Peter King (Australian politician)
| Peter King | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wentworth |
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In office 10 November 2001 – 9 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 June 1952 Bingara, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Liberal Party of Australia (2001–04, 2015–present) Independent (2004-2015) |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Peter Edward King (born 29 June 1952), Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 2001 to October 2004, representing the seat of Wentworth, New South Wales. King is also a barrister, advocate and author.
He was born in Bingara, New South Wales, and was educated at the Shore School, where he was School Captain and Captain of the GPS Rugby 1st XV, Sydney University, where he resided at St. Paul's College, and Oxford University, where he gained an MA and was selected as a Rugby Blue against Cambridge. He was Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales in 1975.
King was a barrister before entering politics. He was a Judicial Member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of NSW 1995-2001 and Chair of the Australian Heritage Commission 1998-2001 and of the World Heritage Commission 2000-01 and was President of the World Heritage Bureau from 2001–02. He is the author of Limitation of Liability in Australian Maritime Law (1991), a collection of his poetry called Bus Stop Poetry (2013), and a critique of climate change policy called The Challenge of the Commons (2015). He was a member of the Woollahra Municipal Council and was Mayor 1990-91. He was NSW State President of the Liberal Party 1989-92. Throughout the 1990s King was a leading advocate of the Australian monarchy, opposing the push for an Australian republic.
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