Brian Langton

Brian Langton

The Hon Brian Langton (born 24 January 1948) is a former Australian politician, who served both as mayor of Kogarah in the St George area of Sydney and as the member for Kogarah in the NSW State Parliament. In 1998 Langton was found by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to have been involved in corruption, having deceptively lodged travel allowances.cite news |first=Linton |last=Besser |title=Disgraced minister takes the helm |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/disgraced-minister-takes-helm/2008/05/18/1211049068445.html |format= |work= |publisher="The Sydney Morning Herald" |date=2008-05-19 |accessdate=2008-05-19 ] cite web |url=http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/index.cfm?objectID=E29C2A06-AE94-E925-7F95682EE63B5955&NavID=262BA41B-D0B7-4CD6-F955BD8CEE4CDF37 |title=Investigation into Parliamentary and electorate travel: first report |accessdate=2008-05-19 |date=1998-04-01 |publisher=I.C.A.C. ]

Early years

Brian was born in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra. He went to school at Marist Brothers, Kogarah and showed an early interest in politics being elected to Kogarah Council in 1971 at the age of just 23. He served on council for twelve years and was elected mayor in 1979 and 1980.

Political career

In 1983, Langton was elected to the NSW Parliament as an Australian Labor Party member for Kogarah and served continuously in that role for sixteen years. When Labor won government in 1995, Brian Langton was appointed a minister, looking after the portfolios of Transport and Tourism from April 1995 to December 1997 and then Fair Trading and Emergency Services in December 1997.cite web
title = The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton (1948 - )
publisher = Parliament of New South Wales
url = http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/1147f8b76f4516054a25674500016554!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-05-08]

In April, 1998, Langton relinquished his ministerial duties due to his involvement in a political scandal, after the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found him guilty of corruptly rorting charter plane expenses. The ICAC deemed that Langton had sought advantage for himself by deliberate deception of the Parliamentary Accounts Department. Langton stepped down at the 1999 state election, and left politics with a $90,000 indexed entitlement.cite news |first=Piers |last=Akerman |authorlink=Piers Akerman |title=Facing down the bully boys
url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20762322-5001031,00.html |publisher="The Daily Telegraph" |date=2006-11-16 |accessdate=2008-05-19 ]

Outside of parliament, he was an investment banker and manager of a travel company. He is married with three daughters.

In May, 2008, the New South Wales Transport Minister, John Watkins, appointed Langton to the position of Chairman of Sydney Ferries.

References

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=New South Wales politician
DATE OF BIRTH=24 January 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH=Maroubra, New South Wales
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