Alan Cadman

The Honourable Alan Cadman OAM
Member of the Australian Parliament for Mitchell
In office 18 May 1974 – 17 October 2007
Preceded by	Alfred Ashley-Brown
Succeeded by	Alex Hawke
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-26) 26 July 1937 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Alma mater	University of New South Wales
Occupation	Orchardist

Alan Glyndwr Cadman OAM (born 26 July 1937) is an Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 18 May 1974 to 17 October 2007, representing the Division of Mitchell, New South Wales. He is known for his leadership challenge of the Australian Liberal Party in 2003.

Biography

Cadman was born in Sydney and studied agriculture at the University of New South Wales. He was an orchardist and company director before entering politics.

Despite his long tenure, Cadman was only considered for ministerial preferment twice. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Malcolm Fraser) 1981–83 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business 1997–98. In 1992 he was one of a group of Coalition members of parliament who founded the Lyons Forum, a conservative ginger group.

Cadman was challenged for preselection ahead of the 2007 election by Alex Hawke. However, on 16 June 2007, Cadman withdrew from the preselection contest, and later announced his current term would be his last. He was to later condemn the circumstances under which he lost preselection to Hawke. He later accused Hawke, who ran well to his right, of engaging in massive branch-stacking to ensure he would win the preselection contest for this comfortably safe Liberal seat.

External links

• Alan Cadman's official site