John Hodges | |
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Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | |
In office 7 May 1982 –11 March 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
Preceded by | Ian Macphee |
Succeeded by | Stewart West |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Petrie | |
In office 1 December 1984 –11 July 1987 | |
Preceded by | Dean Wells |
Succeeded by | Gary Johns |
In office 18 May 1974 –5 March 1983 | |
Preceded by | Marshall Cooke |
Succeeded by | Dean Wells |
Personal details | |
Born | Brisbane,Queensland | 3 October 1937
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Occupation | Pharmacist |
John Charles Hodges (born 3 October 1937) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party,he served as Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in the Fraser government from 1982 to 1983. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1974 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1987,representing the Queensland seat of Petrie.
Hodges was born in Brisbane on 3 October 1937. [1] He was raised in Cooktown,Queensland. [2]
Hodges was a pharmaceutical chemist by profession. [3] He served on the Redcliffe City Council from 1967 to 1976,including as deputy mayor from 1970. [1]
Hodges was elected to the Liberal Party's Queensland state executive in 1973. [1] The following year,he defeated incumbent single-term MP Marshall Cooke for Liberal preselection in the seat of Petrie. [3] He retained the seat for the Liberal Party at the 1974 election. [1]
In 1978,Hodges was appointed as deputy government whip in the House of Representatives. [1] He was appointed Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in the Fraser government in May 1982 following a ministerial reshuffle. [4] As immigration minister,he supported the government's official policy of multiculturalism. At a policy forum in August 1982 he stated that Australia had never been a monocultural society,but that "multiculturalism can become a reality only when it is accepted by the nation as a whole" [5]
Hodges lost his seat to the Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate Dean Wells at the 1983 election. [6] Howoever,he reclaimed Petrie for the Liberal Party at the 1984 election. [7] He supported John Howard against Andrew Peacock in the 1985 Liberal leadership spill. [8] He narrowly lost Petrie a second time at the 1987 election,following the National Party's decision to run a candidate against him in support of "Joh for Canberra" campaign. [7]
In 1987,Hodges and his wife purchased what was then the only pharmacy on Bribie Island,located at Bongaree. They eventually came to own or part-own another three pharmacies on the island,before retiring in 2018. [2]
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