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Gary Humphries
BA LLB
Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 February 2003
Preceded byMargaret Reid
4th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
In office
18 October 2000 – 5 November 2001
DeputyBrendan Smyth
Preceded byKate Carnell
Succeeded byJon Stanhope
Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
In office
4 March 1989 – 25 November 2002
Succeeded byJacqui Burke
ConstituencyMolonglo
Personal details
Born (1958-07-06) 6 July 1958 (age 66)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
SpouseCathie Humphries
ChildrenFelix and Owain (3/14/96 age 16)
Alma materAustralian National University
ProfessionSolicitor

Gary John Joseph Humphries (born 6 July 1958) has been a member of the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003. He was the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2000 to 2001; and was elected to the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory, in 1989, later representing the Molonglo electorate until 2003.

Early career

Humphries was born in Sydney in 1958 and went to the Australian National University in Canberra in 1977 where he was elected President of the ANU Students' Association. He worked as a solicitor, a legal office in the ACT Administration, prior to self-government, and political advisor to Senator Amanda Vanstone.

Political career

Australian Capital Territory politics

Gary (left) with his son, Owain (right) in December 2011.

Humpries was elected to the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly at the 1989 election. This election formed the first self-government of the Australian Capital Territory. Humphries represented the Liberal Party in a multi-member electorate covering the whole of the ACT. Humphries was re-elected at the 1992 (again in a single electorate), and at the 1995, 1998, and 2001 elections, in the multi-member electorate of Molonglo.

Humphries variously served in a range of shadow ministerial roles in the Kaine and Carnell oppositions, including:

  • Opposition Whip
  • Manager of Opposition Business in the Legislative Assembly
  • Manager of Opposition Business
  • Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services
  • Shadow Minister for Legal and Consumer Affairs
  • Shadow Minister for Electoral Matters
  • Shadow Minister for the Arts and the Family
  • Shadow Attorney-General
  • Deputy Leader of the Opposition (1989, 1991–93)
  • Leader of the Opposition (1991 and 2001–02)

In late 1989, when Trevor Kaine became the Chief Minister in a hung parliament, Humphries was appointed Minister for Health, Education, and the Arts. He held this position until the Labor Party led by Rosemary Follett retained government in mid-1991.

In 1995, when Kate Carnell became the Chief Minister, Humphries was appointed to the following portfolios:

In 2000, Humphries succeeded Carnell as Chief Minister, retaining the portfolio of Treasurer. At the 2001 election, another hung parliament was the result, but the Liberal Party, led by Humphries, was defeated by the Australian Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope.

See also Humphries Ministry

Federal politics

In December 2002, Humphries was elected by the party membership as nominee to fill a forthcoming casual vacancy in the Senate caused by the announced resignation of Margaret Reid. Reid formally resigned on 14 February 2003, and Humphries was elected by the ACT Legislative Assembly on 18 February to fill the casual vacancy. The appointment made him the 500th person to serve in the Senate.

In 2004 there was speculation the Liberals would reject his preselection for the Senate spot, but he won the ballot unopposed 97 votes to 43 votes (43 people voted for 'none of the above'). Humphries was re-elected at the 2004 federal election with 1.1361 quotas. Unopposed in the pre-selection ballot held on 26 June 2007, Humphries was chosen to contest the election later that year, and was again re-elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election, receiving 1.03 quotas. Humphries' Senate seat was targeted by online activist organisation GetUp, as part of a campaign to prevent any one political party from having a majority of the seats in the federal upper house. The profile of the campaign was bolstered by polling that suggested that, for the first time, a coalition Senator might struggle to retain their seat in the ACT.

Humphries was the first Liberal senator to vote against the Howard Government in its 11.5 years in office, when he voted to reverse the Federal Government's ban on the ACT's civil unions law in the Senate, claiming that the Commonwealth should not be able to automatically overturn ACT legislation.

Humphries has served on several Australian Senate committees, including the Select Committee on Mental Health (2005–2006). In 2006, he became Chairman of the Standing Committee on Community Affairs.

In 2009, after the election of Tony Abbott as the Leader of the Opposition, Humphries was promoted to the front bench as the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families, Housing and Human Services and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship. He was re-elected at the 2010 federal election, with 1.0118 quotas and was retained on the Opposition frontbench as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel in September 2010.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Biography for HUMPHRIES, Gary John Joseph". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  2. "Senator Gary Humphries". Liberal Party of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  3. ^ "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Education. Legislative Assembly for the ACT. 2008. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  4. ^ "About Gary". Senator Gary Humphries - Liberal Senator for the ACT. Liberal Party of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  5. Hannaford, Scott (2004-04-21). "Humphries may face rebel Liberals". Canberra Times. Fairfax Media.
  6. Fraser, Andrew (2004-04-27). "Humphries to recontest poll". Canberra Times. Fairfax Media.
  7. ^ Green, Antony (2010). "Australian Capital Territory - Senate". The Green Guide. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  8. Walsh, Kerry-Anne (2007-10-28). "Trio gang up to beat Senate majority". Sun Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  9. Macdonald, Emma (2007-10-15). "Battle to break Senate control begins in ACT". Canberra Times. Fairfax Media.
  10. "Result of the Transfer and Distribution of Preferences, ACT Senate" (PDF). 2007 Federal Election. Australian Electoral Commission. 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  11. Maley, Paul (2007-12-13). "I do, more or less". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  12. "Humphries 'willing to cross the floor' on civil ceremonies". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  13. Green, Antony (2010). "Australian Capital Territory - Senate results 2010". The Green Guide. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  14. "Shadow Ministry". The 43rd Parliament. Commonwealth of Australia. 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
Party political offices
Preceded byCraig Duby Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory
1991 		Succeeded byTrevor Kaine
Preceded byJon Stanhope Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory
2001–2002 		Succeeded byBrendan Smyth
Political offices
Preceded byKate Carnell Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
2000–2001 		Succeeded byJon Stanhope
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
1989–1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Molonglo in the ACT Legislative Assembly
1995–2002 		Succeeded byJacqui Burke
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byMargaret Reid Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
2003 – present 		Succeeded by
Chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory
Current members of the Australian Senate
Coalition (30)
Liberal* (24)
National* (6)
Labor (25)
Greens (11)
One Nation (2)
Lambie (1)
United Australia (1)
Independent (6)
*The Liberal and National totals include members of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and the Country Liberal Party (NT) who caucus with either the federal Liberals or Nationals.

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