Ian Sinclair

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Ian Sinclair

Ian McCahon Sinclair , AC , PC (born June 10, 1929 in Sydney , New South Wales ) is an Australian politician with the National Party of Australia , who was a member of the House of Representatives for almost 35 years and was a minister several times. He was also chairman of the National Party of Australia from 1984 to 1989 and, most recently, speaker of the House of Representatives for a few months in 1998.

Life

Lawyer, Farmer and Member of Parliament

Ian McCahon Sinclair, son of the accountant George McCahon and his Gertrude Hazel Smith, began after attending the Knox Grammar School an undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney , which he finished in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a subsequent postgraduate study of law at the University of Sydney in 1952 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). At the same time did voluntary military service in the 22 Squadron Citizen Air Forces from 1950 to 1952 . After his legal approval of the Supreme Court of New South Wales he was in 1952 Lawyer ( Barrister ) at the law firm Norton Smith & Co . In addition, he had been a cattle breeder in Bendemeer since 1953 and Managing Director of the Sinclair Pastoral Company he founded .

Sinclair began his political career when he became a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales on April 23, 1961 . He was a member until his resignation on October 24, 1963. His mandate was then taken over on November 19, 1963 by Alexander Alam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Between 1962 and 1965 he was also director of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Limited . After retiring from the Legislative Council of New South Wales was on 30 November 1963 the Country Party (CP) for the first time a member of the House of Representatives elected and represented in this almost 35 years until his resignation on 31 August 1998 in New South Wales- located constituency of New England .

Minister and Vice-Chairman of the Country Party

On February 22, 1965, Ian Sinclair assumed ministerial office for the first time in the Menzies VIII government as Minister for Social Services, and from January 26 to December 14, 1966, he was also in the Holt I government on December 14 Holds the Holt II government from 1966 to December 19, 1967 . Between October 16 and December 19, 1967, he was also Vice Minister for Trade and Industry (Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry) .

In the following McEwen cabinet he served from December 19, 1967 to January 10, 1968, as Minister for Social Services and Vice Minister for Trade and Industry, and held these two offices between January 10 and February 28, 1968 in the Gorton I government . He was then in the Gorton II government from February 28, 1968 to November 12, 1969 and in the Gorton III government between November 12, 1969 and February 5, 1971 Minister for Shipping and Transport (Minister for Shipping and Transport) . At the same time, he continued to function from February 28, 1968 to March 10, 1971, as Vice Minister for Trade and Industry and from February 5 to March 10, 1971, as Minister for Primary Industry . The office of Minister for Basic Industries he held between March 10, 1971 and December 5, 1972 in the McMahon government .

As the successor to Doug Anthony , who had been elected chairman of the Country Party , Sinclair also took over in 1971 as vice chairman of the Country Party , which in May 1975 became the National Country Party (NCP). In the Fraser I government, formed on November 11, 1975 , he took over the post of Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Northern Australia . In the subsequent Fraser II government , he served again as Minister for Basic Industries between December 22, 1975 and December 20, 1977, and held this ministerial office again in the Fraser III government from December 20, 1977 to September 27, 1979 . He had to resign from ministerial office due to fraud proceedings. On January 17, 1977, a member of the British secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) . After a cabinet reshuffle, he served after his acquittal in the fraud proceedings brought against him as the successor to Douglas Scott in the Fraser III government between August 19 and November 3, 1980 as Minister for Special Trade Representations . He then served in the government Fraser IV of November 3, 1980 to May 7, 1982 First Minister of Communication (Minister for Communications) and after a reshuffle between May 7, 1982 to March 11, 1983: as defense minister (Minister for Defense) .

National Party Chairman and Speaker of the House of Representatives

On January 17, 1984, Ian Sinclair took over from Doug Anthony as chairman of the National Party of Australia (NPA), which had emerged in October 1982 from the National Country Party (NCP). He held this until May 12, 1989 and was then replaced by Ralph Hunt . Bruce Lloyd succeeded him as deputy chairman of the NPA . He was appointed to the shadow cabinet of his party on March 16, 1983 as shadow defense minister and held this position until April 21, 1987. He was then between April 21, 1987 and April 28, 1987 and again from August 14, 1987 to May 12, 1989 Shadow Minister for Trade and additionally from August 14, 1987 to May 12, 1989 Shadow Minister for Resources .

Between 1990 and 1998, as Father of the House, he was the longest serving member of the House of Representatives. He later served as Shadow Minister of State for Special Tasks between January 17 and May 26, 1994. Most recently, he replaced Bob Halverson as Speaker of the House of Representatives on March 4, 1998 and held this office until August 31, 1998, before Neil Andrew succeeded him as President of Parliament on November 10, 1998. His successor as a member of the House of Representatives for the New England constituency was Stuart Roy in 1998 . In 2000 he also accepted a teaching position as adjunct professor for social sciences at the University of New England .

His first marriage to Margaret Anne Tarrant on February 11, 1956 and divorced in 1967 resulted in two daughters and one son. On February 14, 1970, he married on Lord Howe Island the environmental and child rights activist Rosemary Edna Sinclair , who had won the title of Miss Australia in 1960. Another son was born from this marriage. One of his sons-in-law is the politician Peter Edward King , who was also a member of the House of Representatives between 2001 and 2004.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Alam in Prabook
  2. ^ Privy Councilors since 1969 in Leighrayment
  3. ↑ Douglas Scott in Prabook
  4. ↑ Australia: Ministers of Defense (Rulers)
  5. ↑ Ralph Hunt in Prabook
  6. ↑ Australia: House of Representatives Speakers (Rulers)
  7. ↑ Stuart Roy in Prabook
personal data
SURNAME Sinclair, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sinclair, Ian NcCahon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , New South Wales