John Kerin
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The Honourable John Kerin AM |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Macarthur |
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In office 2 December 1972 – 13 December 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Bate |
| Succeeded by | Michael Baume |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Werriwa |
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In office 23 September 1978 – 22 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Gough Whitlam |
| Succeeded by | Mark Latham |
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21 November 1937 Bowral, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Residence | Canberra |
| Occupation | Economist |
John Charles Kerin, AM (born 21 November 1937) is an Australian economist and former Australian Labor Party (ALP) politician.
Kerin was born in Bowral in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Growing up in a rural area, he was educated at Hurlstone Agricultural High School and Bowral High School. He worked as a poultry farmer before later completing a BA from the University of New England, Armidale, in 1967.
Kerin worked at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) before being elected to the Commonwealth Parliament as the Labor member for Macarthur in the 1972 federal election. He lost his seat in the Labor defeat in the 1975 election and returned to the ABARE. He was re-elected as the ALP member for Werriwa in 1978 following the retirement from that seat of former prime minister Gough Whitlam.
Kerin served as Minister for Primary Industries (1983–1987), Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1987–1991), Minister for Transport and Communications (1991), and Treasurer (1991) in the Labor government of Bob Hawke and later Minister for Trade and Overseas Development (1992–1993) in the Labor Government of Paul Keating.
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