Postmaster-General of New South Wales
The Postmaster-General of New South Wales was a position in the government of the colony of New South Wales. This portfolio managed the Postal Department of the New South Wales Government and was in charge of all postal and communications services in the colony prior to the Federation of Australia, from 1865 to 1901.[1][2] Upon Federation, Section 51(v) of the Constitution of Australia gave this power to the Commonwealth which now had the power to exclusively legislate on "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services".[3]
| Postmaster-General of New South Wales | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Formation | 1 October 1865 |
| First holder | James Augustine Cunneen |
| Final holder | Paddy Crick |
| Abolished | 28 January 1901 |
| Succession | Postmaster-General (Australia) Postmaster-General's Department |
List of Postmasters-General
| Postmasters-General 1865–1901 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party affiliation | Period | |
| James Augustine Cunneen | No party | 1 October 1865 – 21 January 1866 | |
| Joseph Docker | 22 January 1866 – 27 September 1868 | ||
| Atkinson Alfred Patrick Tighe | 29 September 1868 – 26 October 1868 | ||
| Daniel Egan | 27 October 1868 – 16 October 1870 | ||
| Joseph Docker | 16 December 1870 – 13 May 1872 | ||
| George Alfred Lloyd | 14 May 1872 – 4 December 1872 | ||
| Saul Samuel | 5 December 1872 – 8 February 1875 | ||
| John Fitzgerald Burns | 9 February 1875 – 21 March 1877 | ||
| Saul Samuel | 22 March 1877 – 16 August 1877 | ||
| John Davies | 17 August 1877 – 17 December 1877 | ||
| John Fitzgerald Burns | 18 December 1877 – 20 December 1878 | ||
| Saul Samuel | 21 December 1878 – 10 August 1880 | ||
| Francis Bathurst Suttor | 11 August 1881 – 13 November 1881 | ||
| Stephen Campbell Brown | 14 November 1881 – 22 August 1882 | ||
| Alexander Campbell | 30 August 1882 – 4 January 1883 | ||
| Francis Augustus Wright | 5 January 1883 – 27 May 1883 | ||
| William Trickett | 28 May 1883 – 1 May 1884 | ||
| James Norton | 2 May 1884 – 6 October 1885 | ||
| John See | 7 October 1885 – 21 December 1885 | ||
| Daniel O’Connor | 22 December 1885 – 25 February 1886 | ||
| Francis Bathurst Suttor | 26 February 1886 – 19 January 1887 | ||
| Charles James Roberts | Free Trade | 20 January 1887 – 16 January 1889 | |
| Henry Clarke | Protectionist | 17 January 1889 – 7 March 1889 | |
| Daniel O’Connor | Free Trade | 8 March 1889 – 22 October 1891 | |
| John Kidd | Protectionist | 27 October 1891 – 2 August 1894 | |
| Joseph Cook | Free Trade | 3 August 1894 – 27 August 1898 | |
| Varney Parkes | 27 August 1898 – 13 September 1899 | ||
| William Patrick Crick | Protectionist | 14 September 1899 – 28 February 1901 | |
References
- "Postmaster-General". NSW State Records. NSW Government. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- "Part 6: Ministries 1856 to the present" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 s. 51(v).
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