Jack Hallam (politician)

Born in Griffith, New South Wales, Hallam worked as an apprentice plumber in 1956, a roustabout and wool classer from 1956 to 1959, a contract harvester and share farmer from 1959 to 1964, and a sheep farmer from 1967 to 1976. At various times he held membership of the Australian Workers' Union and the Federated Clerks' Union.

In 1973 Hallam was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council to represent the New South Wales Labor Party. Five years later, Neville Wran having by this stage become Premier, Hallam was appointed Minister for Decentralisation, moving to Agriculture in 1980. He remained Agriculture Minister until 1988; he was also minister for Fisheries (1981–86), Lands (1986–88), Forests (1986–88) and vice-president of the Executive Council (1986–88). He was also Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (1978–86), and Leader (1986–88).{{cite NSW Parliament | title = The Hon. Jack Rowland Hallam (1942– ) |id=1988 |former=Yes |accessdate=11 May 2019}}

In 1984, as the NSW Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Hallam instigated a commemorative award, called the McKell Medal, in honour of the contribution that Sir William McKell had made to the development of a soil and water conservation ethic within Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.daff.gov.au/natural-resources/landcare/mckell |title=McKell Medal |work=Resource Management: Landcare |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |date=26 October 2010 |accessdate=1 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217024352/http://daff.gov.au/natural-resources/landcare/mckell |archive-date=17 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Hallam continued to lead the Opposition in the Legislative Council until he retired from politics in 1991.

• {{cite book |author=Hallam, Jack |title=The untold story: Labor in rural NSW |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=1983 |pages=144 |isbn=0-86861-167-0 }}

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Category:1942 births

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Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council

Category:People from Griffith, New South Wales

Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Category:Ministers for agriculture (New South Wales)