Terry Metherell
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The Honourable Dr. Terry Metherell PhD (Syd) |
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| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Davidson |
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In office 19 September 1981 – 10 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Dick Healey |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Humpherson |
| Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | |
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In office 25 March 1988 – 20 July 1990 |
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| Premier | Nick Greiner |
| Preceded by | Rodney Cavalier |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Chadwick |
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9 January 1947  London, United Kingdom
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| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Occupation | Tutor and lecturer |
Terry Alan Metherell (born 9 January 1947) is a former Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Davidson in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1992. When the Liberal Party won the 1988 election, Premier Nick Greiner appointed him Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, a portfolio he held until 1990. In October 1991, he resigned from the Liberal party and remained until his resignation from Parliament to take up the offer of a public service job. This offer led to the downfall of Greiner, who was found to have corruptly offered the position to force a by-election in Metherell's district.
Metherell was born in England in 1947 and migrated to Australia when he was eight years old. He was educated at Caringbah High School and the University of Sydney, where he first graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Diploma of Education (DipEd). Metherell then gained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), majoring in Australian Political History. Between 1973 and 1975 he was a tutor and part-time lecturer in Town Planning and Government at the University of Sydney.
Joining the Liberal Party of Australia in 1975, Metherell joined the Burwood Branch and was appointed research assistant and later private secretary to the Member for Wentworth and Attorney General of Australia, Robert Ellicott QC from 1975 until 1977. Metherell was then made private secretary to the Minister for Education, Senator John Carrick, and then from 1979 to 1981 in his role as Minister for National Development and Energy. Metherell was also a member of the State Executive of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1979 to 1981.
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