Jeff Shaw (politician)
|
The Honourable Jeff Shaw QC |
|
|---|---|
| Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales | |
|
In office 4 February 2003 – 12 November 2004 |
|
| Attorney General of New South Wales | |
|
In office 4 April 1995 – 28 June 2000 |
|
| Premier | Bob Carr |
| Preceded by | John Hannaford |
| Succeeded by | Bob Debus |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 October 1949 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 11 May 2010 (aged 60) Sydney |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Bryant |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Lawyer, judge, politician |
Jeffrey William Shaw, QC (10 October 1949 – 11 May 2010) was an Australian lawyer, judge and former Attorney General of New South Wales.
Shaw was educated at Boronia Park and Chatswood public schools, and Hunters Hill High School where he was a Sergeant in the school Cadet Corps. He graduated in Arts and Law at the University of Sydney in 1973, and also spent a period studying at Templeton College, Oxford.
He married Elizabeth Bryant on 21 December 1974 and they had two sons.
Shaw was admitted as a solicitor of the New South Wales Supreme Court in 1975 and as a barrister of that same court the following year. On 12 November 1986, Shaw was appointed Queen's Counsel. He specialised in industrial law.
Shaw was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). During the 1970s Shaw was a leading intellectual figure of the NSW ALP left. He frequently contributed to the left's publication Socialist Industrial Labour and later Challenge. With others such as Joan Evatt, Wayne Haylen, Peter Crawford, Laurie Ferguson, and Pam Allan he successfully organised the unprecedented left takeover in NSW Young Labor in 1973–74, becoming Senior Vice President. During this period he was an official of the Public service Association of NSW and later a solicitor with labor law firm Taylor & Scott.
Shaw was a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Eastwood in the 1981 NSW election. He was defeated by the incumbent, veteran Liberal Jim Clough.
...
Wikipedia