Robin Millhouse
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Robin R. Millhouse QC |
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Robin Rhodes Millhouse 9 December 1929 Adelaide |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Barrister, politician, judge |
| Known for | First elected member for the Australian Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Ann |
| Children | three daughters and two sons |
| Parent(s) | Vivian Rhodes Millhouse, Grace Lilly Ayliffe |
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| Political party | Liberal and Country, Liberal Movement, New LM, Australian Democrats |
| Member for Mitcham | |
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In office 1955–1982 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Dunks |
| Succeeded by | Heather Southcott |
| 39th Attorney-General of South Australia | |
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In office 1968–1970 |
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| Preceded by | Don Dunstan |
| Succeeded by | Len King |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia | |
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In office 7 July 1982 – 8 December 1999 |
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| Chief Justice of Kiribati | |
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In office 8 December 1999 – January 2011 |
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| 6th Chief Justice of Nauru | |
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In office 2006 – 2010 |
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Robin Rhodes Millhouse RFD,QC (born 9 December 1929) has been, at various times, the 39th Attorney-General of South Australia, the first Australian Democrats parliamentarian, and the Chief Justice of both Kiribati and Nauru.
Millhouse was born in Adelaide, to father Vivian Rhodes Millhouse, and mother Grace Lilly Ayliffe. Millhouse gained an LLB from the University of Adelaide in 1951.
While practising as a barrister, Millhouse entered the South Australian House of Assembly on 7 May 1955 as the Liberal and Country League (LCL) member for Mitcham, a safe LCL seat in southeastern Adelaide. Millhouse rapidly gained a reputation as both the intellectual driving force behind the LCL and an outspoken spokesperson for the urban middle class faction of the LCL, a group under-represented within the party hierarchy.
Millhouse ran for the LCL leadership pre-selection following leader Sir Thomas Playford's retirement, but lost to Steele Hall, another member of the LCL's progressive faction. Instead, following the LCL's return to power at the 1968 election, Millhouse was given the portfolios of Attorney-General,Aboriginal Affairs, Social Welfare, and Labour and Industry. In these roles, Millhouse gained a reputation as a crusader for progressive social change as he sought to position South Australia as a national leader on social issues. During 1969 Millhouse was the architect and the major proponent for abortion on health grounds in South Australia, a decision he would come to regret decades later, claiming it had become "abortion on demand".
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