Personal
Birth Date
02 Aug 1941 (Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia)
Marriage
Married - 1 son, 1 daughter.
Career
1. Grazier
Party and Political Activities
National Party (NP)
Party Positions
1.
Member, Ministerial Legisltive Committees: Police and Administrative
Services; Primary Industries; Environment, Conservation and Forestry,
1988 to 1989
Parliamentary Representation
| Assembly | IND | BARAMBAH | 14 Apr 1988 | 16 Dec 1988 | |
| Assembly | NP | BARAMBAH | 16 Dec 1988 | 13 Jun 1998 | Defeated |
Appointments
| Member, Public Accounts Committee | 03 Mar 1998 | 19 May 1998 |
| Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry | 26 Feb 1996 | 13 Feb 1998 |
| Coalition Shadow Minister for Rural Communities | 02 Aug 1995 | 19 Feb 1996 |
| Member, Estimates Committee E | 31 Mar 1995 | 13 Jun 1995 |
| Member, Estimates Committee E | 28 Apr 1994 | 23 Jun 1994 |
| Coalition Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Forestry | Nov 1992 | 19 Feb 1996 |
| Opposition Spokesman for Primary Industries | 29 Jan 1991 | Nov 1992 |
| Temporary Chairman of Committees | 01 Mar 1990 | 12 Mar 1991 |
| Deputy Opposition Whip | Mar 1990 | Sep 1992 |
| Member, Parliamentary Trade Delegation to South East Asia | 1990 | |
| Member, Public Accounts Committee | Sep 1989 | 25 Aug 1992 |
Notes
1. Interests include sport (fishing in particular), judging poultry and community activities.
2. Councillor, Cattlemen's Union of Australia.
3. Former Chairman, Lands and Local Government and Legal and Constitutional Committees of Cattlemen's Union.
4. Member, Queensland Rural Fires Board.
5. President, South Burnett National Show Society.
6. Won seat of Barambah at a by-election on 16 April 1988.
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