Price represented Waratah from 1984 to 1999 and Maitland from 1999 to 2007 for the Labor Party. Price served on various committees,including as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Ethics (1999–2007) and as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Centenary of Federation Celebration (1999–2001),for which he received the Centenary Medal.[2][3] He was the first Deputy Speaker from 1999 to 2007,which replace the position of Chairman of Committees which he had held since 1995. Price retired at the March 2007 election.[2]
Price was a longstanding Member of the Council of the University of Newcastle,serving as a Parliamentary appointee from 1984 to 1991 and 1995 to 2004 and from 2004 to 2014 as a City Council nominee. Price later served as Deputy Chancellor of the university and was acting Chancellor from October 2012 to June 2013 after the death in office of Chancellor Dr Ken Moss. Price retired as Deputy Chancellor in March 2014 and the University Council in May 2014. In November 2014,the University of Newcastle awarded him with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (Hon.D.Litt.).[5][6]
Notes
↑ "John Price - Background". Living Histories @ UON. The University of Newcastle, Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "Mr. John Charles PRICE - Centenary Medal". It's an Honour database. Australian Government. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2019. For service to the celebration of the Centenary of Federation.
↑ "The Honourable John Charles PRICE - Member of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour database. Australian Government. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2019. For service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community through executive roles with youth, educational, church and broadcasting organisations.
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