of the Legislative Assembly, Brian Bannon, the member for the normally safe Labor seat of Rockdale, resigned to accept a government job as Chairman of the Homebush States Sport Centre Trust, and Unsworth contested the resulting by-election held on 2 August 1986. He only narrowly won the seat, with a 17.1% dive in the primary vote and hostile independent preferences giving him a margin of just 54 votes. A by-election for Wran's equally safe seat of Bass Hill was even worse, with a 22.2 per cent drop on the primary vote delivering a 103-vote victory to the Liberal candidate. Unsworth was Premier for two years until the Labor Party's landslide defeat by the Liberals' Nick Greiner in the 1988 elections. Unsworth did not contest the 1991 election. Life after politics Immediately following politics, Unsworth had little political involvement with his only public commitment being as Deputy Chairman and then Chairman of the Australian Executive Committee for His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh Study Conference (1982–1998). Unsworth was General Manager of 2KY Broadcasters Pty Ltd Racing Radio 1992–2000. In 2001, he was a recipient of the Centenary Medal. Following the election of the Carr Labor Government in 1995, Unsworth was placed on a number of key government and community bodies, including: Australia Day Council of New South Wales, Chairman (1995–2003) Totalizator Agency Board, Director (1997–2004) Delta Electricity, Director (1997–2006) New South Wales Centenary of Federation Committee, Chairman (1997–2002) Tempo Services, Director (1999–2005) Ambulance Service of New South Wales, Chairman (2001–2008) RailCorp, Director (2005–2008) State Transit Authority, Chairman (November 2004 to November 2009) WorkCover Authority of New South Wales, Chairman (1995–1997) Constitution Education Fund Australia, Trustee During 2003 - 2008, Unsworth was a Director of Father Chris Riley's charity, Youth off the Streets, that provides crisis care, refuges, schools, drug programs and alcohol programs to young people in Australia and throughout Asia. Unsworth has also been a Director of Entherm Pty Ltd (2003–2005), Member of Overseas Trade Authority of New South Wales (1978) and a Director of Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2004–2006). In 2003 and 2004, Unsworth was commissioned by the NSW Government to conduct a formal review of public bus services. In 2008 he headed a committee that considered the privatisation of the New South Wales' electricity industry. The committee and Unsworth supported the sale. References 1934 births Australian public servants Australian trade unionists Living people Members of the New South Wales