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Nevertheless, Jack Renshaw remained an important figure both in the state parliament and in Labor's ruling circles; he served as Treasurer during the first four years of Neville Wran's administration.
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On 12 November 1942 Jack Renshaw married Hilda May Wall, at St Canice's Catholic Church, Elizabeth Bay; by her he had a son.
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Wall died in April 1964, just weeks before Jack Renshaw was sworn in as Premier.
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Jack Renshaw died at the age of 77 in 1987 in the northern Sydney suburb of Northbridge.