Ian Sinclair
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The Right Honourable Ian Sinclair AC |
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| Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
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In office 4 March 1998 – 10 November 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Halverson |
| Succeeded by | Neil Andrew |
| Leader of the National Party of Australia | |
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In office 17 January 1984 – 9 May 1989 |
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| Deputy |
Ralph Hunt Bruce Lloyd |
| Preceded by | Doug Anthony |
| Succeeded by | Charles Blunt |
| Father of the Australian Parliament | |
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In office 20 February 1990 – 31 August 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Uren |
| Succeeded by | Philip Ruddock |
| Father of the Australian House of Representatives | |
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In office 20 February 1990 – 31 August 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Uren |
| Succeeded by | Philip Ruddock |
| 42nd Minister for Defence | |
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In office 1982–1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Jim Killen |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Scholes |
| Minister for Communications | |
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In office 3 November 1980 – 7 May 1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Tony Staley |
| Succeeded by | Neil Brown |
| Minister for Special Trade Representations | |
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In office 19 August 1980 – 3 November 1980 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Douglas Scott |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister for Northern Australia | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 22 December 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Paul Keating |
| Succeeded by | Evan Adermann |
| Minister for Primary Industry | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 27 September 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Rex Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Peter Nixon |
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In office 5 February 1971 – 5 December 1972 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Gorton William McMahon |
| Preceded by | Doug Anthony |
| Succeeded by | Lance Barnard |
| Manager of Opposition Business in the House | |
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In office 14 June 1974 – 11 November 1975 |
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| Leader | Billy Snedden |
| Preceded by | New Position |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Scholes |
| Minister for Shipping and Transport | |
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In office 28 February 1968 – 5 February 1971 |
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| Prime Minister | John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Gordon Freeth |
| Succeeded by | Peter Nixon |
| Minister for Social Services | |
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In office 22 February 1965 – 28 February 1968 |
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| Prime Minister |
Sir Robert Menzies Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Reginald Swartz |
| Succeeded by | Bill Wentworth |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for New England | |
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In office 30 November 1963 – 31 August 1998 |
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| Preceded by | David Drummond |
| Succeeded by | Stuart St. Clair |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 June 1929 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemary |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
Ian McMahon Sinclair AC (born 10 June 1929) is a retired Australian politician. During his career he was leader of the National Party of Australia and later Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sinclair was born in Sydney, the son of a suburban accountant. He was educated at Knox Grammar School and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law. Later, he practised law in Sydney, but soon developed an interest in farming, and acquired a property near Tamworth, in the New England region of northern New South Wales. In 1956, he married Margaret Tarrant, with whom he had three children. After the early death of his wife, in 1970, he married again, to Rosemary Fenton, a former Miss Australia 1960, with whom he has one son. His eldest daughter, Fiona, is married to the former Australian politician Peter King.
In 1961 Sinclair became a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and at the 1963 election, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the Division of New England.
Two years afterwards, Sinclair was promoted to the ministry, becoming Minister for Social Services in the Liberal-Country Party coalition government of Robert Menzies. In 1968, he became Minister for Shipping and Transport. He and Doug Anthony were seen as the most likely successors to the veteran Country Party leader John McEwen, but when McEwen retired in 1971, it was Anthony who was elected party Leader, while Sinclair was elected Deputy Leader, becoming at the same time Minister for Primary Industry.
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