Innes, John Angus Mackenzie, MBE (Angus)
Personal
Birth Date:
22 May 1939
Parents:
John Innes and Margaret Mary (nee Mackenzie)
Family:
Catherine Dunworth on 5 September 1970, 2 sons, 1 daughter
Education:
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Gainsborough, England; University of Queensland, LLB, 1968
Career
Barrister, 1969 to 1979; Northern Territory Police, 1961 to 1964; Associate to Hon. Mr Justice Walter Campbell, Supreme Court of Queensland, 1967 to 1968
Military Service:
Active Reserve RAAF, 1970 to 1982; Judge Advocate Panel (Wing Commander); Served as 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters in Malaya, 1959 to 1960; National Service, 1958 to 1960
Party Positions:
- State Executive. 1976 - 1979
- Member, Policy Committee.
- Chairman, Industry and Commerce Committee.
- Member, Small Business Committee and Environment Committee.
- Chairman, Moreton Area. 1976 - 1979
- Member, Government Parties Committees: Local Government, Main Roads and Police; Justice; Environment, Valuation and Administrative Services; Tourism, National Parks, Sport and the Arts. 1981 - 1983
- Member, Government Parties Committees: Justice; Culture, National Parks and Recreation Survey and Valuation. 1978 - 1980
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | LIB | Sherwood | 25 Nov 1978 | 13 May 1990 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Liberal Spokesman on the Premier's Department, Economic and Trade Development, Arts, Justice and Attorney-General | ||
Member, Standing Orders Committee | ||
Member, Parliamentary Standing Orders Committee | Mar 1990 | May 1990 |
Member, Parliamentary Service Commission | Mar 1990 | May 1990 |
Leader of the Liberal Party | 31 Jan 1988 | 13 May 1990 |
Liberal Party Spokesman on Justice, Cultural Activities and Energy | 1986 | 1987 |
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | Nov 1986 | Jan 1988 |
Member, Parliamentary delegation to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa | 1984 | |
Member, Printing Committee | 1983 | 1986 |
Delegate, Australian Constitutional Convention | 1983 | |
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | 18 Aug 1983 | Nov 1983 |
Member, Select Committee of Privilege | 1981 | 1983 |
Member, Library Committee | 1981 | 1983 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests include reading, state development, Australian art, running and the outdoors; Chairman, University of Queensland Union; Member, Governing Council of University of Queensland Union College; Former Committee Member, Queensland Bar Association
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 26 July 2017]