Jim McClelland
Jim McClelland | |
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Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales | |
In office 14 April 1980 – 2 June 1985 | |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Jerrold Cripps |
Minister for Labor and Immigration | |
In office 6 June 1975 – 11 November 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
Preceded by | Clyde Cameron |
Succeeded by | Tony Street |
Minister for Manufacturing Industry | |
In office 10 February 1975 – 6 June 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
Preceded by | Kep Enderby |
Succeeded by | Lionel Bowen |
Senator for New South Wales | |
In office 16 March 1971 – 21 July 1978 | |
Preceded by | James Ormonde |
Succeeded by | Kerry Sibraa |
Personal details | |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 3 June 1915
Died | 16 January 1999 Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 83)
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse(s) | 1) Nora Fitzer 2) Freda Watson 3) Gillian Appleton |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne University of Sydney |
Occupation | Solicitor, unionist |
James Robert McClelland[a] (3 June 1915 – 16 January 1999) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1971 to 1978. He briefly held ministerial office in the Whitlam government in 1975 as Minister for Manufacturing Industry and Minister for Labor and Immigration. He later served as the inaugural Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales from 1980 to 1985, as well as presiding over the 1984 McClelland Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia.
Early life
McClelland was born in
The legal practice of McClelland dealt mainly with workers' compensation claims. He played a large part (with Bob Santamaria) in helping Laurie Short take control of the Federated Ironworkers' Association from the Communist Ernie Thornton. He abandoned Trotskyism and joined the Labor Party.[1]
Senate
McClelland was elected to represent
Later life
In 1980 McClelland was appointed the first chief judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW, holding that office until his 70th birthday in June 1985.
In 1984, as Justice McClelland, he was President of the
He was reviled by the right as is indicated in Roddy Meagher's portrait in Quadrant, and associated with Edmund Campion, Patrick White, Manning Clark and Donald Horne.[citation needed]
Family
McClelland married three times:
- in 1947 to Nora Fitzer with whom he adopted two children but divorced in 1968
- in 1968 to Freda Watson who brought three stepchildren. She died in 1976
- in 1978 to Gillian Appleton.
Notes
- ^ Although he was nicknamed "Diamond Jim" by the Australian media, at McClelland's funeral, Gough Whitlam indicated that McClelland disliked this Americanism.
References
- ^ a b Waterson, D B. "McClelland, James Robert (1915–1999)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Coventry, C. J., "The Eloquence of Robert J Hawke: United States informer, 1973-79," Australian Journal of Politics and History, 67:1 (2021), 85.
Bibliography
- Portraits: Jim McClelland, Quadrant, June 2005 – 49:6 [Accessed 4 March 2006]
- James McClelland, (1988), Stirring the Possum: A Political Autobiography, Penguin, Sydney ISBN 0-14-009764-3
- James McClelland, (1989), An Angel Bit The Bride Penguin ISBN 0-14-012831-X
- Gillian Appleton, (2000), Diamond Cuts: An Affectionate Memoir of Jim McClelland Macmillan ISBN 0-7329-1051-X
External links
- From the State Memorial Service for Jim McClelland at The Whitlam Institutewebsite