Michael Knight | |
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![]() Michael Knight with the IPC flag at the closing ceremony of the 1996 Summer Paralympics | |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Campbelltown | |
In office 19 September 1981 –12 January 2001 | |
Preceded by | Cliff Mallam |
Succeeded by | Graham West |
Minister for the Olympics | |
In office 4 April 1995 –12 January 2001 | |
Premier | Bob Carr |
Succeeded by | abolished |
Minister for Public Works and Services | |
In office 4 April 1995 –15 December 1995 | |
Premier | Bob Carr |
Minister for Roads | |
In office 4 April 1995 –28 November 1996 | |
Premier | Bob Carr |
Preceded by | Bruce Baird |
Succeeded by | Carl Scully |
President of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games | |
In office 18 September 1996 –1 October 2000 | |
IOC President | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
Preceded by | John Iliffe |
Succeeded by | Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki |
Chair of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games | |
In office 18 September 1996 –31 October 2001 | |
Preceded by | John Iliffe |
Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Steven Knight 21 September 1952 Leichhardt,New South Wales |
Political party | Labor Party |
Spouse | Anne |
Children | Two daughters |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Profession | Probation and parole officer |
Michael Steven Knight AO (born 21 September 1952 in Leichhardt,New South Wales [1] ) is a former Australian Labor Party politician. He was member for Campbelltown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1981 and 2001. He served as Minister for the Olympics between 1995 and 2001 in the Carr Labor government.
Knight attended Doonside High School and Cranbrook School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney and worked for the Campbelltown City Council as a social planner and parole officer before entering politics. [1]
Knight entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 1981 election succeeding Cliff Mallam who had held the seat for ten years. [1] Originally a member of the left–wing faction,Knight defected to right–wing faction after a trip in Europe which convinced him that socialism had failed. [2]
Knight remained on the back bench until 1995 when he was appointed to the state Cabinet with ministerial responsibilities for Public Works and Services,the Olympics and Roads. His responsibilities were later in 1995 reduced to Roads and Olympics. In 1996 this was further reduced to responsibility for the Olympics,a portfolio he held until his retirement in 2001. [1] [2] As Minister for the Olympics he was Chair of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG).
In 2007,Knight was appointed to the Chair of the Board of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority,the body which manages the day-to-day running and future development of Sydney Olympic Park. He was reappointed to the Board as its Chairman in 2013,and his term expired in June 2016. [3] [4]
Knight was a director of the state – owned corporation,Delta Electricity,until December 2010 when he was one of the four directors who resigned en masse in protest of the privatisation of the generating assets of the company. [5] During 2005 he also served as chairman of Sydney Gas Limited, [6] prior to its takeover by the Australian Gas Light Company. [7]
He is also the non-executive chairman of InfraShore,a public-private partnership consortium between Thiess and Royal Bank of Scotland in charge of the billion-dollar redevelopment of Royal North Shore Hospital. [8]
In January 2002,Knight was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to:Olympic and Paralympic sport,particularly in the area of Games' administration;to the New South Wales Parliament;and,to the community of Campbelltown. [9]
In 2000,Knight was awarded a Gold Olympic Order by the IOC at the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Knight is married to Anne,and they have two daughters. [1] He is a keen supporter of Wests Tigers rugby league team. [10]
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