Shane Stone

Shane Stone

Shane Leslie Stone QC AC PGDK (born 1950 in Bendigo , Victoria ) is an Australian politician with the Liberal Party of Australia and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory .

biography

Stone was the son of a teacher and grew up in Wodonga , where his mother was the first woman to become a member of the city ​​council .

He was originally a member of the Country Party in 1971 , moved to the Liberal Party in 1982 and joined the Country Liberal Party (CLP) there after moving to the Northern Territory .

In the elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Territory, he ran initially unsuccessfully for the constituency of Sadadeen in 1987 , but was elected chairman of the CLP in 1988. In the elections on October 27, 1990, he was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory and represented the constituency of Port Darwin there until his resignation on February 21, 2000 .

Just a few days later, on November 13, 1990, Chief Minister Marshall Perron appointed him Minister for Education and the Arts, Employment and Training, Mines and Energy, Asia Relations and Trade, and Attorney General in his cabinet.

On May 26, 1995, he finally became Perron's successor himself Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and also continued to head several departments. In his capacity as Attorney General he was in October 1997, the Attorney-General ( Queen's Counsel appointed). In October 1998 he suffered a defeat in a referendum because of a controversial draft constitution that had been introduced shortly before . During his tenure, he also introduced a tightening of criminal law . On February 8, 1999, he resigned from his post as Chief Minister, after internal party criticism, especially from backbenchers of the CLP, because of his work style and lack of popularity. Shortly thereafter, however, he became president of the Liberal Party of Australia for a period.

In 2006 he was named Companion of the Order of Australia "for his contributions to politics in strengthening relations between state and federal governments, promoting bilateral relations between Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and in the oil and gas industry." appointed.

Web links and sources

• Biography (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Members of the Northern Territory Assembly 1974-2011
2. ↑ THE AGE: Shane Stone Companion of the Order of Australia (June 12, 2006)
3. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (June 12, 2006) ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.