- Brian Gibson (Australian politician)
Brian Francis Gibson (
4 November 1936 - ) is anAustralia n politician and businessman who has held senior appointments in Australian companies and industry bodies.Gibson was born in
Ascot Vale Victoria in 1936.Gibson had a career in business that included being Managing Director of
Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd from 1980 to 1989, and Chair of what was then the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania from 1989 to 1993. He was also National President of the forest industry peak representative body, theNational Association of Forest Industries , from 1987 to 1991.Gibson was elected to the
Australian Senate at the 1993 election, as a member of theLiberal Party of Australia representing the state ofTasmania . [Parliamentary Handbook, online edition, [http://parlinfoweb.parl.net/parlinfo/view_document.aspx?ID=9869&TABLE=biogs&TARGET= GIBSON, the Hon. Brian Francis, AM] , retrieved July 2007] After the 1996 election, Gibson was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. However, following concerns raised regarding a conflict of interest, he lost the portfolio from 15 October 1996 and did not hold a further ministerial position.Gibson was re-elected in the 1998 election for a second six-year term, but resigned from parliament on 22 February 2002, having indicated to his party some months previously that he wished to move on to other things. [Senator Gibson, "Senate Hansard", 13 February 2002, p. 142]
Since resigning from parliament, Gibson has been a board member of Concept Systems, a payroll and human resource management company; Director of the Tasmanian Advisory Board of the AMP Society; Australian Government nominated director to the Board of the Australian Stem Cell Centre; [Australian Stem Cell Centre, [http://www.stemcellcentre.edu.au/centre_org-structure_directors.aspx Organisational structure] , retrieved July 2007] director of the Australian National Maritime Museum, and several other companies. [Australian National Maritime Museum, [http://anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=346&print=1 Board membership] , retrieved July 2007]
Gibson was appointed a Member of the
Order of Australia in June 1988, and received the Centenary Medal in 2000.References
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