Warwick Parer

Warwick Raymond Parer, AM (6 April 1936  14 March 2014) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1984 to 2000. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Minister for Resources and Energy in the Howard Government from 1996 to 1998.


Warwick Parer

Minister for Resources and Energy
In office
11 March 1996  21 October 1998
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byDavid Beddall (Resources)
Succeeded byNick Minchin (Industry, Science and Resources)
Senator for Queensland
In office
22 November 1984  11 February 2000
Preceded byKathy Martin
Succeeded byGeorge Brandis
Personal details
Born(1936-04-06)6 April 1936
Wau, Territory of New Guinea
Died15 March 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 77)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationMining executive, politician

Early life

Parer was born in Wau in the Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea (present-day Papua New Guinea). His uncle Damien Parer was a war photographer who was killed by the Japanese in 1944. Parer was educated at St. Joseph's Nudgee College in Brisbane and at the University of Melbourne, where he received a Bachelor of Commerce.[1]

Politics

Parer became a member of the Senate in 1985. Following the announcement of the 1987 Senate election results, Parer was one of four senators who received a six-year term as a consequence of which method was chosen to allocate the seats.[2]

From March 1996 to October 1998, Parer was Minister for Resources and Energy in John Howard's government. He retired from the Senate on 11 February 2000, and his vacant seat was taken by George Brandis under Section 15 of the Australian Constitution.[3]

Parer was president of the Queensland Liberal Party from 2006 until February 2008.

Other activities

He was chair of the Coalition of Australian Governments Independent Energy Review Panel and a member of the Governing Council of the Old Parliament House (Qld).

He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005.[4]

He was also appointed chair of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation in 2010, and chairman of the Board of Stanwell Corporation Limited in May 2012.[5]

Death

Parer died on Friday 14 March 2014.[6]

References

  1. Senator Paul Calvert: Official Hansard, Australian Senate, 6 March 2000.
  2. "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 17 September 1987. pp. 194–213.
  3. Election Results for Senate – Queensland, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 24 September 2004.
  4. It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 March 2014
  5. Our Structure, Stanwell Corporation, 18 September 2013.
  6. Robtn Ironside, "Tributes flow for former Liberal Senator Warwick Parer", The Sunday Mail, 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014
    - Hilton, Anna (15 March 2014). "Queensland pays tribute to Warwick Parer". Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
David Beddall
Minister for Resources and Energy
1996–98
Succeeded by
Nick Minchin
Minister for Industry, Science and Resources
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