Tony Whitlam
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| The Honourable Tony Whitlam QC |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Grayndler |
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| In office 13 December 1975 – 10 December 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Daly |
| Succeeded by | Frank Stewart |
| Justice of the Federal Court of Australia | |
| In office 1 January 1993 – 1 May 2005 |
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| Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT | |
| In office 7 April 1995 – 30 April 2005 |
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| Born | 7 January 1944 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Antony Philip Whitlam QC, (born 7 January 1944) is an Australian lawyer who has served as a politician and judge. He is the son of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Margaret Whitlam.
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[edit] Early life and education
He was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys' High School and the Australian National University in Canberra, where he graduated in law.
[edit] Career
[edit] Early legal career
Whitlam was raised to the New South Wales bar in 1967.[1]
In 1973 Whitlam became South-east Asia regional counsel for Rank Xerox.[2]
[edit] Political career
After several unsuccessful runs for preselection he was elected in 1975 to the House of Representatives seat of Grayndler in central Sydney.[3] [4][5][6] His father Gough Whitlam was at that time the Leader of the Labor Party and had just been dismissed as Prime Minister by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr. Labor was heavily defeated but Tony Whitlam easily won Grayndler. He became only the second federal MP to serve in the House at the same time as his father. He is also the only child of an Australian Prime Minister to be a federal MP (Kevin and Brendan Lyons, sons of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, were Tasmanian state MPs).
In 1977 there was a redistribution of electoral boundaries in New South Wales, and the Division of Lang, adjoining Grayndler, was abolished. The sitting Labor MP for Lang, Frank Stewart, challenged Tony Whitlam for Labor endorsement in Grayndler and defeated him. Whitlam was forced to stand for another seat, the marginal Liberal seat of St George, where he was defeated at the December 1977 election by the sitting Liberal member, Maurice Neil.[7][8]
He attempted a return to federal politics in 1979, but was defeated in a preselection battle for the seat of Grayndler.[9]
[edit] Return to the bar
Whitlam did not return to politics. Instead he had a successful career at the Sydney bar.
[edit] Judicial appointments
Whitlam was appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 1993. In 1995 he was also appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.[10] Whitlam was one of only five politicians to have served in both the Parliament of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia, alongside Nigel Bowen, Robert Ellicott, Merv Everett and John Reeves.
After retiring from his judgeships Whitlam returned again to the bar.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Barristers - The Hon. Antony Whitlam QC". Sixth Floor. http://www.sixthfloor.com.au/index.php?page=antonywhitlam. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Whitlam Appointed". Sydney Morning Herald. Google News Archive. 11 December 1973. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2bIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EeUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3439,4136506&dq=anthony-whitlam&hl=en. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Tussle in ALP over choice of candidate". Sydney Morning Herald. Google News Archive. 15 July 1973. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wrIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JuUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,4824121&dq=tony-whitlam&hl=en. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Parliamentary Handbook. Historical Information". PARLIAMENTARY HANDBOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALI. Parliament of Australia. http://www.aph.gov.au/library/parl/39/6_part1.pdf. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Parliamentary Handbook". Parliament of Australia. pp. 319. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/handbook/newhandbook/2008-12-19/toc_pdf_repeat/Part%203%20-%20Elections.pdf;fileType%3Dapplication%2Fpdf. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Grayndler – Election 2010". The Tally Room. http://www.tallyroom.com.au/election-2010/grayndler. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ "Tony Whitlam "Favoured" in Ballot". Sydney Morning Herald (Google News Archive). 16 October 1977. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r2sRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1160,5044915&dq=tony-whitlam&hl=en. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Neil claims support by migrants". Sydney Morning Herald (Google News Archive). 12 December 1977. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RYARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3116,4433043&dq=tony-whitlam&hl=en. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ The Age, 14 May 1979, p. 5
- ^ "Chronological Index of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory". Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. http://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/content/about_us_chronological_index.asp?textonly=no. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
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| Preceded by Fred Daly |
Member for Grayndler 1975–1977 |
Succeeded by Frank Stewart |
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Australian Labor Party politicians
- Judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Grayndler
- Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
- People educated at Sydney Boys High School
- Australian Queen's Counsel
