Английская Википедия:Cowper ministry (1861–1863)

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The third Cowper ministry was the seventh ministry of the Colony of New South Wales, and third occasion of being led by Charles Cowper.

Cowper was elected in the first free elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly held in March 1856, and fought unsuccessfully with Stuart Donaldson to form Government. When Donaldson's Government faltered a little over two months after it was formed, Cowper formed Government on the first occasion, but he also lost the confidence of the Assembly a few months later. Cowper formed Government on the second occasion between 1857 and 1859; but it also lost the confidence of the Assembly. Cowper was again asked to form Government following the decision by Premier John Robertson to step aside and focus on land reform. Each of the ministers retained their portfolios from the first Robertson ministry, with the only change being that Cowper replaced Robertson as the leader.

The title of Premier was widely used to refer to the Leader of Government, but not enshrined in formal use until 1920.

There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887. Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to re-contest their seats in a by-election when appointed, although in general the minister was re-elected unopposed. Because each of the ministers retained their appointments from the Robertson ministry, no by-elections were initially required. Charles Cowper Jr. was opposed at the 1861 by-election for The Tumut, but was comfortably re-elected. Thomas Smart (The Glebe) was re-elected unopposed in May 1863, following his appointment as Colonial Treasurer.

The appointment of John Darvall Шаблон:Post-nominals as Attorney General in 1863 however was controversial, not only as he was a conservative appointed to the liberal ministry, but because John Hargrave, who had been Attorney General since March 1860, accepted the lesser role of Solicitor General to allow Darvall to be appointed. Darvall was challenged by his friend Henry Parkes at the East Maitland by-election in a campaign marked by person attacks.

This ministry covers the period from 10 January 1861 until 15 October 1863, when Cowper was defeated amidst criticism of the ministry's financial management.

Composition of ministry

Portfolio	Minister	Term start	Term end	Term length
Premier	Шаблон:Sortname	10 January 1861	15 October 1863	Шаблон:Age in years and days
Colonial Secretary		10 January 1861Шаблон:HspШаблон:Efn		Шаблон:Age in years and days
Colonial Treasurer	Шаблон:Sortname		20 March 1863	Шаблон:Age in years and days
	Шаблон:Sortname	21 March 1863	15 October 1863	Шаблон:Age in days days
Secretary for Lands	Шаблон:Sortname MLA / MLC / MLAШаблон:HspШаблон:Efn	10 January 1861Шаблон:HspШаблон:Efn		Шаблон:Age in years and days
Secretary for Public Works	Шаблон:Sortname
Attorney General	Шаблон:Sortname MLC	10 January 1861Шаблон:HspШаблон:Efn	31 July 1863	Шаблон:Age in years and days
	Шаблон:Sortname Шаблон:Post-nominalsШаблон:HspШаблон:Efn	1 August 1863	15 October 1863	Шаблон:Age in years and days
Solicitor General	Шаблон:Sortname MLCШаблон:HspШаблон:Efn
Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council		10 January 1861Шаблон:HspШаблон:Efn		Шаблон:Age in years and days
Clerk of the Executive Council	Шаблон:Sortname	1 September 1861		Шаблон:Age in years and days

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted. Шаблон:Notelist

See also

• Self-government in New South Wales
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1860–1864
• First Cowper ministry (1856)
• Second Cowper ministry (1857–1859)
• Fourth Cowper ministry (1865–1866)
• Fifth Cowper ministry (1870)