Max Bingham
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The Honourable Sir Max Bingham QC |
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| Deputy Premier of Tasmania | |
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In office 27 May 1982 – 13 June 1984 |
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| Premier | Robin Gray |
| Preceded by | Michael Barnard |
| Succeeded by | Geoff Pearsall |
| Attorney-General of Tasmania | |
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In office 26 May 1969 – 3 May 1972 |
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| Premier | Angus Bethune |
| Preceded by | Roy Fagan |
| Succeeded by | Merv Everett |
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In office 27 May 1982 – 13 June 1984 |
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| Premier | Robin Gray |
| Preceded by | Roy Fagan |
| Succeeded by | Merv Everett |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eardley Max Bingham 18 March 1927 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Garrett Jesson |
| Alma mater |
University of Tasmania (LLB Hons, 1950) Lincoln College, Oxford (BCL, 1953) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Royal Australian Navy |
| Years of service | 1945–1946 |
| Rank | Able Seaman |
| Unit |
HMAS Bingera HMAS Cerberus |
Sir Eardley Max Bingham QC, known as Max Bingham, (born 18 March 1927) is a former Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmania, who represented the electorate of Denison for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984.
Born in at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Battery Point, Hobart, Bingham was the only son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Bingham of Sandy Bay. He was educated in New South Wales and Tasmania, completing his secondary schooling with four years at Hobart High School. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in April 1945, and served as an able seaman at shore stations including HMAS Cerberus, and the auxiliary anti-submarine vessel HMAS Bingera, until his discharge in December 1946. He was selected as the 1950 Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar. In that year, he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with honours from the University of Tasmania. Bingham read for and received a Bachelor of Civil Law at Lincoln College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford, Bingham met and married Margaret Jesson of Staffordshire (he had previously been engaged to Rhonda Harvey). He returned to Hobart in 1953, where he practised alongside Reg Wright, to whom he was articled at the University of Tasmania.
Bingham entered the Tasmanian Parliament when he was elected as a member for Denison at the 1969 state election on 10 May. On 26 May, he was made a minister in Angus Bethune's cabinet, becoming Attorney-General and Minister Administering the Police Department and the Licensing Act; also briefly holding the Health and Road Safety portfolio from March to May 1972. On 4 May 1972, he was elected leader of the Liberal Party in Tasmania (and opposition leader), following Bethune's resignation. Bingham contested two elections as opposition leader (1976 and 1979), but stood down as leader after the Liberal Party's two losses. Bingham's replacement as Liberal leader, Geoff Pearsall, resigned and was replaced by Robin Gray in November 1981. Gray led the Liberals to victory in the 1982 election, and Bingham was appointed as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General in Gray's cabinet (as well as Minister for Education, Industrial Relations, and Police and Emergency Services).
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