Jack Hallam (politician)

Jack Rowland Hallam (born 10 September 1942), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991 representing Labor.

Hallam held several ministerial posts in the state governments led by Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth, notably Minister for Agriculture.

Five years later, Neville Wran having by this stage become Premier, Hallam was appointed Minister for Decentralisation, moving to Agriculture in 1980.

[1] 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.

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