Ron Bertram
Ron Bertram | |
|---|---|
| Attorney-General of Western Australia | |
| In office 3 March – 30 September 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Griffith |
| Succeeded by | Tom Evans |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 23 March 1968 – 19 February 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Hegney |
| Succeeded by | None (abolished) |
| Constituency | Mount Hawthorn |
| In office 19 February 1983 – 4 February 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Burke |
| Succeeded by | Nick Catania |
| Constituency | Balcatta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1924 Labor |
Ronald Edward Bertram (22 June 1924 – 17 November 2014) was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a
Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989. He briefly served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin
.
Bertram was born in
Liberal Party.[1] Bertram eventually entered parliament at the 1968 state election, replacing the retiring Bill Hegney in the seat of Mount Hawthorn.[2]
Bertram was re-elected at the
the new ministry formed by John Tonkin.[3] However, he resigned from cabinet after just under seven months in office, due to ill health.[1] He was the shortest-serving state attorney-general since Frederick Moorhead in 1901.[4] Following Labor's defeat at the 1974 state election, Bertram was included in Labor's Tonkin shadow cabinet. He remained a member until 1980, serving under three leaders of the opposition (John Tonkin, Colin Jamieson, and Ron Davies).[1] At the 1983 election, the seat of Mount Hawthorn was abolished, and Bertram successfully transferred to the seat of Balcatta, which he held until his retirement at the 1989 election.[2] He died in Perth in November 2014, aged 90.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Ronald Edward Bertram – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ ISBN 0730984095.
- ^ New Transport Minister Truck & Bus Transportation April 1971 page 127
- ^ Attorneys General of Western Australia – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2016.