Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales

People who served as the Leader of Australian Labor Party in New South Wales are:

This section is an excerpt from Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) § List of parliamentary leaders.[]

#	Leader		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Premier	Departure notes
1		Steering Committee of 5 [a]	July 1891	October 1893		No	Caucus decision to elect a leader
2		Joseph Cook	October 1893	25 June 1894		No	Left the Labor Party
3		James McGowen	25 June 1894	30 June 1913	19 years, 5 days	Yes (1910–13)	Deposed
4		William Holman	30 June 1913	15 November 1916	3 years, 138 days	Yes (1913–1920) (As Nationalist after 1916)	Expelled from the Labor Party
5		Ernest Durack	15 November 1916	21 February 1917	98 days	No	Resigned
6		John Storey	21 February 1917	5 October 1921	4 years, 226 days	Yes (1920–1921)	Died in office
7		James Dooley	5 October 1921	31 July 1923	1 year, 299 days	Yes (1921–1921, 1921–1922)	Expelled from the Labor Party by the state executive
*		Greg McGirr	9 March 1923	16 April 1923	38 days	No	Imposed by the state executive
*		Bill Dunn	16 April 1923	31 July 1923	106 days	No	Imposed by the federal executive
8		Jack Lang	31 July 1923	5 September 1938	15 years, 36 days	Yes (1925–1927, 1930–1932)	Deposed following a caucus vote
9		William McKell	5 September 1938	6 February 1947	8 years, 154 days	Yes (1941–1947)	Resigned to become Governor-General
10		James McGirr	6 February 1947	3 April 1952	5 years, 57 days	Yes (1947–1952)	Resigned
11		Joseph Cahill	3 April 1952	22 October 1959	7 years, 202 days	Yes (1952–1959)	Died in office
12		Bob Heffron	22 October 1959	30 April 1964	4 years, 191 days	Yes (1959–1964)	Resigned
13		Jack Renshaw	30 April 1964	1968		Yes (1964–1965)	Resigned
14		Pat Hills	1968	3 December 1973		No	Deposed following the 1973 election
15		Neville Wran	3 December 1973	4 July 1986	12 years, 213 days	Yes (1976–1986)	Resigned
16		Barrie Unsworth	4 July 1986	11 April 1988	1 year, 282 days	Yes (1986–1988)	Resigned following the 1988 election
17		Bob Carr	11 April 1988	3 August 2005	17 years, 114 days	Yes (1995–2005)	Resigned
18		Morris Iemma	3 August 2005	5 September 2008	3 years, 33 days	Yes (2005–2008)	Resigned
19		Nathan Rees	5 September 2008	3 December 2009	1 year, 89 days	Yes (2008–2009)	Deposed following a caucus vote
20		Kristina Keneally	3 December 2009	31 March 2011	1 year, 118 days	Yes (2009–2011)	Resigned following the 2011 election
21		John Robertson	31 March 2011	23 December 2014	3 years, 267 days	No	Resigned following the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis
*		Linda Burney	23 December 2014	5 January 2015	13 days	No	Interim leader until the 2015 leadership election
22		Luke Foley	5 January 2015	8 November 2018	3 years, 307 days	No	Resigned
23		Michael Daley	8 November 2018	25 March 2019	137 days	No	Resigned following the 2019 state election
*		Penny Sharpe	25 March 2019	29 June 2019	96 days	No	Interim leader until the 2019 leadership election
24		Jodi McKay	29 June 2019	28 May 2021	1 year, 333 days	No	Resigned following the 2021 Upper Hunter by-election
*		Adam Searle	28 May 2021	4 June 2021	7 days	No	Interim leader until the 2021 leadership election
25		Chris Minns	4 June 2021	Incumbent	283 days	No

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