Trevor Kaine

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Trevor Kaine
Hargreaves, Smyth, Osborne
Succeeded bySteve Pratt
ConstituencyBrindabella
Personal details
Born
Trevor Thomas Kaine

(1928-02-17)17 February 1928
Wing Commander

Trevor Thomas Kaine (17 February 1928 – 3 June 2008), was an Australian

independent.[1]

Early career

Kaine was born in the town of

Victoria and Queensland. He moved to Canberra in the 1950s whilst stationed with the Royal Australian Air Force.[2]

Political career

Kaine was a member of the

Labor government. On 5 December 1989, Bernard Collaery, leader of the Residents Rally group (with four members in the Assembly) moved the following motion in the Assembly:[5]

That this Assembly no longer has confidence in the Chief Minister of the ACT and the minority Labor Government and has confidence in the ability of Mr Kaine to form a government.

The vote was resolved in the affirmative (10 votes to 7), and Kaine was elected as the second Chief Minister as leader of an Alliance Government, comprising members of both the Liberal Party and some (but not all) members of the Residents Rally in the Assembly.[citation needed]

On 29 May 1991, Kaine announced to the Assembly that members of Residents Rally had met the previous evening and decided to dissolve the Alliance, due to an internal split in the Rally party, where two of the four members chose to align themselves with the Kaine government. The remaining two members chose to not align themselves with the Kaine government.[6] On 6 June 1991, a motion of no confidence in Kaine, as Chief Minister, was passed. The Follett Labor government resumed power, and Kaine again became Leader of the Opposition.[citation needed]

The ACT Liberal Party lost the

United Canberra Party was registered. The party was deregistered on 30 June 2001, and Kaine unsuccessfully contested the 2001 ACT election as an independent candidate.[1][7][8]

Life after politics

Trevor Kaine died on 3 June 2008, aged 80, after a long illness following a stroke he had suffered four years earlier. He was the first ACT Chief Minister to die.[9]

See also

  • Kaine Ministry

References

  1. ^ a b "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. ^ McLennan, David, Political stalwart dead at 80, The Canberra Times, 4 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Assembly Debate" (PDF). ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 November 1989. p. 11. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. ^ "20 Years of Self Government". Stateline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Assembly Debate" (PDF). ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. pp. 2987–2993. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Assembly Debate" (PDF). ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. pp. 2125, 2134–37. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  7. ^ Bennett, Scott (9 September 2005). "Australian Capital Territory Election 2001". Parliamentary Library Research Note 15 2001-02. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 February 2002. Retrieved 15 February 2002.
  8. ^ Uhlmann, Chris (2004). "Independents Analysis". ACT Election Guide. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 September 2005.
  9. ^ "Tributes flow for former chief minister Kaine". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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Political offices
Preceded by Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
none
Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory
1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory
1991–1993
Succeeded by
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
New parliament Member for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
1989–1995
Served alongside: Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries,
Jensen, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan
Succeeded by
Multi-member multiple constituencies
Preceded by
Multi-member single constituency
Member for
Hargreaves, Smyth, Osborne
Succeeded by