Barry Jones (Australian politician)
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The Honourable Barry Jones AC |
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Minister for Science (and Technology)/ Minister for Science, (Customs) and Small Business |
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In office 11 March 1983 – 4 April 1990 |
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| Preceded by | David Thomson |
| Succeeded by |
Simon Crean (Science) David Beddall (Small Business and Customs) |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Lalor |
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In office 10 December 1977 – 31 August 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Cairns |
| Succeeded by | Julia Gillard |
| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Melbourne |
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In office June 1972 – November 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Clarey |
| Succeeded by | Keith Remington |
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11 October 1932 Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Rosemary Hanbury (30 June 1961 – her death June 2006) |
| Profession | teacher, writer, politician |
Barry Owen Jones, AC FAA FACE FAHA FASSA FTSE (born 11 October 1932), is an Australian polymath, writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion and former politician. He campaigned against the death penalty throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures.
Barry Jones was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne, where he studied arts and law. He began his career as a schoolteacher at Dandenong High School, where he taught for nine years, before becoming a as an Australian quiz champion in the 1960s on Bob Dyer's Pick a Box, a radio show from 1948, televised from 1957. He was known for taking issue with Dyer about certain expected answers, most famously in response to a question about "the first British Governor-General of India", where he pointed out that Warren Hastings was only technically Governor of Bengal. Jones' appearances on Pick a Box lasted from 1960 to 1968.
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