Eighth Wran ministry
78th Cabinet of Government of New South Wales
Premier Neville Wran
Date formed	6 February 1986 (1986-02-06)
Date dissolved	4 July 1986 (1986-07-04)
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir James Rowland
Premier	Neville Wran
Deputy Premier	Ron Mulock
No. of ministers	20
Member party	Labor
Opposition parties	Liberal National coalition
Opposition leader	Nick Greiner
History
Predecessor	Seventh Wran ministry
Successor	Unsworth ministry

The Wran ministry (1986) or Eighth Wran ministry was the 78th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 35th Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran, representing the Labor Party. It was the eighth of eight consecutive and final occasions when Wran was Premier.

Background

Wran had been elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament on 12 March 1970.^[1] He was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 22 February 1972.^[2] He resigned from the council on 19 October 1973 to switch to the Legislative Assembly, successfully contesting the election for Bass Hill, which he would hold until his retirement in 1986.^[3] Wran successfully challenged Pat Hills to become Leader of Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 3 December 1973 and became Premier following a narrow one seat victory at the 1976 election.^[4]

Labor retained government at the 1984 election, despite a 6.95% swing against Labor, losing 11 seats, but retaining a majority of 8 seats in the Legislative Assembly and a single seat majority in the Legislative Council.^[a]

Composition of ministry

The ministry covers the period from 6 February 1986 when Wran reconfigured his ministry, until 4 July 1986 when Wran resigned from the ministry and from Parliament. Barrie Unsworth was elected by Labor caucus as the Labor Leader, accepted commission as Premier and the Unsworth ministry was formed.^[5]

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.