Mr Harry Jenkins MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Scullin, Victoria, at by-election 8.2.1986, vice the Hon. Dr HA Jenkins (resigned).
• Re-elected 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Parliamentary positions

• Deputy Chair of Committees from 8.5.90 to 8.2.93.
• Deputy Speaker from 4.5.93 to 29.1.96.
• Second Deputy Speaker from 30.4.96 to 17.10.07.
• Speaker of the House of Representatives from 12.2.08 to 24.11.11.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Publications from 8.10.87 (Chair from 20.10.87) to 19.2.90; Environment, Recreation and the Arts from 8.10.87 to 31.8.98; Environment and Heritage from 8.12.98 to 17.10.07; Finance and Public Administration from 8.10.87 to 19.2.90; Aboriginal Affairs from 26.10.89 to 19.2.90; Community Affairs from 16.5.90 (Chair from 17.5.90) to 8.2.93; Industry, Science and Technology from 16.10.90 to 8.2.93 and from 29.5.96 to 31.8.98; Selection from 12.5.93 (Chair from 12.5.93) to 29.1.96; Members' Interests from 29.5.96 to 17.10.07; Family and Community Affairs from 17.11.97 to 31.8.98; Science and Innovation from 2.12.04 to 17.10.07; House from 12.2.08 (Chair from 12.2.08) to 24.11.11; Climate Change, Environment and the Arts from 7.2.11; Privileges and Members' Interests from 7.2.11 to 14.3.12.
• Joint Statutory: Public Works from 20.3.02 to 17.10.07; Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings from 12.2.08 to 24.11.11; Human Rights from 14.3.12; Public Accounts and Audit from 14.5.13.
• Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories from 27.5.93 to 29.1.96; Treaties from 7.2.12; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 7.2.12.
• Joint Select: Retailing Sector from 9.2.99 to 30.8.99.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada and USA, May-June 1992.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to India, Nepal and Bangladesh, November-December 1993.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to AIPO, Singapore and bilateral visit to Thailand, September 1995.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the 6th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, Seoul, January 1998.
• Leader, Bilateral visit to Republic of Korea and Malaysia, July 1998.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the European Institutions, Strasbourg, Belgium and Luxembourg, June 2000.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia, March 2003.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, December 2003.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the Philippines (ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organisation General Assembly) and Indonesia (Bilateral visit), September 2006.
• CPA Study Group on the Environment, Belize, February-March 2007.
• Deputy Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Cambodia and 116th Assembly of the IPU, Nusa Dua, Indonesia, April-May 2007.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to India to attend the 53rd CPA Conference and the Philippines, September-October 2007.
• Official Representative, Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Korea, February 2008.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to the 118th IPU Assembly, South Africa and bilateral visit to Jordon, April 2008.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Singapore and Indonesia, October-November 2008.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Vietnam and Laos, January 2009.
• Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to the 120th IPU Assembly, Ethiopia, and bilateral visit to Switzerland, April 2009; 122nd IPU Assembly, Thailand and Hong Kong, and bilateral visit to China, March-April 2010.
• Official visits to UK and Switzerland, July 2009; USA, October-November 2009; Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, December 2009; Singapore and Indonesia, January 2010; Switzerland, July 2010; UK, France, the Netherlands and Mongolia, January 2011; Argentina, Brazil and Panama, April 2011; Japan and Republic of Korea, May 2011; Singapore and Indonesia, July 2011; Switzerland, October 2011; Argentina, Brazil and Panama, April 2012.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia and Sri Lanka, December 2011.

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Party positions

• President, ALP Bundoora Branch 1980, 1986.
• Delegate, ALP State Conference (Vic) 1979-81, 1982-83 and from 1997.
• Member, ALP State Environment and Conservation Policy (Vic) 1980-82.
• Member, ALP State Local Government Policy Committee (Vic) 1982-86.
• Member, ALP State Municipal Executive (Vic) 1985-87.

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Personal

• Born 18.8.1952, Melbourne, Vic.
• Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BSc (ANU).
• Public servant.

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Electorate

• Description: outer metropolitan.
  Location: outer north Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Lalor, Mill Park, Thomastown and Watsonia North, and parts of Bundoora, Diamond Creek, Epping, Greensborough, Plenty, South Morang and Yarrambat.
  Area: 101 sq km (approx.).
  Electors enrolled: 90 822 (at 21.8.10).
  Industries: manufacturing, including automotive components, clothing and textiles, metal products, light industrial, food processing, packaging and distribution, health and education.
  State electorates: Scullin includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Mill Park, and parts of Bundoora, Thomastown and Yan Yean.
  

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