Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Victoria 1998. Retired with the expiration of term 2005.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Treaties served from 1.7.1999 to 30.6.2005; Migration served from 1.7.2002 to 30.6.2005
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Community Affairs: Legislation served from 1.7.1999 to 21.8.2002; Community Affairs: References served from 1.7.1999 to 1.7.2002; Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education: Legislation served from 1.7.1999 to 8.6.2000; Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education: References served from 1.7.1999 to 8.6.2000; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served as Substitute member from 1.11.1999 to 2.11.1999; Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Legislation served from 5.4.2000 to 30.6.2005; Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: References served from 21.6.2000 to 30.6.2005; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served as Substitute member from 28.5.2001 to 28.5.2001; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served as Substitute member from 28.5.2001 to 28.5.2001; Economics: Legislation served as Substitute member from 21.11.2002 to 22.11.2002; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served as Substitute member from 22.11.2002 to 22.11.2002; Community Affairs: Legislation served as Substitute member from 12.2.2003 to 13.2.2003; Community Affairs: Legislation served as Substitute member from 22.8.2003 to 19.12.2003; Community Affairs: References served as Substitute member from 22.8.2003 to 19.12.2003; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served as Substitute member from 18.2.2005 to 18.2.2005
• Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances served from 14.2.2002 to 10.3.2002; Regulations and Ordinances served as Chair from 11.3.2002 to 30.6.2005; Parliamentary Library served from 23.9.2002 to 30.6.2005

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, April-May 2000.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand, April 2002.
• Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Canada and USA, August-September 2004.

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 01.07.1999 to 30.06.2005

Party positions

• Delegate to the Liberal Party State Conference (Vic.) from 1995 to 1998.
• Delegate to the Liberal Party Policy Assembly (Vic.) from 1996 to 1998.

Personal

• Born: 10.3.1941, Chungking, China
• Died: 25.11.2019
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• MTCP (University of Sydney).
• GradDipTransport (University of New South Wales).
• BSc (University of Sydney).
• Town Planner at the Planning Authority (NSW) from 1966 to 1972.
• Town Planner at Melbourne City Council (Vic.) from 1973 to 1976.
• Lecturer at the Footscray Institute of Technology from 1977 to 1979.
• Urban Planner and Policy Analyst at the Department of Planning (Vic.) from 1980 to 1991.
• Statutory Planner at the Office of Housing (Vic.) from 1992 to 1996.
• Member of the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal (Vic.) from 1996 to 1998.
• Manager for Land Services at the Office of Housing (Vic.) from 1997 to 1998.