Barrie Unsworth
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The Honourable Barrie Unsworth |
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| 36th Premier of New South Wales Election: 1988 |
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In office 4 July 1986 – 25 March 1988 |
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| Deputy | Ron Mulock |
| Preceded by | Neville Wran |
| Succeeded by | Nick Greiner |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Rockdale |
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In office 2 August 1986 – 3 May 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Bannon |
| Succeeded by | George Thompson |
| Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
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In office 6 November 1978 – 15 July 1986 |
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| Personal details | |
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16 April 1934 Dubbo, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Hennessy |
| Profession | Trade union official |
| Religion | Catholic |
Barrie John Unsworth (born 16 April 1934) was an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1978 to 1991. He served as the 36th Premier from July 1986 to March 1988.
Unsworth, the son of Joseph and Olive Unsworth, was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, and educated in Sydney, at Kogarah High School. On leaving school, at age 15, he was apprenticed as an electrical fitter. In 1955, aged 21 years, he married Pauline Hennessy and they subsequently had one daughter and three sons, one of whom has died; he and his wife have nine grandchildren. Unsworth was initially an Apprentice Electrical Fitter, then Electrical Fitter, Electrical Testing Officer and subsequently Sales Representative for Sydney County Council from 1950 until 1960.
Unsworth had a brief period of military national service between 1953 and 1954 in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
In 1961, Unsworth became an organiser of the Electrical Trades Union, and continued to build his career in the labour movement and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1966 to attend Harvard University, Trade Union Program. The following year, he was elected to the Labor Council of NSW and was its elected Secretary from 1979 to 1984. Unsworth was an Australian delegate to His Royal Highness of Duke of Edinburgh Study Conference, Oxford University in 1974
During his career as an elected union official, he was appointed by the Wran Labor NSW Government to a range of government bodies including:
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