The Hon Robert McClelland MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Barton, New South Wales, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

• Attorney-General from 3.12.07 to 14.12.11.
• Vice-President of the Executive Council from 14.9.10 to 5.3.12.
• Minister for Housing from 14.12.11 to 5.3.12.
• Minister for Homelessness from 14.12.11 to 5.3.12.
• Minister for Emergency Management from 14.12.11 to 5.3.12.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 30.5.96 to 31.8.98 and from 11.8.03 to 3.8.04; Privileges from 2.3.98 to 31.8.04.
• Joint Standing: Treaties from 17.6.96 to 31.8.98 and from 20.9.12; Electoral Matters from 15.5.97 to 30.10.97 and from 4.12.00 to 26.6.01; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 14.3.12 to 1.11.12.
• Joint Select: Republic Referendum from 9.6.99 to 9.8.99.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

• Deputy Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to AIPO meeting, Phuket, Thailand, September 1996.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand, May 2004.
• Official visit to the Solomon Islands, December 2004.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to UK, Poland and Italy, June-July 2006.
• Official visits to UK and USA, March-April 2008; New Zealand, June 2008; UK, July 2008; New Zealand, July 2008 and January 2009; UK, November 2009; USA, April-May 2010; Switzerland, January 2011; New Zealand, March, April, July and November 2011; Belgium and France, November 2011; New Zealand, February 2012.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 19.10.98 to 3.12.07. Shadow Attorney-General from 20.10.98 to 8.12.03; Workplace Relations from 25.11.01 to 2.7.03; Justice and Community Security from 2.7.03 to 8.12.03; Homeland Security from 8.12.03 to 10.12.06; Shadow Minister for Defence from 26.10.04 to 10.12.06; Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07.

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Party positions

• Member, ALP from 1972.
• Various positions including Branch Secretary and Delegate to State Conference (NSW).
• President, Barton Federal Electorate Council.

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Personal

• Born 26.1.1958 at Sydney, NSW.
• Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA, LLB (NSW), LLM (Syd).
• Associate to the Hon. Justice PG Evatt, DSC, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia 1981-82.
• Solicitor 1982-96; partner in firm 1988-96.

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Electorate

• Description: inner metropolitan.
  Location: south eastern Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Arncliffe, Banksia, Bardwell Valley, Beverley Park, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-Le-Sands, Carss Park, Dolls Point, Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Kyeemagh, Monterey, Ramsgate, Ramsgate Beach, Rockdale, Sandringham, Sans Souci, Turrella, Wolli Creek and parts of Beverly Hills, Carlton, Earlwood and Kingsgrove.
  
  Area: 44 sq km (approx.).
  
  Electors enrolled: 95 243 (at 21.8.10).
  
  Industries: Light manufacturing, commercial and retail industry, tourism and health services.
  
  State electorates: Barton includes the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Rockdale, and parts of Canterbury, Kogarah and Lakemba.

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