David Beddall

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David Peter Beddall (b. 27 November 1948) is a former Australian politician.

Beddall was born in Manchester, England and was employed by the Commonwealth Bank and was a self-employed commercial finance consultant before he entered parliament. He was elected as Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Rankin in the Australian House of Representatives at the 1984 election. In April 1990, he was appointed Minister for Small Business and Customs in the Hawke ministry (Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs from December 1991). In March 1993 he was appointed Minister for Communications in the second Keating Ministry. In December 1993, he swapped positions with Michael Lee and became Minister for Resources. He lost this portfolio with the defeat of the Keating government at the 1996 election. He retired from parliament at the 1998 election.^[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by Barry Jones	Minister for Small Business and Customs 1990 – 1991	Succeeded by Chris Schacht (small business) Alan Griffiths customs)
	Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs 1990 – 1993
Preceded by Bob Collins	Minister for Communications 1993	Succeeded by Michael Lee
Preceded by Michael Lee	Minister for Resources 1993 – 1996	Succeeded by Warwick Parer
Parliament of Australia
New division	Member for Rankin 1984 – 1998	Succeeded by Craig Emerson

Persondata
NAME	Beddall, David Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	27 November 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manchester, England
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH