Ian Viner

Robert Ian Viner AO (born 21 January 1933) is an Australian solicitor and barrister,[1] and former politician. He was the Liberal member for the House of Representatives seat of Stirling from 1972 until his defeat by Labor's Ron Edwards in the 1983 election.[2] He was Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 1975 to 1978, Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs from 1978 to 1981—he was a cabinet minister from November 1980. In 1981, he was appointed Minister for Industrial Relations and, in April 1982, Minister for Defence Support and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence[1] and a member of the Defence Council.

The Honourable

Ian Viner

AO QC
Minister for Defence Support
In office
7 May 1982 – 11 March 1983
Prime MinisterMalcolm Fraser
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byBrian Howe
Minister for Industrial Relations
In office
16 April 1981 – 7 May 1982
Preceded byAndrew Peacock
Succeeded byIan Macphee
Leader of the House
In office
27 September 1979 – 19 August 1980
LeaderMalcolm Fraser
Preceded byIan Sinclair
Succeeded byIan Sinclair
Minister of Employment and Youth Affairs
In office
5 December 1978 – 6 April 1981
Preceded byTony Street
Succeeded byNeil Brown
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
In office
22 December 1975 – 5 December 1978
Preceded byTom Drake-Brockman
Succeeded byFred Chaney
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Stirling
In office
2 December 1972 – 5 March 1983
Preceded byHarry Webb
Succeeded byRon Edwards
Personal details
Born
Robert Ian Viner

(1933-01-21) 21 January 1933
Claremont, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia

Sporting

Viner is a former first-grade hockey player in Perth competitions. He has also represented Western Australia and Australia in veterans' hockey. He was captain of the first Australian Masters international touring team (1989-1990).[1]

Honours

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 1999.[3]

Notes
  1. Robert Ian Viner: Curriculum Vitae Archived 11 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine at Western Australian Bar Association
  2. "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  3. VINER, Robert Ian Award entry, "It's an Honour" at Australian Government
Political offices
Preceded by
Tom Drake-Brockman		 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
1975–78		 Succeeded by
Fred Chaney
Preceded by
Tony Street		 Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs
1978–81		 Succeeded by
Neil Brown
Preceded by
Andrew Peacock		 Minister for Industrial Relations
1981–82		 Succeeded by
Ian Macphee
Preceded by
New title		 Minister for Defence Support
1982–83		 Succeeded by
Brian Howe
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Harry Webb		 Member for Stirling
1972–83		 Succeeded by
Ron Edwards
gollark: I think intellectual property definitely needs reduction. Copyright lasts waaaaay too long, patent weirdness basically stopped 3D printer development for ages, and trademarking-or-whatever "sky" is ridiculous. Also, you can patent some software stuff you probably shouldn't be able to.
gollark: In the UK, though, the situation is mostly that there are various different "ISPs", but they mostly use Openreach's network, which is sort of spun off from BT but not really. Although there are also cable-based ISPs (or, well, at least one?) and in big cities tons of high-speed fibre ones.
gollark: And sometimes cities and such are legally blocked somehow from running their own ISPs.
gollark: In some cases some local regulation stuff actively *creates* local monopolies.
gollark: It's weird how people have mostly gotten used to one of the most powerful people in the world randomly spouting nonsense on Twitter.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.