Roger Price (Australian politician)

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The Honourable
Roger Price
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Chifley
In office
1 December 1984 – 19 July 2010
Preceded byRuss Gorman
Succeeded byEd Husic
Personal details
Born (1945-11-26) 26 November 1945 (age 78)
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationAccount manager

Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November 1945) is an Australian former politician. He was elected as a member of the

Western Sydney, for the Australian Labor Party until his retirement before the 2010 election.[1]

Born in

New South Wales Institute of Technology. He was an account manager with Telecom Australia before entering politics. He was an alderman on Blacktown City Council
from 1981 until 1987 and served as deputy mayor in 1984–1985.

At the time of his retirement, Price was the longest-serving Labor member in the parliament (House or Senate).

Price served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister

Standing Committees
and overseas parliamentary delegations.

Committees include: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 26 May 1993 to 31 August 2004 (Chair from 7 June 1995 to 29 January 1996); Certain Family Law Issues from 26 May 1993 (Chair from 26 May 1993) to 28 November 1995; Family and Community Affairs from 19 August 2003 to 31 August 2004; Migration from 10 May 2005 to 6 September 2005.

On 20 March 2010, Roger Price announced his intention to retire from politics at the 2010 federal election.[2] After his retirement, he served as the Australian Consul-General to Chicago.[3]

External links

References

  1. ^ Price gets not to run again, Mt Druitt – St Marys Standard, 16 May 2007
  2. Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original
    on 22 March 2010.
  3. ^ Emerson, Craig (13 September 2011). "Diplomatic Appointment — Consul-General in Chicago" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Chifley
1984–2010 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Elizabeth Schick
 Australian Consul-General in Chicago
2011–2015 		Succeeded by
Michael Wood
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