Jon Stanhope
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Jon Stanhope AO |
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| Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories | |
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In office 5 October 2012 – 5 October 2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Quentin Bryce Peter Cosgrove |
| Preceded by | Brian Lacy |
| Succeeded by | Barry Haase |
| 5th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 2001, 2004, 2008 |
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In office 12 November 2001 – 12 May 2011 |
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| Deputy |
Ted Quinlan (2001–2006) Katy Gallagher (2006–2011) |
| Preceded by | Gary Humphries |
| Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
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Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 2001 |
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In office 19 March 1998 – 12 November 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Wayne Berry |
| Succeeded by | Gary Humphries |
| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra |
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In office 21 February 1998 – 16 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Roberta McRae |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bourke |
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29 April 1951 Gundagai, New South Wales |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Children | Five children |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Profession |
Lawyer Political activist |
Jonathan Donald "Jon" Stanhope, AO (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly. From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, which consists of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Stanhope was born in Gundagai, New South Wales. He was one of nine children of schoolteacher parents who had emigrated from England. At age 5 he injured his knee, which developed into osteomyelitis, resulting in one leg being 2.5 inches longer than the other. He walked with a pronounced limp until the issue was corrected surgically at age 16. Much of his junior education was spent at one-teacher schools in country NSW. He attended Mullumbimby Public School and Bega High School before coming to Canberra to undertake studies at the Australian National University, graduating as a Bachelor of Laws.
Between 1979 and 1987, Stanhope held a range of community roles including:
Between 1987 and 1991, Stanhope was Secretary of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs; and between 1991 and 1993, Deputy Administrator and Official Secretary of Norfolk Island. From 1993 to 1996, Stanhope worked as Senior Adviser and Chief of Staff for the Federal Attorney-General, Michael Lavarch, and between 1996 and 1998, advised the then Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, on native title.
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