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Carr ministry (2003–2005)

Fourth Carr ministry
88th Cabinet of Government of New South Wales
Premier Bob Carr
Date formed	2 April 2003 (2003-04-02)
Date dissolved	3 August 2005 (2005-08-03)
People and organisations
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor	Marie Bashir
Deputy Premier	Andrew Refshauge
No. of ministers	21
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority Labor Government
Opposition parties	Liberal–National coalition
Opposition leader	John Brogden
History
Election	2003 New South Wales state election
Predecessor	Third Carr ministry
Successor	First Iemma ministry

The Carr ministry (2003–2005)orFourth Carr ministry was the 88th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 39th Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr, representing the Labor Party.

The ministry covered the period from 2 April 2003, when Carr led Labor to victory at the 2003 state election, until 3 August 2005, when Carr resigned as Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales and hence, as Premier. Carr was succeeded by Morris Iemma.^[1][2]

The first arrangement covered the period from 2 April 2003 until 3 May 2004, when there was a minor reconfiguration of the ministry.^[a][b]

The second arrangement covered the period from 3 May 2004, inclusive of minor changes in July ^[c] and August,^[d] until 21 January 2005, when Michael Egan resigned from the ministry, resulting in a major reconfiguration of the ministry.^[3][4] Egan resigned from parliament a few days later.^{[e][f][g][h][i][j][k][l][m]}

The third arrangement covered the period from 21 January 2005, when Michael Egan resigned from the ministry, and includes a minor reconfiguration on 1 February 2005, until 3 August 2005 when the ministry was dissolved following the resignations of both Bob Carr and his deputy, Andrew Refshauge. Craig Knowles, once considered a strong candidate to succeed Carr as premier, resigned from the ministry the same day^[5][6] and resigned from parliament a few days later.

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

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