Lowdown on Mike Baird and Luke Foley

WHO ARE MIKE BAIRD AND LUKE FOLEY?

MIKE BAIRD

Age: 46

Family: Married to Kerryn Baird for more than 20 years, they have three children, Laura, 18, Cate, 16, and Luke 12

Career:

* Studied to be Anglican minister at a bible college in Canada

* Former investment banker at HSBC

* Elected to seat of Manly in 2007

* Former NSW treasurer

* Became premier after Barry O'Farrell resigned for misleading ICAC over a $3000 bottle of wine.

Hobbies and interests:

* Morning runs

* Surfing with mates

LUKE FOLEY

Age: 44

Family: Married to Edel McKenna and they have three children, Aoife, 8, Niamh, 6 and Patrick, 5

Career path:

* Worked as a telemarketer for the Guide Dog Association of NSW while at university

* Secretary of the Australian Services Union of NSW before becoming assistant general secretary of the Australian Labor Party from 2003 to 2010.

* Entered the state's upper house in 2010 after replacing corrupt former Labor minister Ian Macdonald.

Hobbies and interests:

* Cricket, soccer, rugby league, Gaelic football, hurling, reading and history.