Election | Premier at election | Premier's party | Premier after election | Premier's party |
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NSW 17 June 1891 | Henry Parkes | Free Trade Party | Henry Parkes | Free Trade Party |
NSW 1 February 1889 | George Richard Dibbs | Protectionist Party | Henry Parkes | Free Trade Party |
NSW 4 February 1887 | Henry Parkes | Free Trade Party | Henry Parkes | Free Trade Party |
NSW 18 November 1880 | Henry Parkes | Support from parliamentary factions and independents | Henry Parkes | Support from parliamentary factions and independents |
NSW 8 December 1874 | Henry Parkes | Support from parliamentary factions and independents | John Robertson | Support from parliamentary factions and independents |
NSW 13 February 1872 | James Martin | Support from parliamentary factions and independents | Henry Parkes | Support from parliamentary factions and independents |
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Loss of election (Dibbs): Beginning of Parkes's fifth period in office; On forming a government, Dibbs 'Immediately defeated in Legislative Assembly. Obtained dissolution and defeated at election', see Clune and Turner, vol. 1 table 3, pp. 228-229 (see 'Sources', below). Parkes was then commissioned to form a minority Free Trade government.
Defeat in parliament (Parkes): Parkes 'Resigned after defeat in Legislative Assembly', see Clune and Turner, vol. 1 table 3, pp. 228-229 (see 'Sources', below).
References: For a description and analysis of the style of parliamentary government in this period see David Clune and Ken Turner, 'Introduction: The Colonial Premiers', pp. 1-12, in Clune and Turner vol. 1 (see, 'Sources', below) and Peter Loveday and A W Martin, Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responsible Government in New South Wales, 1856-1889, (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966); for the emergence of parties in New South Wales, note also P Loveday, A W Martin and Patrick Weller, 'New South Wales', in P Loveday, A W Martin and R S Parker, (editors), The Emergence of the Australian Party System, pp. 172-248, (Sydney: Hale and Iremonger, 1977 ISBN 0908094035).
For a survey of Parkes's political career, see Geoffrey Bolton, 'Henry (later Sir Henry) Parkes', in Clune and Turner, vol. 1, pp. 121-137 (see 'Sources', below), and A W Martin, 'Parkes, Sir Henry (1815-1896)', in Douglas Pike (general editor), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, pp. 399-406, (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974, ISBN 522840612).A W Martin, 'Parkes, Sir Henry (1815-1896)', in Douglas Pike (general editor), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, pp. 399-406, (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974, ISBN 522840612).
David Clune and Ken Turner (editors), The Premiers of New South Wales, vol. 1, (1856-1901), (Sydney: Federation Press, 2006, ISBN 186287550); Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, pp. 57-85, (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968, SBN 708102700); New South Wales, Parliament, The New South Wales Parliamentary Record: Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, 1824-1999, vol. VI, pp. 246-308, (Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales, 1999). In consulting these sources, note the difference between ministries and periods in office.