Roger Price (Australian politician)

Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November, 1945) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since the 1984 election, representing the Division of Chifley in western Sydney, New South Wales, for the Australian Labor Party. "Price gets not to run again", Mt Druitt - St Marys Standard, 16 May 2007]

Born in Sydney, Price was educated at the 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.

Price is currently the longest-serving Labor member in the parliament (House or Senate).

Price served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 4 June 1991 until 27 December 1991, when Paul Keating became Prime Minister. He then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence until the March 1993 federal election. He was Opposition Chief Whip from 2004 until 29 November 2007, when he became the Chief Government Whip. Additionally, he has been a member of numerous Standing Committees and overseas parliamentary delegations.

Committees include: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 26.5.93 to 31.8.04 (Chair from 7.6.95 to 29.1.96); Certain Family Law Issues from 26.5.93 (Chair from 26.5.93) to 28.11.95; Family and Community Affairs from 19.8.03 to 31.8.04; Migration from 10.5.05 to 6.9.05.

External links

* [http://www.rogerprice.net/ Personal website]

References

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DATE OF BIRTH=26 November, 1945
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