Treasurer 28.10.1959 - 14.3.1962
(Heffron Ministry No.59 28.10.1959 - 14.3.1962)
Treasurer 14.3.1962 - 30.4.1964
(Heffron Ministry No.60. 14.3.1962 - 30.4.1964)
Premier & Treasurer 30.4.1964 - 13.5.1965
(Renshaw Ministry No.61 30.4.1964 - 13.5.1965)
Treasurer 14.5.1976 - 19.10.1978
(Wran Ministry No.71 14.5.1976 - 19.10.1978)
Treasurer 19.10.1978 - 29.1.1980
(Wran Ministry No.72 19.10.1978 - 29.2.1980)
Born Wellington, New South Wales, 8 August 1909, eldest son of John, farmer, and Ann Reidy.
Educated Binnaway Central and Patrician Brothers, Orange and Holy Cross College, Ryde.
Assisted father on dairy property Hampden Park and Binnaway and family butchery business, stock and station agency and other local commercial interests.
Leader Labor Party 1964-1968. Member for Castlereagh 1941-1980, Premier 1964-1965.
Married Hilda May Wall 1943, one son; and Marjorie McKay 1966, three sons.
Died 28 July 1987, Northbridge. St Mary’s, Ridge Street, North Sydney, then Northern Suburbs Catholic cemetery.
NSW TreasurersLast updated: 04/02/2021