Bernard Collaery
| Bernard Collaery | |
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Collaery (centre) in 2015
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| Member of ACT Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 4 March 1989 – 15 February 1992 Serving with Berry, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan |
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| 2nd Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 7 December 1989 – 29 May 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Whalan |
| Succeeded by | Wayne Berry |
| 2nd Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 7 December 1989 – 29 May 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Rosemary Follett |
| Succeeded by | Terry Connolly |
| Personal details | |
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Bernard Joseph Edward Collaery 12 October 1944 Caversham, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Residents Rally |
| Spouse(s) | Ann McHugh |
| Children | Matthew, Caitlin, Lucy, and Brigid |
| Alma mater | Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney |
| Profession | Barrister and solicitor |
Bernard Joseph Edward Collaery (born 12 October 1944) is an Australian barrister, lawyer and former politician. Collaery was a member of the Australian Capital Territory's first Legislative Assembly for the Residents Rally party, from 1989 to 1992. He served as Deputy Chief Minister and Attorney-General from 1989 to 1991 in the Kaine Alliance Government.
Collaery was born in Caversham, England, four months after his father, Flying Officer Edward Collaery (RAAF) was killed in action. Colleary arrived in Australia in 1945 and was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Wollongong, New South Wales and at the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws.
Prior to entering politics, Collaery was a First Secretary in Australia's Embassy in France.
Collaery was elected to the Assembly at its first general election, held in 1989 and was leader of the Residents Rally Party, "a community-based urban green party". The life of the first Assembly, a multi-member single electorate unicameral body, was characterised by a hung parliament and significant political instability. Confidence was waning in the minority Follett Labor government. On 5 December 1989, Collaery moved a motion in the Assembly:
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