Peter Nixon
Peter James Nixon , AO (born March 22, 1928 in Orbost , Victoria ) is an Australian politician of the National Party of Australia , who was a member of the House of Representatives between 1961 and 1983 and was a minister several times.
Life
Peter James Nixon, son of Percival C. Nixon and his wife Grace Hunter Nixon, attended Wesley College in Melbourne and worked as a farmer, cattle breeder and manager. On December 9, 1961, his political career began when he was elected to the House of Representatives for the Country Party , in which he represented the Gippsland constituency until February 4, 1983 . During his parliamentary membership, he was in 1964 first as a member of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts (Joint Committee Public Accounts) and 1967 Member of the Common Foreign Policy Committee (Joint Committee Foreign Affairs) . On October 16, 1967, he took over a ministerial office for the first time as Minister for the Interior in the Holt II government and held this office in the McEwen cabinet (December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968), in the Gorton I government (January 10, 1967) 1968 - February 28, 1968), the Gorton II government (February 28, 1968 - November 12, 1969), and the Gorton III government (November 12, 1969 to February 5, 1971). As part of a reshuffle of the third Cabinet Gorton he was on February 5, 1971 Minister of Maritime and Transport (Minister for Shipping and Transport) and has held this position from 10 March 1971, the Government McMahon until 5 December 1972 after the coalition of the Liberal Party and Country Party had previously suffered a defeat by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the elections of December 2, 1972 . He is mentioned in the song Gurindji Blues and says "Buy your land back, Gurindji", referring to his assessment of the land rights strike at Wattie Creek. In the House of Representatives, Nixon was known for taking insults with members of the opposition, and in particular his verbal arguments with Labor politician Fred Daly .
During the following years in the opposition from 1972 to 1975 he was one of the leading personalities who convinced the National Party to end the legislative process introduced by the now ruling Australian Labor Party (ALP) in contrast to its previous coalition partner Liberal Party of Australia (LP ) to support. This has helped demonstrate independence from the Liberal Party to the National Party's voters, and in cases where the National supported Labor Party's policies on public school education grants, it has helped to unite the National To show party with the key questions of the voters. Nixon was also a longtime critic of what he viewed as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) bias against the National Party.
In the government of Fraser I , which was formed on November 11, 1975 , he took over the offices of Minister for Transport and Postmaster General . He also held the post of Minister of Transport from December 22, 1975 to December 20, 1977 in the Fraser II government, and then between December 20, 1977 and December 8, 1979 in the Fraser III government . In the course of a reorganization of the third Fraser cabinet, he also acted from September 27, 1979 to November 3, 1980 as Minister for Primary Industry (Minister for Primary Industry) and remained in this position between November 3, 1980 and March 11, 1983 in the Fraser IV government .
After retiring from politics in 1983, Nixon returned to the business world and was a member of the Australian Football League (AFL) commission between 1984 and 1991 . He was also CEO of the media company Southern Cross Broadcasting from 1984 to 2000, and Director of the Linfox logistics and supply chain from 1988 to 2000 . For his many years of service in Parliament and for the common good, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Australia (AO) on January 26, 1993 . He was also 1995 to 1997 chief commissioner of the local government area ( local government area ) of East Gippsland Shire . In 1996 he was elected chairman of a Commonwealth of Nations Joint Commission to study the economy of Tasmania , which published the named Nixon Report: Tasmania into the 21st Century . He has been married to Jacqueline Thelma Sally Dahlsen since 1954.
Web links
- Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Parliament of Australia, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
- Entry in Prabook
Individual evidence
- ^ Australia: Ministers of Home Affairs (Rulers)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nixon, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nixon, Peter James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orbost , Victoria |