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Biography for ELLICOTT, the Hon. Robert James, AC, KC

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Biographies

Date

17-05-2023 10:36 AM

Source

Parliamentary Library

Current member

No

State

NSW

Electorate

Wentworth

System Id

handbook/allmps/YF6


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ELLICOTT, the Hon. Robert James, AC, KCBiography for ELLICOTT, the Hon. Robert James, AC, KC

Member for Wentworth (NSW)

Liberal Party of Australia


Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Wentworth, New South Wales, 1974. Re-elected 1975, 1977 and 1980. Resigned 17.2.1981.


Ministerial Appointments

Attorney-General from 22.12.1975 to 6.9.1977.

Minister for the Capital Territory from 20.12.1977 to 3.11.1980.

Minister for Home Affairs from 20.12.1977 to 3.11.1980.

Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment from 3.11.1980 to 17.2.1981.


Committee Service

Joint Standing: New and Permanent Parliament House served from 21.2.1978 to 19.9.1980


Conferences, Delegations and Visits

Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Delegations to the Australian Constitutional Conventions, Hobart, October 1976.

Attended Law Ministers' Conference, Winnipeg, 1977.

Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Delegations to the Australian Constitutional Conventions, Perth, July 1978.

Official visits to China, Europe and North America, 1979.

Official visit to Switzerland, March 1980.


Parliamentary Party Positions

Opposition Spokesperson on Consumer Affairs and Commerce from 14.6.1974 to 21.3.1975.

Opposition Spokesperson on Tasmania in the House of Representatives from 24.10.1974 to 21.3.1975.

Opposition Spokesperson on Aboriginal Affairs from 7.4.1975 to 11.11.1975.

Opposition Spokesperson on Tasmania in the House of Representatives from 7.4.1975 to 11.11.1975.


Other Positions

Appointed Queen's Counsel from 1964.


Personal

Born: 15.4.1927, Moree, Australia

Died: 31.10.2022

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married


Qualifications and Occupations

BA (University of Sydney).

LLB (University of Sydney).

Commonwealth Solicitor General from 1969 to 1973.


Honours

Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia, 26.1.2017.


Electorate

Name: Wentworth

Location: Includes the eastern Sydney suburbs of Vaucluse, Watson's Bay, Double Bay, Paddington and Woollahra.

Area: 8 Sq km

Electors enrolled: 53,132 (at 2.12.1972)

Industries:

Includes: Wentworth includes the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bligh and substantial parts of Vaucluse and Waverley. Bligh and Vaucluse are held by the Liberal Party and Waverley by the A.L.P.