From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Scholes
Gordon Scholes
The Honourable Scholes was born in Melbourne, the son of Thomas
Gordon Scholes Glen Denton Scholes and his wife Mary Louisa O’Brien. He
AO was the Victorian Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champi-
on in 1949. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1955
and was President of the Geelong ALP Branch from 1962
to 1964. He was President of the Geelong Trades Hall
Council from 1965 to 1966, and a councillor of the Gee-
long City Council from 1965 to 1967.
He won the House of Representatives seat of Corio at
a by-election in 1967, following Sir Hubert Opperman’s
resignation. He was Speaker from 27 February 1975 until
16 February 1976.
He was Speaker for the duration of the 1975 Aus-
tralian constitutional crisis. On 11 November 1975, fol-
lowing the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Gough Whit-
lam and the appointment of the Leader of the Opposition,
Malcolm Fraser, the House of Representatives passed a
motion expressing lack of confidence in Fraser’s govern-
ment, and required Scholes as Speaker to convey that
information to the Governor-General Sir John Kerr and
Scholes in 1983 to request Kerr to dismiss Fraser and re-appoint Whit-
lam. Scholes made an appointment to meet Kerr at 4:45
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Corio pm. However, by the time he arrived, Kerr had already
dissolved the Parliament on Fraser’s advice, which was
In office something Fraser had undertaken to do once he had se-
22 July 1967 – 8 February 1993
cured passage of the Supply bills through the Senate. Sc-
Preceded by Hubert Opperman holes later accused Kerr of bad faith for making an ap-
pointment to receive the Speaker, and then not waiting
Succeeded by Gavan O’Connor
to hear from him before dissolving Parliament.
16th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Scholes was Minister for Defence in the first Hawke
In office
Ministry from March 1983 to December 1984 and then
27 February 1975 – 16 February 1976 Minister for Territories until July 1987. He retired before
the 1993 election.
Preceded by Jim Cope
He is an honorary member of the Geelong Philatelic
Succeeded by Sir Billy Snedden Society .[1]
Personal details
Born 7 June 1931 (1931-06-07)
Notes
Melbourne, Victoria [1] "Biography for Scholes, the Hon. Gordon Glen
Nationality Australian Denton, AO". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia.
http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/
Political party Australian Labor Party view_document.aspx?id=7937&table=BIOGS.
Spouse(s) Della K Robinson Retrieved 2007-08-24.
Occupation Councillor
Persondata
Gordon Glen Denton Scholes AO (born 7 June 1931) is Name Scholes, Gordon Glen Denton
a former Australian politician and Speaker of the Aus- Alternative names
tralian House of Representatives.
Short description Australian politician
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Scholes
Political offices
Preceded by Australian Minister for Defence Succeeded by
Ian Sinclair 1983–1984 Kim Beazley
Preceded by Australian Minister for Territories Succeeded by
Tom Uren 1984–1987 John Brown
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Corio Succeeded by
Hubert Opperman 1967–1993 Gavan O’Connor
Preceded by Speaker of the Australian House of Represen- Succeeded by
Jim Cope tatives Billy Snedden
1975–1976
Date of birth 7 June 1931 Date of death Living person
Place of birth Melbourne Place of death
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