Jim Short (Australian politician)
- Jim Short (Australian politician)
James Robert "Jim" Short (born 7 December 1936) is an Australian politician and diplomat.
Born in Shepparton, Victoria, he attended the University of Melbourne before becoming a public servant with the Treasury Department. He was Executive Secretary of the Australian Industries Development Corporation from 1973 to 1974. In 1975, he was elected to the House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Ballaarat. He held the seat until his defeat in 1980. In 1984, he was elected to the Senate.[cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-08] ]On 14 October 1996 he resigned as Assistant Treasurer in the First Howard Ministry after inadvertently misleading the Senate about a conflict of interests. He resigned from the Senate the following year to take up a $150,000-a-year (tax-free) position at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he remained until 2000. He was appointed Special Envoy to Cyprus in 2001.
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NAME = Short, James Robert
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 7 December 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH = Shepparton, Victoria
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