Doug Everingham

The Honourable Dr Doug Everingham
Member of the Australian Parliament for Capricornia
In office 30 September 1967 – 13 December 1975
Preceded by	George Gray
Succeeded by	Colin Carige
In office 10 December 1977 – 26 October 1984
Preceded by	Colin Carige
Succeeded by	Keith Wright
Personal details
Born	25 June 1923 (1923-06-25) (age 88) Wauchope NSW Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Doctor

Douglas Nixon "Doug" Everingham (born 25 June 1923) is a former Australian politician and minister.

Everingham graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1946 and worked in public and private hospitals and as a family doctor.^[1]

Everingham was elected the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Capricornia at a by-election in 1967. In the Gough Whitlam government of 1972–75 he served as Minister for Helth.^[2] He was defeated at the 1975 election by Colin Carige, but was subsequently victorious against Carige at the 1977 election; and he remained the local member until his retirement at the 1984 election.

Notes

^ "Doug N. Everingham's WDDM home page". Worldwide Direct Democracy Movement. http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/Wiki/DoEveringham. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
^ Everingham was a proponent of the proposed SR1 set of spelling reforms, which resulted in him renaming his department the "Department of Helth".