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The Right HonourableThe Lord GoodladKCMG PC
British High Commissioner to Australia
In office 1 January 2000 – 1 September 2005
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Alex Allan
Succeeded by	Helen Liddell
Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 20 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Richard Ryder
Succeeded by	Nick Brown
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 15 April 1992 – 20 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Earl of Caithness
Succeeded by	Jeremy Hanley
Deputy Chief Government Whip Treasurer of the Household
In office 14 July 1990 – 15 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Tristan Garel-Jones
Succeeded by	David Heathcoat-Amory
Comptroller of the Household
In office 25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Tristan Garel-Jones
Succeeded by	George Young
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy
In office 11 September 1984 – 13 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Giles Shaw
Succeeded by	Michael Spicer
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 16 February 1982 – 10 September 1984
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Tony Newton
Succeeded by	John Major
Assistant Government Whip
In office 9 January 1981 – 5 February 1982
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Shadow Cabinet positions Shadow Secretary of State for International Development In office 30 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 Leader William Hague Preceded by Clare Short Succeeded by Gary Streeter Shadow Leader of the House of Commons In office 2 May 1997 – 30 June 1997 Leader John Major Preceded by Ann Taylor Succeeded by Gillian Shephard Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons In office 2 May 1997 – 23 June 1997 Leader John Major Preceded by Donald Dewar Succeeded by James Arbuthnot
Parliamentary representation Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Incumbent Assumed office 20 July 2005 Life Peerage Member of Parliament for Eddisbury Northwich (1974–1983) In office 28 February 1974 – 28 June 1999 Preceded by John Foster Succeeded by Stephen O'Brien
Personal details
Born	(1943-07-04) 4 July 1943 (age 81)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Cecilia Hurst
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge

Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad KCMG PC (born 4 July 1943) is a British Conservative politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005.

Early life

Goodlad attended Marlborough College and studied law at King's College, Cambridge.

Parliamentary career

Goodlad first stood for Parliament in 1970 when he contested Crewe, but was beaten by Labour's Scholefield Allen.

He was Member of Parliament successively for Northwich (1974–83) and Eddisbury (1983–99), Goodlad also served as a junior Foreign Office Minister then as Prime Minister John Major's Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip for which in the 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG). Following the 1997 election, he served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and Opposition Chief Whip.

Membership of Lloyd's of London

Goodlad was an underwriting member of the Lloyd's of London insurance market, commencing in 1977 and ceasing in 1990. His membership coincided in the latter years with the rising tide of asbestos losses and his share is estimated to have been about £90,000.

High Commissioner to Australia

Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair then appointed Goodlad as High Commissioner to Australia. Goodlad accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 28 June 1999 to formally vacate his parliamentary seat, triggering the 1999 Eddisbury by-election.

Goodlad took up office as High Commissioner in 2000. At the end of his term in 2005, he was replaced by former Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell.

House of Lords

On 19 July 2005, he was created a life peer as Baron Goodlad, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire, and was introduced in the House of Lords the following day. He sits on the Conservative benches and was chairman of the Constitution Select Committee from 2008 to 2010.

In 2007, Goodlad was appointed Chairman of the Britain–Australia Society.

Family

Goodlad married Cecilia Hurst in 1968 and has two sons.

Notes

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersG2.htm
2. "No. 54850". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 August 1997. p. 8912.
3. "No. 55544". The London Gazette. 6 July 1999. p. 7313.
4. "No. 57710". The London Gazette. 22 July 2005. p. 9525.
5. House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings for Wednesday 20 July 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

External links

• "The Shadow Cabinet" - BBC Election '97
• "Another Tory wooed by Blair" - BBC News
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alastair Goodlad

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Cabinet Members	Jonathan Aitken Kenneth Baker Virginia Bottomley Peter Brooke Kenneth Clarke Viscount Cranborne Stephen Dorrell Michael Forsyth Roger Freeman John Gummer William Hague Jeremy Hanley Michael Heseltine Douglas Hogg Michael Howard David Hunt Douglas Hurd Tom King Norman Lamont Ian Lang Peter Lilley John MacGregor Lord Mackay John Major Brian Mawhinney Patrick Mayhew David Mellor Tony Newton Chris Patten John Patten Michael Portillo John Redwood Malcolm Rifkind Gillian Shephard Lord Waddington Lord Wakeham William Waldegrave George Young
Also attended meetings	Norman Fowler Alastair Goodlad Richard Ryder

• 1943 births
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• Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
• Conservative Party (UK) life peers
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• High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia
• Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
• Living people
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• People educated at Marlborough College
• Treasurers of the Household
• UK MPs 1974
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