Ray Groom
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The Honourable Ray Groom AO |
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| 39th Premier of Tasmania | |
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In office 17 February 1992 – 18 March 1996 |
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| Governor |
Sir Phillip Bennett Sir Guy Green |
| Deputy | John Beswick |
| Preceded by | Michael Field |
| Succeeded by | Tony Rundle |
| Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Denison |
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In office 8 February 1986 – 9 August 2001 Serving with Davis/Barker/Cheek; Jackson; Brown/Putt; Batt/Crean/Amos/Bacon; White; Bennett/Gibson/Hodgman |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Braddon |
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In office 13 December 1975 – 26 October 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Davies |
| Succeeded by | Chris Miles |
| Personal details | |
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Raymond John Groom 3 September 1944 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Gillian Crisp (m. 1967) |
| Children | Matthew Groom |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Profession | Barrister; politician |
Raymond John "Ray" Groom AO (born 3 September 1944) is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996 and also served as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General.
Ray Groom was born in Elsternwick, a suburb of Melbourne. His family moved to Tasmania when he was a young child. He attended schools in both Victoria and Tasmania.
He initially played senior Australian rules football in Tasmania with the Cooee Football Club commencing at 16 years of age. He represented the North Western Football Union and Tasmania before joining the Melbourne Football Club in 1963. He played 96 senior games with Melbourne from 1963 to 1968 at centre half forward, as a ruck rover and at centre half back. On Ron Barassi's retirement, Groom was invited by Melbourne coach Norm Smith to wear the club's prized Number 31 guernsey. He represented Victoria and won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal as Melbourne's Best and Fairest player in 1968. Groom later represented Tasmania at the 1969 Australian Rules National Carnival in Adelaide.
He won state titles in both Tasmania and Victoria as a sprinter and long jumper. in 1962, at 17 years of age, he represented Tasmania at the National Athletics Championships in Sydney, was a nationally ranked athlete and was chosen as a member of the Australian Commonwealth Games selection squad.
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