Ian Macdonald (New South Wales politician)
| Ian Macdonald | |
|---|---|
| Member of Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
|
In office 19 March 1988 – 7 June 2010 |
|
| Succeeded by | Luke Foley |
| Minister for Primary Industries | |
|
In office 3 May 2004 – 17 November 2009 |
|
| Preceded by | Tony Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Steve Whan |
| Minister for State and Regional Development | |
|
In office 2 April 2007 – 5 June 2010 |
|
| Preceded by | David Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Eric Roozendaal |
| Minister for Major Events | |
|
In office 11 March 2010 – 5 June 2010 |
|
| Succeeded by | Kevin Greene |
| Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources | |
|
In office 3 August 2005 – 5 June 2010 |
|
| Preceded by | Tony Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Paul McLeay |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ian Michael Macdonald 7 March 1949 |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (1972–2013) |
| Spouse(s) | Larisa |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University |
Ian Michael Macdonald (born 7 March 1949), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 2010 representing the Australian Labor Party. Between 2003 and 2010, Macdonald held a range of ministerial responsibilities in the Carr, Iemma, Rees, and Keneally ministries. Macdonald, who joined the Labor Party in 1972, had his membership of the party terminated in 2013 for bringing the party into disrepute. After the Independent Commission Against Corruption found that Macdonald acted in a corrupt manner, in November 2014 it was announced that following advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Macdonald will be prosecuted for the offence of misconduct in public office for corruptly issuing of lucrative mining licences at Doyles Creek in the Hunter Valley.
Raised as one of five children by his mother in a single parent household, Macdonald graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Arts (honours) in history and worked for the Australian Council of Overseas Aid, and a range of Commonwealth and State government agencies before his election to parliament in 1988.
At the time of entering Parliament, he was a farmer near Carcoar in the Central West of New South Wales.
Elected to the Legislative Council in 1998, Macdonald was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in 2003 and then the Primary Industries portfolio and a range of other portfolios in the first and second Iemma and Rees ministries including Natural Resources, Mineral Resources, State Development, and Energy. However, granted extraordinary powers by Labor State Conference on 17 November 2009, Rees sacked Macdonald (along with others) from the ministry because of Macdonald's efforts to destabilise Rees in his position.
...
Wikipedia