APPENDIX D

CHAIRS AND DEPUTY CHAIRS OF COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES 1971-1999

To the end of May 1999, there have been eight chairs of the Committee of Privileges, namely Senators Drake-Brockman, Button, Jessop, Childs, Giles, Reynolds, Teague and Ray. Until 10 October 1994, the chair was required, by standing orders, to be a member nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Changes to standing orders which took effect on that date require that certain committees, including the Privileges Committee, be chaired by a member nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. The longest-serving chair to date has been Senator Patricia Giles, who held the office for five years and three months.

Chairs' terms of service

Note: The chairmanship record, while complete, shows lengthy gaps between chairs at times. While the committee was generally re-established promptly in each new Parliament, it did not meet and elect a chair until it received a reference. Where the same person was re-elected chair in successive Parliaments, the period of service is shown as continuous.

Name	State	Party	Term of Service
Drake-Brockman, Thomas Charles	WA	CP	4/5/71-26/2/73
Button, John Norman	VIC	ALP	22/7/75-11/11/75
Drake-Brockman, Thomas Charles	WA	CP	10/4/78-30/6/78
Jessop, Donald Scott	SA	Lib	28/9/78-4/2/83
Childs, Bruce Kenneth	NSW	ALP	15/6/84-5/6/87
Giles, Patricia Jessie	WA	ALP	18/3/88-30/6/93
Reynolds, Margaret	QLD	ALP	1/7/93-9/10/94
Teague, Baden Chapman	SA	Lib	13/10/94-29/4/96
Ray, Robert Francis	VIC	ALP	9/5/96-

Deputy chairs' terms of service

Deputy chairs of the committee have been elected only recently. Their terms of service are as follows:

Name	State	Party	Term of Service
Lewis, Austin William Russell	VIC	Lib	9/5/91-19/8/92
Teague, Baden Chapman	SA	Lib	20/8/92-9/10/94; 9/5/96-30/6/96
Reynolds, Margaret	QLD	ALP	13/10/94-29/4/96
Knowles, Susan Christine	WA	Lib	12/9/96-