Biography for CAMERON, Ian Milne DixonMember for Maranoa (Qld)
National Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Maranoa, Queensland, 1980. Re-elected 1983, 1984 and 1987. Retired prior to general elections 1990.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Publications from 26.11.1980 to 4.2.1983; Aboriginal Affairs from 8.9.1982 to 19.2.1990; Expenditure from 11.5.1983 to 8.12.1983.
House of Representatives Select: Aboriginal Education from 22.3.1985 to 26.11.1985.
Conferences Delegations and Visits
Member, Parliamentary Exchange Visit to New Zealand, March-April 1982
Member, 29th CPA Conference, Nairobi, October-November 1983
Member, 32nd CPA Conference, London, September-October 1986
Parliamentary Party Positions
Member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 14.8.1987 to 14.3.1988.
Opposition Spokesman on Local Government from 14.8.1987 to 14.3.1988.
Party Positions
President, Young Country Party (Qld) 1967-68
Member, National Party Management Committee 1976-80
Other Positions
Deputy Chairman, Australian/USSR Parliamentary Group from 1989
Personal
Born 8.3.1938, Melbourne, Australia
Qualifications and Occupations before entering Federal Parliament
Farmer and grazier
Electorate
Description: Rural
Location: South-western Queensland; following the 1984 Federal redistribution includes the towns of Birdsville, Blackwater, Charleville, Chinchilla, Cunnamulla, Dalby, Emerald, Goondiwindi, Miles, Roma, St George, Tambo, Taroom and Thargomindah.
Area: 625200 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 71814 (at 11.7.1987)
Industries: Dairying, wool growing, pork, beef cattle, wheat and mixed grains, tobacco, cotton, stone and pome fruits, grapes, wine growing, agricultural implement manufacture, coal mining, and production of oil and natural gas from the Roma and Moonie fields.
Electorate: Maranoa includes the Queensland Legislative Assembly electorates of Balonne, Carnarvon, Condamine and Roma, and parts of Auburn, Barambah, Cunningham, Gregory, Peak Downs, Warrego and Warwick.