David Beddall

The Honourable David Beddall
Member of the Australian Parliament for Fadden
In office 5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984
Preceded by	Donald Cameron
Succeeded by	David Jull
Member of the Australian Parliament for Rankin
In office 1 December 1984 – 31 August 1998
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Craig Emerson
Personal details
Born	27 November 1948 (1948-11-27) (age 62) Manchester, England
Nationality	English Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Occupation	Financial consultant

David Peter Beddall (born 27 November 1948) is a former Australian politician.

Beddall was born in Manchester, England and was employed by the Commonwealth Bank and was a self-employed commercial finance consultant before he entered parliament. He was elected as Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Rankin in the Australian House of Representatives at the 1984 election. In April 1990, he was appointed Minister for Small Business and Customs in the Hawke ministry (Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs from December 1991). In March 1993 he was appointed Minister for Communications (serving concurrently with Transport and Communications Minister Bob Collins) in the second Keating Ministry. In December 1993, he and Collins left the Communications portfolio which was taken by Michael Lee and Beddall replaced Lee as Minister For Resources. He lost this portfolio with the defeat of the Keating government at the 1996 election. He retired from parliament at the 1998 election.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ "Biography for Beddall, the Hon. David Peter". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=8134&table=BIOGS. Retrieved 25 January 2000. 

Political offices
Preceded by Barry Jones	Minister for Small Business and Customs 1990–1991	Succeeded by Chris Schacht (small business) Alan Griffiths customs)
	Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs 1990–1993
Preceded by Graham Richardson	Minister for Communications 1993 (serving concurrently with Bob Collins)	Succeeded by Michael Lee
Preceded by Michael Lee	Minister for Resources 1993–1996	Succeeded by Warwick Parer
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Donald Milner Cameron	Member for Fadden 1983–1984	Succeeded by David Jull
New division	Member for Rankin 1984–1998	Succeeded by Craig Emerson

Persondata
Name	Beddall, David Peter
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	27 November 1948
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Date of death	Living person
Place of death

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