Election | Premier at election | Premier's party | Premier after election | Premier's party |
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NSW 14 October 1910 | Charles Gregory Wade | Liberal Party | James Sinclair Taylor McGowen | Australian Labor Party |
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Loss of election (Wade): Beginning of McGowen's period in office; See, Michael Hogan, '1910', in Michael Hogan and David Clune (editors), The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales, vol. 1 (1901 to 1927), pp. 91-117, (Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales and University of Sydney, 2001, ISBN 0909907390); see also.
Temporary resignation of government: In July 1911, a variety of factors conspired to deprive the government of a working majority in the Assembly and Holman, as Acting-Premier while McGowen was overseas, tendered the government's resignation. A complex series of events led to the McGowen government being asked to continue in office by the Lieutenant-Governor, and being able to regain a working majority in the Assembly until the election of 6 December 1913. For a brief account of these events, see Hughes and Graham, p. 64, (see 'Sources', below); for more detail, see Michael Hogan, '1913', in Michael Hogan and David Clune (editors), The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales, vol. 1 (1901 to 1927), pp. 121-124, (Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales and University of Sydney, 2001, ISBN 0909907390), and Taska in 'References', below.
Change of party leader (McGowen): 'In June 1913 McGowen resigned, and caucus elected Holman as leader', Colin A Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, p. 64, (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968, SBN 708102700); see also Michael Hogan, '1913', in Michael Hogan and David Clune (editors), The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales, vol. 1 (1901 to 1927), pp. 119-152 at p. 124, (Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales and University of Sydney, 2001, ISBN 0909907390).
References: For an analysis of the role of Premier in New South Wales, see David Clune and Ken Turner, 'Introduction: The Changing Role of the Premier in the 20th Century', pp. 1-14, in Clune and Turner vol. 2 (see, 'Sources', below).
For a survey of McGowen's political career, see Lucy Taska, 'James Sinclair Taylor McGowen', in Clune and Turner, vol. 2, pp. 93-114 (see 'Sources', below), and Bede Nairn, 'McGowen, James Sinclair Taylor (1855-1922)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Searle (general editors), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, pp. 273-274, (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986, ISBN 0522843271).
David Clune and Ken Turner (editors), The Premiers of New South Wales, vol. 2, (1901-2005), (Sydney: Federation Press, 2006, ISBN 186287551); 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.