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P A R L I A M E N T A R Y H A N D B O O K

D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E P A R L I A M E N T A R Y L I B R A R Y

• P A R L I A M E N T A R Y H A N D B O O K •

of the Commonwealth of Australia

T W E N T Y - E I G H T H E D I T I O N

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© Commonwealth of Australia 1999

ISSN 0813-541X

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Preface

This Parliamentary Handbook is the 28th edition and sets out detailed information about the 39th Commonwealth Parliament. The parliamentary service and political career of Senators and Members are presented, together with details of parliamentary committees and elections up to and including the October 1998 poll: the biographical information is correct as at 31 August 1999.

The Parliamentary Handbook has been compiled by a number of Library staff, the major elements of the compilation and editing undertaken by Martin Lumb, with assistance from Nola Adcock, Sandra Bailey, Scott Bennett, Margaret Healy, Diane Hynes, Judy Hutchinson, Andrew Kopras, Rob Lundie, Cathy Madden, Leanne Manthorpe, Gerard Newman, Colette Ormonde, Birthe Wenzel, Janet Wilson, Vivian Wilson and Geoff Winter.

Many others have assisted the Department, particular thanks due to Peter West and the Government Photographic Service (AUSPIC), the staff of Government House and the Australian Electoral Commission, and Ron Hutchison, Peter Geoghegan, Louise Forster and Anne Wakefield.

JW Templeton Acting Parliamentary Librarian

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Contents

Abbreviations Political affiliations x

Qualifications etc xi

Honours, orders and decorations xiii

Others xiv

1 . N A T I O N A L S Y M B O L S

The National Anthem 3

The Australian Flag 4

The National Colours 4

The Coat of Arms 5

The Floral Emblem 5

2 . T H E T H I R T Y - N I N T H P A R L I A M E N T

Introduction 9

The Sovereign 15

The Governor-General 17

Senate 18

President of the Senate 18

Office holders 19

Senators 20

House of Representatives 22

Speaker of the House of Representatives 22

Office holders 23

Members of the House of Representatives 24

The Ministry 27

The Shadow Ministry 30

Parliamentary Committees 32

Biographies of Senators and Members 34

Supplement to biographical information in Twenty-seventh edition on former Senators and Members of the Thirty-eighth Parliament 271

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Statistical information as at 1.7.1999 281

Composition of the Parliament 281

Age 281

Length of service 282

Period of service 283

Prior elected service in government 290

Levels of qualifications 291

Fields of qualifications 293

Previous occupation 296

Overseas born 299

Officers of the Departments of the Parliament 300

3 . E L E C T I O N S

Introduction 305

Senate Election Results 1998 312

Commonwealth, State and Territory summary 314

State and Territory candidate details 318

House of Representatives Election Results 1998 341

Commonwealth, State and Territory summary 341

Electoral divisions and candidate details 346

Election dates 420

Casual vacancies 421

By-elections 427

Simultaneous dissolutions 430

Electoral divisions 436

Members since 1901 436

Number at elections 471

Comparative size: area 472

Comparative size: enrolment 474

Electoral redistributions 476

Origins of names 479

4 . T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N

The Constitution 487

Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 514

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Australia Act 1986 518

5 . R E F E R E N D U M S

Introduction 525

Referendum results 526

Plebiscite results 547

6 . H I S T O R I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N O N T H E A U S T R A L I A N P A R L I A M E N T

Governors-General 551

Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council 554

Chronology of Parliaments 556

Joint Sittings 560

Party representation in Parliament 561

Senators and Members since 1901 564

Members who have served in both chambers 638

Longest serving members 639

Women in Parliament 640

Number of women in Parliament 643

Prime Ministers 646

Leaders of the Opposition 647

Ministries 648

Cabinets 740

Shadow Ministries 745

Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers 762

Permanent Heads of the Departments of the Parliament 765

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