Jack Hallam (politician)

Jack Rowland Hallam (born 10 September 1942), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991 representing the ALP. Hallam held several ministerial posts in the state governments led by Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth.

The Honourable

Jack Hallam
Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council
In office
23 April 1973 – 12 September 1991
Succeeded byEddie Obeid
Minister for Decentralisation
In office
19 October 1978 – 29 February 1980
Preceded byNew portfolio
Succeeded byDon Day
Minister for Agriculture
In office
19 February 1980 – 25 March 1988
Preceded byDon Day
Succeeded byIan Armstrong
Minister for Fisheries
In office
2 October 1981 – 4 July 1986
Preceded byNew portfolio
Succeeded byJanice Crosio (as Minister for Water Resources)
Minister for Lands
In office
4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988
Preceded byJohn Aquilina (as Minister for Natural Resources)
Succeeded byGarry West
Minister for Forests
In office
4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988
Preceded byJohn Aquilina (as Minister for Natural Resources)
Succeeded byGarry West
Vice President of Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council
In office
5 November 1986 – 25 March 1988
Preceded byBarrie Unsworth
Succeeded byTed Pickering
Personal details
Born
Jack Rowland Hallam

(1942-09-10) 10 September 1942
Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor Party
Children2 daughters
OccupationFarmer

Early years

Born in Griffith, New South Wales, Hallam worked as an apprentice plumber in 1956, a roustabout and wool classer from 1956 to 1959, a contract harvester and share farmer from 1959 to 1964, and a sheep farmer from 1967 to 1976. At various times he held membership of the Australian Workers' Union and the Federated Clerks' Union.

Political career

In 1973 Hallam was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council to represent the Australian Labor Party. Five years later, Neville Wran having by this stage become Premier, Hallam was appointed Minister for Decentralisation, moving to Agriculture in 1980. He remained Agriculture Minister until 1988; he was also minister for Fisheries (1981–86), Lands (1986–88), Forests (1986–88) and Vice-President of the Executive Council (1986–88). He was also Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (1978–86), and Leader (1986–88).[1]

In 1984, as the NSW Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Hallam instigated a commemorative award, called the McKell Medal, in honour of the contribution that Sir William McKell had made to the development of a soil and water conservation ethic within Australia.[2]

Hallam continued to lead the Opposition in the Legislative Council until he retired from politics in 1991.

Published writings
  • Hallam, Jack (1983). The untold story: Labor in rural NSW. Allen & Unwin. p. 144. ISBN 0-86861-167-0.

References
  1. "The Hon. Jack Rowland Hallam (1942– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "McKell Medal". Resource Management: Landcare. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
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