John Pyke
Appearance
John Pyke | |
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Born | 28 August 1940 Melbourne, Victoria Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Newington College University of Sydney University of New South Wales |
Occupation | Retired Law lecturer |
Parent(s) | Mavis and Lawrence Pyke |
Relatives | Lillian Pyke (grandmother) |
John Richard Pyke (born 28 August 1940) is an Australian
Family
Pyke was born in
Melbourne, Victoria, the first son of three children born to educator Lawrence Pyke and his wife Mavis (née Clarke).[4] He is the grandson of the teacher, journalist and author, Lillian Maxwell Pyke (1881–1927).[5]
Education
From 1952 until 1957, Pyke was educated at
Headmaster.[7] He is a BSc from the University of Sydney,[8] an LLB from the University of New South Wales and an LLM from the University of Sydney.[1]
Career
Pyke was a physicist for 15 years before studying law. He then taught law at the
Queensland Parliament.[9]
Political candidate
In 2001 Pyke ran for election to the Senate on a Queensland ticket for
poker machines allowed per State and for limits on the feed rate and to keep up the pressure on all governments to adopt the Productivity Commission's recommendations, and progressively do more to reduce governments' dependence on gambling taxes.[3]
Publications
- 2007 Legal Institutions and Method - Third Edition (with A I MacAdam)
- 2007 Indescribably Strange Powers, Australian Publican Movement - ARMLET p3
- 2006 Who is Head of State?, ARMLET: Newsletter of the Australian Republican Movement p1
- 2004 Book Review: HP Lee and G Winterton (eds), Australian Constitutional Landmarks, Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal p121-123 (with A I MacAdam)
- 2003 A Constitutional Nation, The Verdict p30-32
- 2003 Letter to the Editor, Australian Law Journal p414-415
- 2003 Our Constitutional Nation: Yes, States have Constitutions Too - Kind Of ..., The Verdict p33-35
- 2002 Book Review: Parliament - The Vision in Hindsight, Proctor p32
- 2001 Globalisation - The Bane of Popular Sovereignty?, Beyond The Republic: Meeting The Global Challenges To Constitutionalism p205-214
- 1999 Let's leave hysteria to the monarchists, The Australian Republic - The Case For Yes p78-89.[10]
References
- ^ a b "John Pyke - Faculty of Law". Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Government Powers under a Federal Constitution: Constitutional Law in Australia Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ a b "John Richard Pyke, Queensland Senate candidate, 2010 Federal Election". My Sunshine Coast. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Pyke Family Tree". Polyplex. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Pyke, Lillian Maxwell (1881–1927)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp161
- ^ "Short History of Newington College". Newington College. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Alumni Sidneienses". University of Sydney. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "John Pyke - Biography". Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "John Pyke - Publications". Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 11 February 2012.