John Faulkner

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Senator John Faulkner

Special Minister of State
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2007
Preceded by	Gary Nairn

Born	12 April 1954 (1954-04-12) (age 54) Leeton, New South Wales
Political party	Australian Labor Party

John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954), has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1989, representing the state of New South Wales. Faulkner was born in Leeton, New South Wales, and was educated at Macquarie University, Sydney, where he graduated in arts and education. He worked as a teacher in government schools before entering politics. He was Assistant General Secretary of the NSW ALP 1980-89, and has been a member of the ALP National Executive since 1989.

A leading member of the Socialist Left faction of the ALP, Faulkner succeeded the former left-wing minister Arthur Gietzelt in the Senate in 1989. In the Keating Labor government he was Minister for Veterans Affairs and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel 1993-94, and Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories, with a seat in the Cabinet, 1994-96.

After the defeat of the Keating government in 1996, Faulkner became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1996-2004. He was at various times Shadow Minister for Social Security, Public Administration and Home Affairs. He was a key Labor strategist in the 1998, 2001 and 2004 federal elections, and was a particularly close advisor to Mark Latham during the 2004 election. In the wake of Labor's defeat in that election, he resigned his positions. In October 2006 John Faulkner was elected as the National President of the Australian Labor Party until February 2008. Three people are elected to the rotating position of Party President every three years, each serving one year. Faulkner topped the poll ahead of South Australian Premier Mike Rann, ahead of Simon Crean, former Federal Leader, with Linda Burney MP, NSW Member for Canterbury coming in 4th. While Crean outpolled Burney, Burney was elected under the Party's Affirmative Action requirements^{[citation needed]}. Faulkner chaired the ALP's National Conference in 2007, each of the rotating Presidents will chair the National Executive for one year. John Faulkner is the Vice-President of the Executive Council and Special Minister of State in the first Rudd Ministry.

[edit] Publications

John Faulkner has authored and co-authored several books on the subject of representative government and the history of the Australian Labor Party.

Deadlock or democracy: the future of the Senate, with Meg Lees, Helen Coonan and Harry Evans. UNSW Press, Sydney, 2000. ISBN 0868405701.
True believers: the story of the federal parliamentary Labor Party, with Stuart Macintyre. Allen & Unwin, 2001. ISBN 1865086096.
Parliamentary privilege: precedents, procedure and practice in the Australian Senate 1966-2005. Committee of Privileges, 2005. ISBN 0642716013.

[edit] See Also

First Rudd Ministry

[edit] References

Senator The Hon. John Faulkner Parliament of Australia- retrieved 21 April 2007
John Faulkner - Senator for New South Wales ALP - retrieved 21 April 2007

Political offices
Preceded by Ben Humphreys	Minister for Veterans' Affairs 1993 – 1994	Succeeded by Con Sciacca
Preceded by Gordon Bilney	Minister for Defence Science and Personnel 1993 – 1994	Succeeded by Gary Punch
Preceded by Ros Kelly	Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories 1994 – 1996	Succeeded by Robert Hill (environment) Warwick Smith (sport and territories)
Preceded by Gary Nairn	Special Minister of State 2007 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Nick Minchin	Vice-President of the Executive Council 2007 – present	Incumbent

v • d • e Current members of the Cabinet of Australia

Rudd · Gillard · Swan · Evans · Faulkner · Crean · Smith · Fitzgibbon · Roxon · Macklin · Tanner · Albanese · Conroy · Carr · Wong · Garrett · McClelland · Ludwig · Burke · Ferguson

v • d • e

Current members of the Australian Senate

NSW

George Campbell (ALP) • Helen Coonan (Lib) • John Faulkner (ALP) • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) • Michael Forshaw (ALP) • Bill Heffernan (Lib) • Steve Hutchins (ALP) • Sandy Macdonald (Nat) • Fiona Nash (Nat) • Kerry Nettle (Grn) • Marise Payne (Lib) • Ursula Stephens (ALP)

QLD

Andrew Bartlett (Dem) • Ron Boswell (Nat) • Sue Boyce (Lib) • George Brandis (Lib) • John Hogg (ALP) • Barnaby Joyce (Nat) • Joe Ludwig (ALP) • Ian Macdonald (Lib) • Jan McLucas (ALP) • Brett Mason (Lib) • Claire Moore (ALP) • Russell Trood (Lib)

Cory Bernardi (Lib) • Simon Birmingham (Lib) • Grant Chapman (Lib) • Alan Ferguson (Lib) • Mary Jo Fisher (Lib) • Annette Hurley (ALP) • Linda Kirk (ALP) • Anne McEwen (ALP) • Nick Minchin (Lib) • Natasha Stott-Despoja (Dem) • Penny Wong (ALP) • Dana Wortley (ALP)

Tas

Eric Abetz (Lib) • Guy Barnett (Lib) • Bob Brown (Grn) • Carol Brown (ALP) • David Bushby (Lib) • Richard Colbeck (Lib) • Christine Milne (Grn) • Kerry O'Brien (ALP) • Stephen Parry (Lib) • Helen Polley (ALP) • Nick Sherry (ALP) • John Watson (Lib)

Vic

Lyn Allison (Dem) • Kim Carr (ALP) • Jacinta Collins (ALP) • Steve Conroy (ALP) • Steve Fielding (FFP) • Mitch Fifield (Lib) • Rod Kemp (Lib) • Julian McGauran (Lib) • Gavin Marshall (ALP) • Kay Patterson (Lib) • Michael Ronaldson (Lib) • Judith Troeth (Lib)

Judith Adams (Lib) • Mark Bishop (ALP) • Mathias Cormann (Lib) • Alan Eggleston (Lib) • Chris Ellison (Lib) • Chris Evans (ALP) • David Johnston (Lib) • Ross Lightfoot (Lib) • Andrew Murray (Dem) • Rachel Siewert (Grn) • Glenn Sterle (ALP) • Ruth Webber (ALP)

Territories

ACT	Gary Humphries (Lib) • Kate Lundy (ALP)

NT	Trish Crossin (ALP) • Nigel Scullion (CLP)

Labor (ALP) • Democrat (Dem) • Family First (FFP) • Greens (Grn) • Liberal (Lib) • Country Liberal (CLP) • National (Nat)

v • d • e

Next members of the Australian Senate

NSW

Mark Arbib (ALP) • Doug Cameron (ALP) • Helen Coonan (Lib) • John Faulkner (ALP) • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) • Michael Forshaw (ALP) • Bill Heffernan (Lib) • Steve Hutchins (ALP) • Fiona Nash (Nat) • Marise Payne (Lib) • Ursula Stephens (ALP) • John Williams (Nat)

QLD

Ron Boswell (Nat) • Sue Boyce (Lib) • George Brandis (Lib) • Mark Furner (ALP) • John Hogg (ALP) • Barnaby Joyce (Nat) • Joe Ludwig (ALP) • Ian Macdonald (Lib) • Jan McLucas (ALP) • Brett Mason (Lib) • Claire Moore (ALP) • Russell Trood (Lib)

Cory Bernardi (Lib) • Simon Birmingham (Lib) • Don Farrell (ALP) • Alan Ferguson (Lib) • Mary Jo Fisher (Lib) • Sarah Hanson-Young (Grn) • Annette Hurley (ALP) • Anne McEwen (ALP) • Nick Minchin (Lib) • Penny Wong (ALP) • Dana Wortley (ALP) • Nick Xenophon (Ind)

Tas

Eric Abetz (Lib) • Guy Barnett (Lib) • Catryna Bilyk (ALP) • Bob Brown (Grn) • Carol Brown (ALP) • David Bushby (Lib) • Richard Colbeck (Lib) • Christine Milne (Grn) • Kerry O'Brien (ALP) • Stephen Parry (Lib) • Helen Polley (ALP) • Nick Sherry (ALP)

Vic

Kim Carr (ALP) • Jacinta Collins (ALP) • Stephen Conroy (ALP) • David Feeney (ALP) • Steve Fielding (FFP) • Mitch Fifield (Lib) • Helen Kroger (Lib) • Gavin Marshall (ALP) • Julian McGauran (Lib) • Michael Ronaldson (Lib) • Scott Ryan (Lib) • Judith Troeth (Lib)

Judith Adams (Lib) • Mark Bishop (ALP) • Michaelia Cash (Lib) • Mathias Cormann (Lib) • Alan Eggleston (Lib) • Chris Ellison (Lib) • Chris Evans (ALP) • David Johnston (Lib) • Scott Ludlam (Grn) • Louise Pratt (ALP) • Rachel Siewert (Grn) • Glenn Sterle (ALP)

Territories

ACT	Gary Humphries (Lib) • Kate Lundy (ALP)

NT	Trish Crossin (ALP) • Nigel Scullion (CLP)

Labor (ALP) • Family First (FFP) • Greens (Grn) • Liberal (Lib) • Country Liberal (CLP) • National (Nat)

Persondata
NAME	Faulkner, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	12 April 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leeton, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH