Senator for Queensland 1987-90
National Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the Senate for Queensland 1987 (term deemed to have begun 1.7.87).
Resigned 1.3.90 to contest House of Representatives seat of Fairfax (Qld) at general elections 1990.
Defeated.
Committee Service
Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances from 24.9.87 to 1.3.90.
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 24.9.87 to 1.3.90.
Parliamentary Party Positions
Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 14.8.87 to 13.9.88 and from 12.5.89 to 24.3.90. Spokesman on Finance from 14.8.87 to 13.9.88 and from 12.5.89 to 24.3.90.
Leader, National Party of Australia in the Senate from 21.8.87 to 1.3.90.
Personal
Born 31.1.29 at Perth, WA.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
BSc (Hons) (WA), BA (Hons) (Oxon).
Rhodes Scholar, 1951 Public servant, Commonwealth Treasury 1954-66 and 1971-84; Secretary to the Treasury 1979-84.
Executive Director for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, and World Bank, Washington DC 1967-70.
Visiting Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University 1984.
Senior Fellow of the Institute of Public Affairs 1985-87.
Economic consultant 1985-87.
Newspaper columnist from 1985.
Company director 1986-87.