Peter Nixon
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The Honourable Peter Nixon AO |
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| Minister for Primary Industry | |
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In office 27 September 1979 – 11 March 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Ian Sinclair |
| Succeeded by | John Kerin |
| Minister for Shipping and Transport | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 8 December 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Charles Jones |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Hunt |
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In office 5 February 1971 – 5 December 1972 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Gorton William McMahon |
| Preceded by | Charles Jones |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Hunt |
| Postmaster-General | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 22 December 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Reg Bishop |
| Succeeded by | Victor Garland |
| Minister for the Interior | |
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In office 16 October 1967 – 5 February 1971 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Doug Anthony |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Hunt |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Gippsland |
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In office 9 December 1961 – 4 February 1983 |
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| Preceded by | George Bowden |
| Succeeded by | Peter McGauran |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 March 1928 Orbost, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Dahlsen (d.2013) |
| Children | Joanne, Mark & Christopher |
| Residence | Orbost Vic |
| Alma mater | Wesley College |
| Occupation | Grazier, company director |
| Chairman Southern Cross Broadcasting 1984–2000, High Speed Train Committee 94-95,Weary Dunlop Statue Appeal 93-95, A.C.T.A 83–92, Director Linfox 88-2000 | |
Peter James Nixon AO (born 22 March 1928) is a former Australian politician representing the National Party (and also under its former name, the Country Party).
Born in Orbost, Victoria, Nixon was a grazier and company director. Prior to the 1961 election he gained Country Party pre-selection for the rural Division of Gippsland, following the sudden death of the original candidate. He was elected and was returned at every subsequent election he contested. Nixon quickly became a senior member of the Country Party and first entered the ministry as Minister for the Interior in October 1967 before moving to the Shipping and Transport portfolio in 1971 under John Gorton. He retained this portfolio under William McMahon. He is mentioned in the song Gurindji Blues, saying "Buy your land back, Gurindji" referring to his assessment of the Wattie Creek land rights strike.
In opposition from 1972 to 1975, Nixon was a prominent figure in persuading his National Party colleagues to help pass Australian Labor Party legislation opposed by the Nationals' coalition partner, the Liberal Party. This helped prove to voters the National Party's independence from the Liberal Party and in cases such as when the Nationals supported Labor's policy on educational grants to public schools, helped to show the National Party's connection with core voter issues. Nixon was also a longtime critic of what he saw as bias by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation against the National Party.
Following the Coalition victory in 1975, Nixon served as Minister for Transport until 1979 and then Minister for Primary Industry, both in Malcolm Fraser's government.
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