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        The Willis Ministry was the last New South Wales Government ministry of the Liberal/Country Coalition Government which began in 1965, and ran from 23 January 1976 to 14 May 1976.
It was sworn in by the Lieutenant Governor
Sir Laurence Street
on 23 January 1976, following Willis being elected as Leader, and it ended on 14 May 1976 when the First Wran Ministry was sworn in after the 1976 election
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|Premier and Treasurer>Hon. Sir Eric Willis
, KBE CMG MLA 
Liberal 
Deputy Premier, Minister for Public Works, Minister for Ports 
Hon Leon Punch
, MLA 
National Country 
 
Attorney General, Minister for Justice 
Hon. John Maddison
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Transport, Minister for Highways 
Hon. Tim Bruxner
, MLA 
National Country 
 
Minister for Education 
Hon. Neil Pickard
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Health 
Hon Dick Healey
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Water Resources 
Hon. Bruce Cowan
, MLA 
National Country 
 
Chief Secretary 
Hon. Peter Coleman
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Local Government 
Hon. Tom Lewis
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Mines, Minister for Energy 
Hon. George Freudenstein
, MLA 
National Country 
 
Minister for Planning and Environment, Vice-President of the Executive Council 
Hon. Sir John Fuller
, MLC 
National Country 
 
Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Revenue 
Hon. Max Ruddock
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Labour and Industry, Minister for Federal Affairs, Minister for Consumer Affairs 
Hon. Frederick Hewitt, MLC 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Housing, Minister for Co-operative Societies 
Hon. Ian Griffith
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Tourism 
Hon. David Arblaster
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Decentralisation and Development 
Hon. Milton Morris
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
Minister for Lands, Minister for Forests 
Hon. Col Fisher
, MLA 
National Country 
 
Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs 
Hon. Jim Clough
, MLA 
Liberal 
 
 
It was sworn in by the Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
The Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales is a government position in the state of New South Wales, Australia, acting as a deputy to the Governor of New South Wales....
Sir Laurence Street
Laurence Street
Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG, QC  is an Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.-Family:...
on 23 January 1976, following Willis being elected as Leader, and it ended on 14 May 1976 when the First Wran Ministry was sworn in after the 1976 election
New South Wales state election, 1976
A general election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 1 May 1976. The result was a narrow win for the Australian Labor Party under Neville Wran—the party's first in the state in more than a decade.- Issues :The incumbent...
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|Premier and Treasurer>
Eric Willis
Sir Eric Archibald Willis KBE, CMG  was an Australian politician, Cabinet Minister and the 34th Premier of New South Wales, serving from 23 January 1976 to 14 May 1976. Born in Murwillumbah in 1922, Willis was educated at Murwillumbah High School and the University of Sydney, where he obtained a...
, KBE CMG MLA
Leon Punch
Leon Ashton Punch  was a New South Wales politician, Deputy Premier, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. From 1975 to 1976 he was the Deputy Premier of New South Wales...
, MLA
John Maddison
John Clarkson Maddison,  was a New South Wales politician, Attorney General, Minister for Justice and Deputy Leader for the Liberal Party of New South Wales in the cabinets of Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis until the Liberal party lost the 1976 election...
, MLA
Tim Bruxner
James Caird  Bruxner , also known as J.C. Bruxner, was an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 19 years from 3 March 1962 to 28 August 1981 and the Deputy Leader of the Country Party of Australia and its successors in New South Wales from 1975 to...
, MLA
Neil Pickard
Neil Edward William Pickard  was a New South Wales politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Eric Willis and Nick Greiner...
, MLA
Dick Healey
Richard  Owen Healey  was a New South Wales politician, ABC Sports Broadcaster and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. From 1973 to 1975 he was Minister for Youth and Community Services, when he was made Minister for Health, which he held until...
, MLA
Bruce Cowan
David Bruce Cowan, AM  was an Australian politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis...
, MLA
Peter Coleman
William Peter  Coleman  is an Australian writer/journalist, former politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. Following Willis' resignation as leader he was made Leader of the New South Wales Opposition...
, MLA
Tom Lewis (Australian politician)
Thomas Lancelot  Lewis AO  is a former New South Wales politician, Premier of New South Wales and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin and Sir Eric Willis. He was made the Premier of New South Wales following Askin's retirement from politics and held it until he was replaced by...
, MLA
George Freudenstein
George Francis Freudenstein  was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1981, representing the electorate of Young...
, MLA
John Fuller (Australian politician)
Sir John Bryan Munro Fuller  was an Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Country Party from 1961 to 1978.-Early years:...
, MLC
Max Ruddock
Maxwell  Stanley Ruddock  was a New South Wales politician, Assistant Treasurer and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis...
, MLA
Ian Griffith
Ian Ross Griffith  was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1978...
, MLA
David Arblaster
David Amos Arblaster,  was a New South Wales politician, Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation and Minister for Tourism in the cabinet of Sir Eric Willis until the Liberal party lost the 1976 election...
, MLA
Milton Morris
Milton Arthur Morris AO  is an Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Maitland between 3 March 1956 and 29 August 1980 for the Liberal Party of Australia.-Early life:...
, MLA
Col Fisher
Colin Murray "Col" Fisher, OAM  was an Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1988, and held ministerial positions from 1975 to 1976....
, MLA
Jim Clough
James Arthur "Jim" Clough  was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Parramatta in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1959, and for Eastwood from 1965 to 1988....
, MLA
See also
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1973–1976
 - Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1973–1976Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1973–1976This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1976. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at triennial elections....
 

