Peter Baume

Peter Baume

Peter Erne Baume AC (b. 30 January 1935) is a former Australian politician.

Baume was born in Sydney, New South Wales and was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Grammar School. He married Jennifer Tucson 1958 and they have one son and one daughter. [cite book
title =Who's who in Australia
publisher =Crown Content
date =2008
location =North Melbourne
pages =2303
isbn = 1-74095-160-3
] He graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney and then studied gastroenterology in the United Kingdom and the United States. He received a MD at the University of Sydney in 1969. He was in private practice as a gastroentologist and physician and Honorary Assistant Physician at Royal North Shore Hospital before entering the Parliament of Australia. He was also a clinical Lecturer at the University of Sydney.cite web
title =Biography for Baume, the Hon. Peter Erne, AO
publisher =Parliament of Australia
work=ParlInfo Web
url =http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=8025&table=BIOGS
accessdate = 2007-12-17
] cite web
title = Peter Erne Baume, citation for an honorary degree
publisher =Australian National University
url =http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/hdc/BAUMECitation.pdf
format=PDF
accessdate = 2007-12-17
]

Political career

Baume was elected to the Senate for New South Wales, representing the Liberal Party at the 1974 election. As a backbencher he chaired Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare, which produced two reports: "Drug problems in Australia—an intoxicated society?" (1977) and "Through a glass darkly: evaluation in Australian health and welfare services" (1979). He was the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from November 1980 to May 1982 and Minister for Health from 20 April 1982 to 7 May 1982 following Michael MacKellar's resignation as minister. He was then Minister for Education until the Fraser government's defeat in the March 1983 election. He was the parliamentary representative on the Council of the Australian National University from February 1986 until his resignation from parliament.

In 1987 when Baume was Shadow Minister for the Status of Women he contravened Liberal Party policy by voting for a bill giving equal employment opportunity in some government-owned bodies. He considered he was "... finished in the Liberal Party. It is true that one is allowed to cross the floor in the Liberal Party of Australia, but my philosophical liberal principles sat poorly with the increasingly dominant radical conservatism of others. It was time again for a change of career."cite journal
first= Peter
last=Baume
title = Service in three careers
publisher =Medical Journal of Australia
issue=173
date=2000
url =http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/173_11_041200/baume/baume.html
accessdate = 2007-12-17
] He resigned from parliament in January 1991.

After politics

Baume was Professor of Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) from 1991 to 2000 and studied euthanasia, drug policy and evaluation. Since 2000, he has been an honorary research associate with the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW. He was Chancellor of the Australian National University from 1994 to 2006. He has also been Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission, Deputy Chair of the Australian National Council on AIDS and Foundation Chair of the Australian Sports Drug Agency. He was appointed a director of Sydney Water in 1998 following the discovery of cryptosporidium in Sydney's water supply.

Baume was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1992 in recognition of service to the Australian Parliament and upgraded to Companion in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List. [cite web
title =Baume, Peter Erne
publisher =Government of Australia
work=It's an Honour
url =http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=884429&search_type=simple&showInd=true
accessdate = 2007-12-17
] He received an honorary doctorate from the Australian National University in December 2004.

Notes

Persondata
NAME = Baume, Peter Erne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 30 January 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH = Sydney, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH = Living person
PLACE OF DEATH =


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