Tony Staley

The Honourable Tony Staley AO

Member of the Australian Parliament for Chisholm
In office 19 September 1970 – 19 September 1980
Preceded by	Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Succeeded by	Graham Harris

Personal details
Born	(1939-05-15) 15 May 1939 Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s)	Elsa, Cynthia, Maggie, Sue. Present partner: Suzie Forge
Children	Richard Anthony William Staley, Jonathan Allan Witton Staley, Samuel John Staley, Alexandra Mary Staley, Lucinda Winsome Staley
Occupation	Businessman

Anthony Allan (Tony) Staley, AO (born 15 May 1939) is an Australian politician and businessman.

Staley was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He was the Member for Chisholm from 1970 to 1980 and was Minister for the Capital Territory from February 1976 to December 1977 in the Fraser Government and then Minister for Post and Telecommunications until his retirement from Parliament.

He later served as Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia. In May 1994 when Liberal Leader John Hewson called a leadership spill, Staley as Liberal President caused controversy when he withdrew his support for Hewson.^[1] The controversy was due to the expectation that the organisational wing of the party which Staley was in charge of as President did not interfere with the parliamentary party in selecting the leader. In the resulting leadership spill Hewson was ousted by Alexander Downer but it was expected that Staley would not have survived as party president if Hewson had won the spill. He did survive and supported John Howard's bid to become Leader of the Opposition and ultimately Prime Minister.

He has served on business and community boards and committees, including:

Director Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd
Director Alexander Stenhouse
Director Ogilvy and Mather
Chairman Jetcorp
Chair Energy and Water Ombudsman ( Victoria )
Chairman Cooperative Research Centres Association
Member Telecommunications Industry Development Authority
Chairman Playbox Theatre
Director Melbourne Comedy Festival
President Liberal Party of Australia
Chairman Australian Professional Performing Arts
Chairman Council of the Telecommunications Industry Development Authority
Chairman Council of the National Museum of Australia
Chairman Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre
Chairman Satellite Systems Cooperative Research Centre
Chairman auDA ( .au Domain Administration )
Chair Community Broadcasting Foundation

In 1990 he was involved in a serious road accident, which left him needing to use calipers to walk.

Political offices
Preceded by Eric Robinson	Minister for the Capital Territory 1976–1977	Succeeded by Robert Ellicott
Preceded by Eric Robinson	Minister for Post and Telecommunications 1977–1980	Succeeded by Ian Sinclair
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Member for Chisholm 1970–1980	Succeeded by Graham Harris

References

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