Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for South Australia 2013. Re-elected 2016. Resigned 1.11.2016. (disqualified 5.4.2017 under section 44 (v) of the Constitution; ruled ineligible from 26.2.2016).

Committee service

• Senate Select: Wind Turbines served from 27.11.2014 to 3.8.2015; Murray-Darling Basin Plan served from 10.8.2015 to 17.3.2016

Parliamentary party positions

• Family First. Served: 01.07.2014 to 01.11.2016

Party positions

• Chairman of the Federal Family First Party from 2008.

Personal

• Born: 5.7.1952, Manchester, England
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Certificate in Science Technician.
• Science technician from 1969 to 1975.
• Plumber from 1975 to 1980.
• Builder from 1980 to 2014.

Honours

• Awarded the Centenary Medal, 1.1.2001.
• Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, 26.1.2003.

Publications

• Trade contractors and the Ralph report, B Day, Modbury, SA: 2000.
• Nationbuild: the quest for self-reliance, Connor Court Publishing, Ballan, Vic., 2007.
• The sales doctor: a working manual for professional sales people, Connor Court Publishing, Ballarat, Vic.: 2014.