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Membership of the Committee of Privileges, 1967-2011
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[updated to 1 August 2011]
Standing Order 18(3), previously Standing Order 33A, states that the Committee of Privileges shall consist of seven senators, four nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate and three by the Leader of the Opposition.
There have been 81 members of the Committee of Privileges, 67 men and 14 women. Thirty seven represented the Australian Labor Party, thirty three the Liberal Party, seven the Country Party, the National Country Party or the National Party, and four the Australian Democrats. Of the 14 women members seven (Senators Bilyk **, Collins, Giles, Hurley, Lundy, McLucas and Reynolds) represented the Australian Labor Party, four (Senators Coonan, Knowles, Payne and Reid) represented the Liberal Party, and three (Senators Bourne, Kernot and Powell) represented the Australian Democrats. Senator Kernot was appointed as a non-voting member for the purposes of the committee's examination of her private member's bill, the Parliamentary Privileges Amendment (Enforcement of Lawful Orders) Bill 1994.
The average duration of service of full committee members, to the end of May 2011, was three years and six months. The member with the shortest term of service was Senator MacGibbon, who replaced Senator Lewis for five weeks in 1990. The longest-serving member is Senator Ray, who was with the committee for more than 17 years. As Figure 1 shows, several others have also shown remarkable staying power in the face of an increasing workload.
The 22 senators with five or more years of service on the committee are reasonably equally divided in party political and geographic terms, with each state except Queensland being represented by at least one long-serving member.
In terms of their geographic distribution, 18 members came from Western Australia, 14 from Tasmania, 13 from Victoria, 12 from Queensland, 11 from New South Wales, five from South Australia, three from the Australian Capital Territory and one from the Northern Territory.
Privileges committee members and their terms of service
Note: Since 1966 the committee has been appointed at the beginning of each Parliament. Where a Parliament has been prorogued, the committee is assumed to have remained in existence until the day before the opening of the following Parliament. In the case of the dissolution of the Senate, the committee terminates at the dissolution. However, members who were appointed to successive committees are shown as having unbroken service and the period between the end of one committee and the appointment of the next is not shown.
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Name
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State
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Party
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Term(s) of Service
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Archer, Brian Roper
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TAS
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Lib
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19/08/93-31/01/94
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Aulich, Terrence Gordon
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TAS
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ALP
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11/09/85-05/06/87
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Bilyk, Catryna Louise
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TAS
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ALP
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30/09/10-23/06/11
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Black, John
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QLD
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ALP
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24/09/87-08/05/90
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Bolkus, Nick
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SA
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ALP
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25/08/81-15/06/84; 29/05/85-05/06/87
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Bourne, Vicki Worrall
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NSW
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AD
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01/07/90-29/04/92
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Brandis, George **
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QLD
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Lib
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13/02/08-14/05/10; 23/06/11-
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Branson, George Howard
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WA
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Lib
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05/04/67-14/05/71
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Button, John Norman
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VIC
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ALP
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18/07/74-15/06/84
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Cameron, Douglas Niven
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NSW
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ALP
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30/09/10-23/06/11
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Cant, Hartley Gordon James
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WA
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ALP
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05/04/67-03/03/70; 1/05/73-18/05/74
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Childs, Bruce Kenneth
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NSW
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ALP
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04/05/83-24/02/88; 18/03/88-04/09/97
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Coates, John
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TAS
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ALP
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15/06/84-29/05/85; 24/09/87-20/08/96
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Collard, Stanley James
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QLD
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NCP
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25/08/81-05/03/83
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Collins, Jacinta
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VIC
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ALP
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14/05/08-14/05/10
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Collins, Robert
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NT
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ALP
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04/09/97-03/03/98
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Cook, Peter Francis Salmon
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WA
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ALP
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15/06/84-11/09/85
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Coonan, Helen
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NSW
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Lib
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01/07/96-31/08/99
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Cooney, Bernard Cornelius
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VIC
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ALP
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24/09/87-18/03/88;11/05/90-30/06/93; 01/09/96-24/11/98
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Cormack, Magnus Cameron
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VIC
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Lib
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05/04/67-21/08/68
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Devitt, Donald Michael
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TAS
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ALP
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01/05/73-11/11/75
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Drake-Brockman, Thomas Charles
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WA
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CP
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05/04/67-24/11/69; 29/09/70-26/02/73; 18/07/74-22/07/75; 04/03/76-30/06/78
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Durack, Peter Drew
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WA
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Lib
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24/09/87-11/09/90
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Eggleston, Alan
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WA
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Lib
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13/02/97-21/08/02
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Ellison, Christopher Martin
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WA
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Lib
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18/08/93-30/09/97
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Evans, Chris topher Vaughan
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WA
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ALP
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24/11/98-15/11/04; 28/11/05-11/12/05
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Everett, Mervyn George
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TAS
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ALP
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18/07/74-11/11/75
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Farrell, Donald Edward
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SA
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ALP
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13/08/09-27/09/10
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Faulkner, John Philip **
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NSW
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ALP
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18/11/04-11/02/08; 30/09/10-
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| Gallacher, Alexander McEachian** |
SA |
ALP |
23/06/11 |
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Gibson, Brian Francis
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TAS
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Lib
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15/03/94-04/05/94
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Giles, Patricia Jessie
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WA
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ALP
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24/02/88-30/06/93
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Greenwood, Ivor John
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VIC
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Lib
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21/08/68-11/11/75
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Herron, John Joseph
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QLD
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Lib
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19/08/92-18/08/93
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Humphries, Gary John Joseph
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ACT
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Lib
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20/03/03-11/02/08
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Hurley, Annette
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SA
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ALP
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14/02/08-13/08/09
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Hutchins, Steve
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NSW
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ALP
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07/09/05-28/11/05
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Jessop, Donald Scott
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SA
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Lib
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04/03/76-15/06/84
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Johnston, David Abbott Lloyd **
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WA
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Lib
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01/07/02-23/03/07; 24/06/09-03/02/10; 14/05/10-
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Kemp, Charles Roderick (Rod)
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Vic
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Lib
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23/03/07-10/09/07
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Kernot, Cheryl *
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QLD
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AD
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12/05/94-01/03/95
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Knowles, Susan Christine
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WA
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Lib
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02/05/96-22/08/03; 22/12/03-30/06/05
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Lewis, Austin William Russell
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VIC
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Lib
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11/09/90-13/11/90; 18/12/90-19/08/92
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Lundy, Kate
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ACT
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ALP
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15/09/08-12/12/08
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MacGibbon, David John
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QLD
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Lib
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13/11/90-18/12/90
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Macklin, Michael John
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QLD
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AD
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04/05/83-05/06/87
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Maunsell, Charles Ronald
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QLD
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CP
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01/04/81-30/06/81
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McGauran, Julian
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VIC
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Lib
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31/08/99-30/06/02; 22/08/03-22/12/03; 13/02/08-24/06/09; 03/02/10-30/06/11
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McKellar, Gerald Colin
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NSW
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CP
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25/11/69-13/04/70
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McKiernan, James Philip
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WA
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ALP
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01/07/93-29/04/96
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McLucas, Jan
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QLD
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ALP
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14/02/08-27/09/10
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Missen, Alan Joseph
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VIC
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Lib
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01/04/81-15/06/84; 29/05/85-30/03/86
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Morris, Kenneth James
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QLD
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Lib
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05/04/67-30/06/68
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Mulvihill, James Anthony
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NSW
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ALP
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19/08/75-11/11/75
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Murphy, Lionel Keith
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NSW
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ALP
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25/11/69-09/02/75
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O'Brien, Kerry
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TAS
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ALP
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14/02/08-15/09/08; 12/12/08-27/09/10
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O'Byrne, Justin
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TAS
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ALP
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06/05/71-11/04/74; 04/03/76-30/06/81
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Panizza, John
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WA
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Lib
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01/07/96-31/01/97
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Payne, Marise **
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NSW
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Lib
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30/09/97 -
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Poke, Albert George
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TAS
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ALP
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05/04/67-24/11/69
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Powell, Janet
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VIC
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AD
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24/09/87-30/06/90; 29/04/92-30/06/93
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Rae, Peter Elliot
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TAS
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Lib
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21/08/68-26/02/73; 15/06/84-29/05/85
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Ray, Robert
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VIC
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ALP
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25/08/81-05/06/87; 2/05/96-07/09/05; 11/12/05-05/05/08
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Reid, Margaret Elizabeth
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ACT
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Lib
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21/08/02-04/02/03
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Reynolds, Margaret
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QLD
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ALP
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01/07/93-29/04/96
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Rocher, Alan Charles
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WA
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Lib
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19/09/78-10/02/81
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Ronaldson, Michael John Clyde
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VIC
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Lib
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01/07/05-11/02/08
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Scott, Douglas Barr
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NSW
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NCP
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17/08/78-21/02/80
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Sheil, Glenister
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QLD
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NCP
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21/02/80-06/02/81
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Sherry, Nick
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TAS
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ALP
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03/03/98-11/02/08
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Sterle, Glenn **
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WA
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ALP
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26/10/10-
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Teague, Baden Chapman
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SA
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Lib
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24/09/87-30/06/96
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Thomas, Andrew Murray
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WA
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Lib
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04/03/76-04/02/83
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| Urquhart, Anne Elizabeth ** |
TAS |
ALP |
23/06/11- |
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Watson, John
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TAS
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Lib
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10/09/07-11/02/08
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Webster, James Joseph
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VIC
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CP
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22/07/75-11/11/75
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Wheeldon, John Murray
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WA
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ALP
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05/04/67-06/05/71
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Willesee, Donald Robert
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WA
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ALP
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25/11/69-26/02/73
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Withers, Reginald Greive
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WA
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Lib
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14/05/71-19/08/75; 15/06/84-29/05/85
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Woods, Robert Leslie
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NSW
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Lib
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04/05/94-29/04/96
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Wriedt, Kenneth Shaw
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TAS
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ALP
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18/02/75-19/08/75
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Wright, Reginald Charles
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TAS
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Lib
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19/08/75-30/06/78
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* Non-voting member for the purposes of the committee's examination of the Parliamentary Privileges (Enforcement of Lawful Orders) Amendment Bill 1994
** Current members of the committee