Biography

Parliamentary service

• State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Burrinjuck, 1988. Resigned 1.9.1998 to contest the House of Representatives division of Hume, New South Wales.
• Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Hume, New South Wales, 1998. Re-elected 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. Retired prior to general elections 2013.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Recent Australian Bushfires served from 27.3.2003 to 5.11.2003
• House of Representatives Standing: Family and Community Affairs served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Primary Industries and Regional Services served from 29.3.2001 to 8.10.2001; Employment and Workplace Relations served from 20.3.2002 to 19.8.2002; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry served from 20.3.2002 to 30.11.2004; Transport and Regional Services served from 20.3.2002 to 17.10.2007; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry served as Chair from 1.12.2004 to 17.10.2007; Primary Industries and Resources served from 11.3.2008 to 19.7.2010; Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry served as Deputy Chair from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013
• Joint Standing: Migration served from 20.3.2002 to 19.8.2002
• Joint Statutory: National Crime Authority served from 5.10.2000 to 8.10.2001

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, 103rd IPU Conference, Amman, Jordan and bilateral visit to Tanzania, April-May 2000.
• Attended 13th Annual APPF and Parliamentary Delegation to Vietnam, January 2005.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Trinidad and Tobago and USA, July 2006.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Saudi Arabia and China, June-July 2007.

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 03.10.1998 to 05.08.2013

Party positions

• Member of the Liberal Party from 1984.
• Field Officer for the Liberal Party (NSW) from 1984 to 1988.

Personal

• Born: 29.5.1939, Melbourne, Australia
• Died: 14.7.2015, Cootamundra
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• DipMeatIndustryMgt (University of New South Wales).
• Meat processing industry consultant from 1953 to 1984.
• Party official from 1984 to 1988.
• Member of the Legislative Assembly (NSW) from 1988 to 1998.

State/Territory Government service

• Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Burrinjuck, 1988. Resigned 1.9.1998 to contest the House of Representatives division of Hume, New South Wales.
• Secretary to Shadow Cabinet from March 1996 to August 1998.

Local Government service

• Councillor, Cootamundra Shire Council from 1983 to 1991.

Electorate

• Name: Hume
• Location: south-west New South Wales; it includes the centres of Bargo, Binalong, Boorowa, Bundanoon, Cootamundra, Cowra, Crookwell, Goulburn, Grenfell, Gundaroo, Gunning, Harden/Murrumburrah, Jugiong, Marulan, Murrumbateman, Picton, Sutton, Tahmoor, Tarago, Thirlmere, Wilton, Yass and Young.
• Area: 33,637 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 97,698 (at 21.8.2010)
• Industries: mixed farming, grazing, fat lambs, fruit, vegetables, wine, timber and textiles.
• Includes: Hume includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Burrinjuck, Goulburn, Monaro and Wollondilly.