John Woodley
| John Woodley | |
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| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 1 July 1993 – 27 July 2001 |
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| Succeeded by | John Cherry |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 February 1938 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Democrats |
| Occupation | Christian minister |
John Woodley (born Brisbane, Queensland, 9 February 1938) is a Christian Minister of religion and was a Senator representing the state of Queensland, Australia, in the Australian Senate.
Woodley was briefly in the Australian Defence Force from 1957-1959.
Woodley was educated at the Melbourne College of Divinity and Brisbane College of Theology.
Prior to entering politics, Woodley was a Christian minister with the Methodist Church (ordained in October 1962) and its successor, the Uniting Church in Australia after Church union in June 1977.
During his ministry, Woodley worked mainly in rural churches and had extensive contact with Aboriginal people.
He served as Director of Social Responsibility in the Uniting Church, Queensland Synod, from 1977 to December 1984 and was very active fighting for justice during the Joh Bjelke-Petersen era in Queensland.
He was also a member of the Uniting Church in Australia's National Social Justice Committee between 1977 and 1982.
After his election, Woodley wished to remain a "Minister of the Word" and the church deemed his parish to be the Senate and his parishioners to be the people of Queensland.
He officially retired as a Uniting Church minister on the grounds of age on 1 September 2001. The 23rd Synod meeting of The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod, in October 2002 received a minute of appreciation for his ministry.
Before his election, Woodley had been President of the Queensland Democrats, the Queensland Division of the Australian Democrats.
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