Biography for FAHEY, the Hon. John JosephMember for Macarthur (NSW) 1996-2001
Liberal Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Camden from 24.3.1984 to 19.3.1988 and for Southern Highlands from 19.3.1988. Resigned 1.2.1996.
Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Macarthur, New South Wales, 1996 and 1998. Retired prior to general elections 2001.
Ministerial Appointments
State: Minister for Corrective Services (NSW) May-June 1988.
Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment and Minister Assisting the Premier (NSW) from March 1988-90.
Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment (NSW) 1990-92.
Premier (NSW) from 24.6.92 to 4.4.95.
Treasurer (NSW) from 24.6.92 to 26.5.93.
Minister for Economic Development (NSW) from 26.5.93 to 4.4.95.
Federal: Minister for Finance from 11.3.96 to 9.10.97.
Minister for Finance and Administration from 9.10.97 to 26.11.01.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Attended the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January-February 1997; January-February 1998 and January-February 1999.
Official visits to UK, the Netherlands, France and USA, July 1997; Singapore, Germany, UK and Ireland, July 1999; USA, Switzerland and France, January-February 2000; Cook Islands, June 2001; Qatar and China, November 2001.
Parliamentary Party Positions
State: Leader of the State Parliamentary Liberal Party (NSW) 1992-95.
Shadow Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy (NSW) 1985-86; Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment (NSW) May 1986-88.
Personal
Born 10.1.1945, Wellington, New Zealand.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
DipL (Syd).
Solicitor.
Member, NSW Legislative Assembly 1984-96 (see Parliamentary Service above).
Electorate
Description: Outer provincial.
Location: South-western outskirts of Sydney and southern highlands of New South Wales; it includes the centres of Appin, Austral, Berrima, Bowral, Camden, Leppington, Mittagong, Narellan, Picton, Tahmoor, Warragamba, and the southern suburbs of Campbelltown.
Area: 4601 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 91 700 (at 3.10.98).
Industries: Dairying, grazing, light engineering, coal mining, cement works, orchards and tourism.
State electorates: Macarthur includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Burrinjuck, Camden, Campbelltown, Kiama, Liverpool, Macquarie Fields and Southern Highlands.