Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Calare, New South Wales, 1996. Re-elected 1998, 2001 and 2004. Retired prior to general elections 2007.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs served from 29.5.1996 to 31.8.1998; Primary Industries and Regional Services served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Transport and Regional Services served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004

Parliamentary party positions

• Independent. Served: 02.03.1996 to 17.10.2007

Personal

• Born: 28.8.1946, Gulargambone, Australia
• Died: 3.11.2007
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Teaching Certificate.
• BA (Macquarie University).
• Teacher from 1965 to 1968.
• Television producer from 1968 to 1976.
• Radio and television news editor from 1977 to 1996.

Electorate

• Name: Calare
• Location: central eastern New South Wales; it includes the centres of Bathurst, Blayney, Canowindra, Cowra, Eugowra, Lithgow, Molong, Oberon, Orange, Portland, Wallerawang and Yeoval.
• Area: 21,621 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 88,134 (at 9.10.2004)
• Industries: coal and gold mining, flour milling, fruit growing, timber, vineyards, wool mills, food processing, transport, education, whitegoods manufacturing, agriculture and pastoral.
• Includes: Calare includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Bathurst, Blue Mountains, Dubbo and Orange.

Honours

• Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, 9.6.2008.

Publications

• The Andren report: an independent way in Australian politics, Scribe, Carlton North, Vic., 2003.