Mr Stewart McArthur AM

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Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Corangamite, Victoria at by-election 1984, vice the Hon. A Street (resigned). Re-elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Defeated at general elections 2007.

Committee service

House of Representatives Select: Recent Australian Bushfires served from 27.3.2003 to 5.11.2003
House of Representatives Standing: Finance and Public Administration served from 8.10.1987 to 19.2.1990; Industry, Science and Technology served from 8.10.1987 to 8.2.1993; Transport, Communications and Infrastructure served as Deputy Chair from 12.5.1993 to 29.1.1996; Long Term Strategies served from 17.11.1993 to 29.1.1996; Selection served from 7.5.1996 to 17.10.2007; Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform served from 29.5.1996 to 31.8.1998; Communications, Transport and the Arts served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Environment and Heritage served from 20.3.2002 to 17.10.2007; Transport and Regional Services served from 20.3.2002 to 17.10.2007; Privileges served from 12.8.2004 to 31.8.2004; Economics, Finance and Public Administration served from 1.12.2004 to 17.10.2007
Joint Select: Intelligence Services served from 28.6.2001 to 27.8.2001
Joint Standing: Australian Capital Territory served from 28.2.1985 to 5.6.1987
Joint Statutory: Australian Security Intelligence Organization served from 7.4.1998 to 8.10.2001; Corporations and Financial Services served from 20.3.2002 to 17.10.2007; ASIO, ASIS and DSD served from 21.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Intelligence and Security served from 9.12.2004 to 17.10.2007

Conferences, delegations and visits

Parliamentary delegation member to the Philippines and South Korea, October 1988.
Parliamentary delegation member to the European Parliamentary Institutions and Ireland from August to September 1991.
Parliamentary delegation member to India, Nepal and Bangladesh from November to December 1993.
Delegate to the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organiation meeting, Singapore, September 1995.
Attended official meetings in Thailand, September 1995.
Attended official meetings in Canada and the USA from October to November 1999.
Parliamentary delegation member to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, November 2003.
Attended official meetings in Turkey, April 2005.
Parliamentary delegation member to Denmark and Sweden, October 2005.
Parliamentary delegation member to South Africa from September to October 2006.
Parliamentary delegation member to New Zealand, July 2007.

Parliamentary party positions

Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 18.02.1984 to 24.11.2007
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Chairman of the Industry and Structural Reform Group from 11.4.1990 to 7.4.1993.
Government Whip in the House of Representatives from 11.3.1996 to 17.10.2007.

Party positions

President of the Liberal Party Camperdown Branch (Vic.) from 1969 to 1983.
Member of the Liberal Party Hampden-Ripon Campaign Committee (Vic.) from 1972 to 1984.
Member of the Liberal Party Corangamite Finance Committee (Vic.) from 1975 to 1984.
Member of the Liberal Party Western Zone Finance Committee (Vic.) from 1975 to 1984.
Chair of the Liberal Party Corangamite Federal Electorate Conference (Vic.) from 1975 to 1982.
Chair of the Liberal Party Wannon-Corangamite Area Conference (Vic.) from 1978 to 1982.
President of the Liberal Party (Vic.) from 1982 to 1984.

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

MA (University of Cambridge).
Farmer and company director.
Chair of the Graziers' Association, Lismore (NSW) from 1970 to 1980.
Chair of the Marcus Oldham College Council from 1976 to 1996.
Chair of the Advisory Council on Agricultural Education (Vic.) from 1976 to 1982.
Member of the Graziers' Association Council from 1976 to 1980.
Member of the Young Farmers' Finance Council from 1979 to 1982.
Member of the Farmers' and Graziers' Association Council (Vic.) from 1980 to 1981.
Member of the Technical and Further Education Board (Vic.) from 1980 to 1983.
Founding Member of the College of Agriculture and Horticulture (Vic.) from 1983 to 1997.
Member of the Marcus Oldham College Council from 1996.
Member of the Institute of Land and Food Resources Board at the University of Melbourne from 1997.

Electorate

Name: Corangamite
Location: south-western Victoria; it includes the outer southern Geelong suburbs of Belmont, Grovedale and Highton, and the towns of Anglesea, Apollo Bay, Barwon Heads, Colac, Inverleigh, Linton, Lorne, Ocean Grove, Portarlington, Torquay and Winchelsea.
Area: 7,724 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 90,877 (at 9.10.2004)
Industries: beef and dairy cattle, crops, fishing, forestry, horticultural and organic farming, sheep, food processing, manufacturing, retail and tourism.
Includes: Corangamite includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of South Barwon, and parts of Ballarat East, Bellarine, Geelong, Polwarth and Ripon.

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