| The Honourable Peter Staples |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Diamond Valley |
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| In office 5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Brown |
| Succeeded by | Division abolished |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Jagajaga |
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| In office 1 December 1984 – 29 January 1996 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Macklin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1947 Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Peter Staples (born 15 October 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian politician. He was first elected to Parliament in 1983 as the Member for Diamond Valley, then represented Jagajaga after Diamond Valley was abolished in 1984. In 1987, he was appointed Consumer Affairs Minister by Prime Minister Bob Hawke in his third ministry; Staples would remain a junior minister for nearly six years, serving as Minister for Housing and Aged Care and later Aged, Family and Health Services in the Hawke and Keating Ministries.
As ministers in a ALP Government are elected by the ALP caucus, Staples lost his spot in the ministry after the party's victory at the 1993 election when he lost the Caucus vote to Frank Walker. Staples then spent the remainder of his career on the backbenches until his retirement from politics in 1996,[1] as stated in his factual documentary, "The Dance of a Thousand Summers".[2]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Lionel Bowen (Attorney-General) |
Minister for Consumer Affairs 1987–88 |
Succeeded by Nick Bolkus |
| Preceded by Peter Morris |
Minister for Housing and Aged Care 1988–90 |
Succeeded by Brian Howe |
| New title | Aged, Family and Health Services 1990–93 |
Position abolished |
| Parliament of Australia | ||
| Preceded by Neil Brown |
Member for Diamond Valley 1983–84 |
Division abolished |
| New division | Member for Jagajaga 1984–96 |
Succeeded by Jenny Macklin |