Biography

Parliamentary service

• State: Elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Benambra, 1976. Resigned 14.8.1992.
• Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Indi, Victoria, 1993. Re-elected 1996 and 1998. Retired prior to general elections 2001.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Privileges served from 12.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Industry, Science and Technology served from 12.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs served as Chair from 29.5.1996 to 8.10.2001; Publications served as Chair from 26.6.1996 to 8.10.2001; Family and Community Affairs served from 27.11.1997 to 31.8.1998
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 26.5.1993 to 8.10.2001

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Attended official meetings in France from September to October 1994.
• Delegate to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Inter-Parliamentary Organisation meeting, Thailand, September 1996.
• Attended official meetings in Canada and the USA from October to November 1999.
• Parliamentary delegation member to Hungary and Poland, October 2000.
• Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, the USA from September to December 2001.

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 13.03.1993 to 08.10.2001
• Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition from 6.12.1994 to 11.3.1996.

Personal

• Born: 23.5.1938, Swan Hill, Australia
• Died: 17.5.2024, Wodonga
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• DipLaw (University of Sydney).
• Barrister and solicitor.

State/Territory Government service

• Elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Benambra, 1976. Resigned 14.8.1992.
• Assistant Minister for Health from 1979 to 1981.
• Minister for Planning from 1979 to 1982.
• Minister for Mines, 1981.
• Minister for Minerals and Energy, 1981.
• Minister for Local Government from 1981 to 1982.
• Shadow Minister for Health from 1982 to 1991.
• Shadow Minister for Further Education from 1982 to 1991.
• Shadow Minister for Water Resources from 1982 to 1991.
• Shadow Minister for Property and Services from 1982 to 1991.

Military Service

• Major, Australian Army Reserve from 1958.

Electorate

• Name: Indi
• Location: North-eastern Victoria; it includes the centres of Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Chiltern, Corryong, Euroa, Falls Creek, Hotham Heights, Mt Beauty, Mt Buffalo, Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah and Yarrawonga
• Area: 24,044 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 82,066 (at 3.10.1998)
• Industries: Forestry, tobacco, grain, food manufacturing, fruit, wine, agriculture, beef, dairying, defence and tourism.
• Includes: Indi includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Benambra, Benalla and Murray Valley.

Honours

• Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, 26.1.2016.