Related Research Articles
Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945,in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin. He was deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946 and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.
Annette Louise Ellis was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital Territory,from March 1996 to August 2010,representing the Division of Namadgi 1996–98 and the Division of Canberra 1998-2010.
Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure,Transport,Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments in 2013. She served as Shadow Minister of Health from 2013 to 2019 and as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Development from 2019 to 2022.
Brendan John Nelson is an Australian business leader,physician and former politician. He served as the federal Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2008,going on to serve as Australia's senior diplomat to the European Union and NATO. He currently serves in a global leadership role with Boeing.
Paul Marek is an Australian politician. He was National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 until 1998,representing the regional Queensland-based seat of Capricornia.
Roslyn Joan Kelly AO is an Australian former politician. She was a member of the Australian House of Representatives,having represented the Division of Canberra from 18 October 1980 to 30 January 1995. She was a minister in the governments of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
Belinda Jane Neal is an Australian politician who currently serves as a councillor for Gosford West Ward on Central Coast Council since 2024.
David Watkins was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wallsend from 1894 until 1901. At Federation,he was elected to the new Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Newcastle and served until his death in 1935. Watkins' death left former Prime Minister Billy Hughes as the only remaining member of the First Parliament still in the House.
Gary Gray,Australian former politician and Australia's Ambassador to Ireland,was the Australian Labor Party (ALP) representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. On 25 March 2013,Gray was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy,the Minister for Tourism and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013,Gray served as the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity.
Dominic Eric Costa was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969,representing the electorate of Banks.
Russell Neville Joseph Gorman was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1996,representing the electorate of Chifley. Gorman was the last veteran of the Second World War to serve in the House of Representatives.
Henry George Pearce was an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1961,representing the Division of Capricornia for the Liberal Party.
Keith Webb Wright was an Australian politician,teacher,and Baptist preacher who was Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland and Leader of the Opposition in Queensland between 1982–1984. Following his career in state politics,Wright sat in federal parliament for Labor between 1984–1993 in the seat of Capricornia.
Brian William Courtice is a former Australian politician and trade unionist. He represented the Division of Hinkler in federal parliament from 1987 to 1993 as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was expelled from the party in 2005.
Bryant Robert Burns was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Queensland from 1987 to 1996. He was a welder by profession and was state president of the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union (AMWU) before entering parliament.
Elizabeth Lilian Maud Fowler MBE,JP was an Australian politician. She was Australia's first female mayor,serving as mayor of Newtown,New South Wales,from 1937 to 1939. She later represented the seat of Newtown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1950. She had a long involvement with the Lang Labor faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),which had evolved into a separate party by the time of her election to Parliament.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. It was also the third time in history that a party won 90 or more seats at an Australian election. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new prime minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
Michelle Leanne Landry is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election,representing the Division of Capricornia. Landry served as the Assistant Minister for Children and Families (2018–2022) and as the Assistant Minister for Northern Australia (2020–2022) in the Morrison government. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland,and sits with the Nationals in federal parliament.
The Australian Labor Party held a leadership election on 19 March 1996,following the resignation of Paul Keating after the party's defeat at the 1996 federal election. Kim Beazley was elected unopposed as Keating's replacement,thus becoming Leader of the Opposition.
References
- 1 2 Biography at Australian Parliamentary Handbook
- ↑ "Two to battle for Capricornia". The Sun-Herald. 6 December 1992.
- ↑ "Cleary admits victory claim was premature". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 March 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 7 March 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Division of Capricornia, Queensland". Psephos. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Saturday MAGAZINE". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 October 1995. p. 43. Retrieved 7 March 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Millar, F. Ann (1993). Trust the Women: Women in the Federal Parliament. Department of the Senate. p. 164.
- ↑ "Bogart, Bergman and the boys' room". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1993. p. 1. Retrieved 7 March 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Keating swipe at female MP over 'sexist remark'". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 March 1994. p. 2. Retrieved 7 March 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "States misusing black funds: inquiry chief". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 1994.
- ↑ "An Aboriginal black mark for Victoria". The Age. 6 December 1994.
- ↑ "Stay in touch". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 October 1994.
- ↑ "How Labor has sold its soul". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1995.
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996". Psephos. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ↑ "And the council nominees are...". Armidale Express. 26 February 2004.
- ↑ "Labor to stand but odds long on victory". Armidale Express. 4 February 2007.
