Barry Robert O'Farrell MP is an Australian politician who was the 43rd Premier of New South Wales and Minister for Western Sydney from 2011 to 2014. He was the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 2007 to 2014, and has been a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 1995, representing Northcott until 1999 and representing Ku-ring-gai on the Upper North Shore of Sydney since 1999. Born in Melbourne, his father's Army career saw O'Farrell and his family move around Australia, ending up in Darwin in the Northern Territory, where he finished his education at St John's College. In 1977 O'Farrell moved to Canberra to study at the Australian National University, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts. After working for a number of federal and state Liberal Party politicians, O'Farrell served as the State Director of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 1992 to 1995. At the 1995 New South Wales election, O'Farrell was elected to the safe Liberal seat of Northcott in northern Sydney. Following the seat's abolition in the 1998 redistribution he secured selection for the equally safe seat of Ku-ring-gai in 1999 and has held it ever since. 

May 24th, 1959 in Melbourne (Age 65)