Peter Duncan (Australian politician)
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Peter Duncan (born 1 January 1945) was an Australian Labor Party politician and one of the relatively few members of parliament not only to have served in both a state and national parliament, but to have served as a minister in both cases.
Peter Duncan was born in Melbourne, Victoria and went to the University of Adelaide where he studied law and was co-editor of the student newspaper On Dit in 1968. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly from the electorate of Electoral district of Little Para in the 1973 South Australian election, when he was 28 years old.[1]
In state parliament Duncan served as a minister from 1975 until the defeat of the Corcoran Labor government at the 1979 election. He resigned from state politics in 1984 to contest the seat of Makin in the 1984 Australian election, which he held at every election until defeated when Labor lost office federally in 1996.
Duncan was Minister for Land Transport and Infrastructure Support for the last half of 1987, and Minister for Employment and Education Services for over three years from 1988 to 1990. He was then demoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General, a post he held until Labor lost office.[1]
Duncan had a business career after politics, which became a source of controversy when he was charged in September 2007 with 'making an untrue statement in application for a Commonwealth grant and with dishonestly causing loss to a Commonwealth entity'.[2] It was reported that this had occurred in the wake of the failure of his plastics recycling business Omnipol.[3] He was subsequently ordered to stand trial on three counts in the South Australian District Court.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b The Hon. Peter Duncan. Australian Parliamentary Handbook online. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved on 2009-09-13.
- ^ Riches, Sam. "Peter Duncan arrested", AdelaideNow, 5 September 2007. Retrieved on 2009-09-13.
- ^ "Former Hawke minister refused passport by court", ABC News, 12 September 2007. Retrieved on 2009-09-13.
- ^ Pia Akerman, 'Hawke minister to stand trial on fraud charge', The Australian, 31 October 2007
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| New title | Minister for Land Transport and Infrastructure Support 1987 – 1988 |
Succeeded by Clyde Holding |
| Preceded by Clyde Holding |
Minister for Employment and Education Services 1988 – 1990 |
Succeeded by Peter Baldwin |
| Parliament of Australia | ||
| New division | Member for Makin 1984 – 1996 |
Succeeded by Trish Draper |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Duncan, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1 January 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |
| DATE OF DEATH | Living |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
