Member for New England (NSW) 1998-2001
National Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for New England, New South Wales, 1998. Defeated at general elections 2001.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Communications, Transport and the Arts from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01; Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01.
Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01.
Joint Standing: Electoral Matters from 27.11.00 to 8.10.01.
Personal
Born 21.11.1949 at Sydney, NSW.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
Sawmiller.
Local Government Service
Councillor, Guyra Shire Council from 1987.
Mayor, Guyra Shire Council from 1991.
Electorate
Description: Rural.
Location: Northern New South Wales highlands; it includes the centres of Armidale, Glen Innes, Guyra, Inverell, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Uralla and Walcha.
Area: 38 712 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 74 637 (at 3.10.98).
Industries: Wool, beef cattle, wheat, oats, maize, grain processing, forestry, dairying, fruit, vegetables, honey, tobacco, lucerne, tin mining, trout hatchery, tourism, boot manufacturing, tannery, gemstones, rubber, brickworks, concrete, plaster works.
State electorates: New England includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Barwon, Northern Tablelands and Tamworth.