Terence Robert Groom (28 November 1944 –29 April 2021) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Morphett from 1977 to 1979 and Hartley from 1982 to 1993 for the Labor Party. He served from 1991 to 1993 as an independent. [1] Groom died on 29 April 2021. [2]
Herbert Vere Evatt,was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940,Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949,and leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1960. Evatt is considered one of Australia's most prominent public intellectuals of the twentieth century.
Ian Raymond Causley was an Australian politician. He was a Nationals member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the Division of Page,New South Wales from 1996 to 2007.
Brendan Patrick O'Connor is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Skills and Training since 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since 2001. He held ministerial office in the governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013,including as a member of cabinet from 2012 to 2013. He was a member of the shadow cabinet from 2013 to 2022.
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1996. Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996;the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1993 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1999. The territory senators were elected at the March 1993 election and their terms ended at the next federal election,which was March 1996.
The following lists events that happened during 1992 in Australia.
Sir Littleton Ernest Groom KCMG KC was an Australian politician. He held ministerial office under four prime ministers between 1905 and 1925,and subsequently served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1926 to 1929.
The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Australia.
Hartley is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after John Anderson Hartley,the public servant responsible for creating much of South Australia's public education system. It is a 15.65 km²suburban electorate in Adelaide's northeast,taking in the suburbs of Campbelltown,Hectorville,Magill,Newton,Paradise and Tranmere.
Toowoomba South is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution,and replaced the abolished Toowoomba East.
Frome is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Edward Charles Frome,the third surveyor-general of South Australia. The electorate stretches north-eastwards from the Gawler River and Gulf St Vincent in the south,and includes many of the agricultural areas of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys. It covers a total of 12,921 km2 (4,989 sq mi) and takes in the towns of Auburn,Clare,Mintaro,Port Broughton,Saddleworth,Snowtown and Riverton. Prior to the 2020 redistribution,its main population centre was Port Pirie,since transferred to the Stuart.
State elections were held in South Australia on 11 December 1993. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Lynn Arnold,was defeated by the Liberal Opposition,led by Dean Brown,in a landslide victory. The Liberals won what is still the largest majority government in South Australian history.
This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1989 to 1993,as elected at the 1989 state election:
Stewart John West was an Australian politician. He represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993,holding the New South Wales seat of Cunningham. He was a member of cabinet in the Hawke Government,serving as Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1983–1984),Housing and Construction (1984–1987),and Administrative Services (1987–1990).
John Joseph McVeigh is a former Australian politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election,representing the Division of Groom. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat in the Liberal party room. During the Turnbull Government he served in cabinet as Minister for Regional Development,Territories and Local Government from 2017 to 2018. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2016 and was Minister for Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry under Premier Campbell Newman.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1917 to 1920 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the election on 24 March 1917 and the election on 20 March 1920. The President was Fred Flowers.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1910 to 1913 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the election on 14 October 1910 and the election on 6 December 1913. The President was Sir Francis Suttor.
The Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division),commonly known as the Tasmanian Liberals,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Tasmania. The party currently governs in Tasmania as the only Liberal Government in Australia,either state or territory,or Federal level. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party of Australia,currently in opposition.
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government,led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison,sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party,led by Anthony Albanese. Up for election were all 151 seats in the lower house,the House of Representatives,and 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house,the Senate.