Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC North Province, 22 May 1980–15 January 1986 (resigned)
- MLA Maylands, 8 February 1986–26 April 1990 (resigned)
Office
- Premier, 1988–1990
- Minister for Mines, Fuel and Energy, 25 February 1983–23 December 1983
- Minister for Planning, Employment and Training, and Consumer Affairs, 23 December 1983–20 December 1984
- Minister for Employment and Training, Industrial Relations and Consumer Affairs, (until 26 February 1986) and assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, (from 12 May 1986) 20 December 1984–16 March 1987
- Minister for Works and Services, Labour, Productivity and Employment, assisting the Treasurer, and assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, 16 March 1987–25 February 1988
- Premier, Treasurer (until 28 February 1989), Minister for Productivity, (until 28 February 1989) Public Sector Management and Women’s Interests, 25 February 1988–12 February 1990
Committees
- Chairman, Select Committee on a Matter of Privilege, 18 October–20 December 1983
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Personal Information |
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Lawyer |
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Admitted to Bar, December 1966
Barrister and solicitor from 1966
Entered partnership in 1968 as Paterson and Dowding, senior partner, 1977, sold out of firm 1980, practised solely as barrister, 1980–1983
Admitted as solicitor, New South Wales, 1975
Notary public, with Aboriginal Legal Service in Port Hedland, 1976–1977
After leaving Parliament practised law in New South Wales and then back in DCH Legal Group, Subiaco, 1993
Awarded Senior Counsel from 2002
Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers, 1995
Barrister, John Toohey Chambers, 2003
Hudson Chambers, Fremantle, From 2008 |
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Councillor, Kalamunda Shire Council, March 1975–April 1976 |
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Centenary of Federation Medal, 2003 |
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Awarded Churchill Fellowship, 1974
Member, Western Australian Bar Association
Founder and member, Family Law Practitioners Association
Member, Labor Lawyers Association
Former member, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union
Participated in initiating Flying Lawyer Scheme in north-west Australia and Legal Advice Bureau
Member, inaugural committee International Film Theatre, 1965–1969, trustee from 1974 for several years
Chairman, Friends of Festival of Perth, 2006–2009
Member, Mento Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation from 1993
Publications:
- "Secret agent, unsung hero: the valour of Bruce Dowding" with Ken Spillman
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 73-74. |
| Bibliography |
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Peter Dowding and Ken Spillman. Secret agent, unsung hero : the valour of Bruce Dowding. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword (Peribo), 2023. |