Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for New England, New South Wales, 1998. Defeated at general elections 2001.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Communications, Transport and the Arts served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001
• Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served from 27.11.2000 to 8.10.2001
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001

Parliamentary party positions

• National Party of Australia. Served: 03.10.1998 to 10.11.2001

Personal

• Born: 21.11.1949, Sydney, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Sawmiller.

Local Government service

• Councillor, Guyra Shire Council from 1987.
• Mayor, Guyra Shire Council from 1991.

Electorate

• Name: New England
• Location: Northern New South Wales highlands; it includes the centres of Armidale, Glen Innes, Guyra, Inverell, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Uralla and Walcha.
• Area: 38,712 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 74,637 (at 3.10.1998)
• Industries: Wool, beef cattle, wheat, oats, maize, grain processing, forestry, dairying, fruit, vegetables, honey, tobacco, lucerne, tin mining, trout hatchery, tourism, boot manufacturing, tannery, gemstones, rubber, brickworks, concrete, plaster works.
• Includes: New England includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Barwon, Northern Tablelands and Tamworth.