Neville Wran facts for kids

Neville Wran
Quick facts for kids The Honourable ; Neville Wran ; AC, CNZM, QC
	Wran in 2010
35th Premier of New South Wales; Elections: 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984
	In office; 14 May 1976 – 4 July 1986
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Roden Cutler (1976–81); Sir James Rowland (1981–86)
Deputy	Jack Ferguson (1976–84); Ron Mulock (1984–86)
Preceded by	Sir Eric Willis
Succeeded by	Barrie Unsworth
Member of the New South Wales Parliament; for Bass Hill
	In office; 17 November 1973 – 4 July 1986
Preceded by	Clarrie Earl
Succeeded by	Michael Owen
Personal details
Born	Neville Kenneth Wran ; 11 October 1926; Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 April 2014 (aged 87); Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Marcia Oliver (m. 1946–76; divorced); Jill Hickson (m. 1976–2014; his death)
Children	4
Occupation	Lawyer
Nickname(s)	Nifty

Neville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was served as the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980 to 1986. He was also Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1986 to 1991.

Wran was born in Paddington, New South Wales and was educated in Balmain. He was married twice and had five children.

Wran died from dementia on 20 April 2014 in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. He was 87.

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Wran's childhood home in the Sydney suburb of Balmain