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CHANEY, Frederick Michael (1941– )
Senator for Western Australia, 1971–93 (Liberal Party of Australia)
Fred Chaney's first speech to the Senate on 25 September 1974 was, for him, 'a long awaited opportunity', and he spoke with the assurance of one who had found his vocation. Chaney had visited Parliament many times as a schoolboy and as a law student with his father, Sir Frederick Chaney, who was the MHR for Perth from 1955 to 1969 and Minister for
DURACK, Peter Drew (1926–2008)
Peter Durack was described by his greatest adversary in the Senate, Gareth Evans, as 'a man of genuinely Liberal reformist instincts'. Committed to the protection of individual rights through the limitation of executive power, and to preventing the erosion of the rights of the states by federal encroachment, as Attorney-General in the Fraser Government from 1977 to 1983, Durack oversaw a significant period of
WITHERS, Reginald Greive (1924–2014)
Senator for Western Australia, 1966, 1968–87 (Liberal Party of Australia)
As Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Reg Withers was at the centre of events leading to the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, on 11 November 1975. Withers marshalled a slim majority of non-government senators to vote to defer the passage of appropriation legislation, and held them firm against doubts and growing turmoil during October and
VINCENT, Victor Seddon (1906–1964)
Victor Seddon Vincent, known as Seddon, was a Kalgoorlie-based lawyer, widely known and highly regarded throughout the eastern goldfields of Western Australia. He was an excellent speaker and incisive debater, with broad cultural interests. Vincent was born in the goldfields town of Leonora on 1 June 1906, and retained close ties to the goldfields for the rest of his life. His father, Victor Franklin
Annotated Standing Orders of the Australian Senate
Odgers' Australian Senate Practice Fourteenth Edition
Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977: an Appendix to The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3, 1962–1983
Members of the First Parliament
Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia