Biography for ANDERSON, the Hon. Sir Kenneth McColl, KBESenator for New South Wales
Liberal Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ryde, 1950. Defeated at general elections 1953.
Federal: Elected to the Senate for New South Wales, 1953. Re-elected 1958, 1964, 1970 and 1974. Retired prior to general elections 1975.
Parliamentary Positions
Temporary Chairman of Committees from 23.2.1956 to 11.8.1964.
Acting Ministries
Acting Minister for Civil Aviation from 5.7.1966 to 5.8.1966.
Acting Postmaster General from 29.5.1967 to 11.7.1967.
Ministerial Appointments
Minister for Customs and Excise from 10.6.1964 to 28.2.1968.
Minister for Supply from 28.2.1968 to 2.8.1971.
Cabinet Minister from 28.2.1968 to 5.12.1972.
Minister for Health from 2.8.1971 to 5.12.1972.
Committee Service
Senate Standing: Disputed Returns and Qualifications from 11.6.1953 to 9.8.1962; Standing Orders from 12.3.1968 to 26.2.1973.
Senate Select: Road Safety from 14.5.1959 to 21.9.1960 (Chair from 14.5.1959 to 21.9.1960).
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Health and Welfare from 14.3.1973 to 11.11.1975.
Joint Statutory: Public Works from 25.10.1956 to 18.8.1964.
Joint Standing: National Capital (formerly Australian Capital Territory) from 17.10.1973 to 11.12.1974.
Joint Select: New and Permanent Parliament House from 28.9.1967 to 8.4.1970.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Member, Australian Delegation to the 50th Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Brussels, 1961.
Leader, Australian Delegation to the development Assistance Committee, Council of Europe, visiting Austria, Turkey and Yugoslavia, January 1971.
Member, Australian Delegation to the Spring Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Ivory Coast, 1972.
Member, Australian Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Council Meeting, Geneva, 1973.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Europe, June-July 1975.
Parliamentary Party Positions
Leader of the Government in the Senate from 28.2.1968 to 5.12.1972.
Party Positions
Member of the Liberal Party State Executive (NSW) from 1954 to 1958.
Member of the Liberal Party State Executive (NSW) from 1963 to 1964.
Other Positions
Deputy Chairman of the Ryde Soldiers Memorial Hospital.
Vice-President of the Ryde Returned Services League.
Secretary of the Ratepayers' and Citizens' Association.
Chairman of the Food for Babies Fund from 1970.
Personal
Born 11.10.1909, At Sea in Australian waters, Australia
Died 29.3.1985, Lane Cove
Married
Qualifications and Occupations before entering Federal Parliament
QRV (Real Estate Institute of NSW).
Property Valuer.
Real Estate Agent.
Auctioneer.
Insurance Clerk.
State/Territory Government Service
Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ryde, 1950. Defeated at general elections 1953.
Local Government Service
Mayor, Ryde Municipal Council from 1949 to 1950.
Councillor, Cumberland County Council from 1950 to 1952.
Honours
Created Knight Bachelor, 13.06.1970.
Created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 01.01.1972.
Military Service
Lieutenant 8th Division Signals, Malaya.
Enlisted AIF from 02.07.1940 to 03.12.1945, when discharged.
Prisoner of war, 10.10.1945, returned to Australia.