Ian Sinclair information

The Right Honourable
Ian Sinclair
AC
The Right Honourable Ian Sinclair AC
	Sinclair in 1970
Speaker of the House of Representatives
	In office; 4 March 1998 – 31 August 1998
Preceded by	Bob Halverson
Succeeded by	Neil Andrew
Leader of the National Party
	In office; 17 January 1984 – 9 May 1989
Deputy	Ralph Hunt; Bruce Lloyd
Preceded by	Doug Anthony
Succeeded by	Charles Blunt
Deputy Leader of the National Party
	In office; 2 February 1971 – 17 January 1984
Leader	Doug Anthony
Preceded by	Doug Anthony
Succeeded by	Ralph Hunt
Preceded by	In office; 20 February 1990 – 31 August 1998
Parliamentary Offices
Father of the House
	In office; 20 February 1990 – 31 August 1998
Preceded by	Tom Uren
Succeeded by	Philip Ruddock
Leader of the House
	In office; 19 August 1980 – 7 May 1982
Leader	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Ian Viner
Succeeded by	Sir James Killen
	In office; 22 December 1975 – 27 September 1979
Leader	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Fred Daly
Succeeded by	Ian Viner
Manager of Opposition Business
	In office; 16 March 1983 – 28 April 1987
Leader	Malcolm Fraser; Andrew Peacock; John Howard
Preceded by	Lionel Bowen
Succeeded by	John Spender
	In office; 14 June 1974 – 11 November 1975
Leader	Billy Snedden; Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	unknown
Succeeded by	Gordon Scholes
Prime Minister	In office; 7 May 1982 – 11 March 1983
Cabinet Posts
Minister for Defence
	In office; 7 May 1982 – 11 March 1983
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Jim Killen
Succeeded by	Gordon Scholes
Minister for Communications
	In office; 3 November 1980 – 7 May 1982
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Tony Staley
Succeeded by	Neil Brown
Minister for Special Trade Representations
	In office; 19 August 1980 – 3 November 1980
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Douglas Scott
Succeeded by	office abolished
Minister for Primary Industry
	In office; 11 November 1975 – 27 September 1979
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Rex Patterson
Succeeded by	Peter Nixon
	In office; 5 February 1971 – 5 December 1972
Prime Minister	John Gorton; William McMahon
Preceded by	Doug Anthony
Succeeded by	Lance Barnard
Minister for Shipping and Transport
	In office; 28 February 1968 – 5 February 1971
Prime Minister	John Gorton
Preceded by	Gordon Freeth
Succeeded by	Peter Nixon
Minister for Social Services
	In office; 22 February 1965 – 28 February 1968
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Menzies; Harold Holt; John McEwen; John Gorton
Preceded by	Reginald Swartz
Succeeded by	Bill Wentworth
Member of the Australian Parliament for New England
	In office; 30 November 1963 – 31 August 1998
Preceded by	David Drummond
Succeeded by	Stuart St. Clair
Member of the Legislative Council; of New South Wales
	In office; 23 April 1961 – 24 October 1963
Succeeded by	Alexander Alam
Personal details
Born	Ian McCahon Sinclair; 10 June 1929 (age 95); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	National
Spouses	; Margaret Tarrant (m. 1956; died 1967) ; Rosemary Fenton (m. 1970)
Relations	Peter King (son-in-law)
Children	4
Occupation	Grazier

Ian McCahon Sinclair AC (born 10 June 1929) is an Australian former politician who served as a Member of Parliament for 35 years, and was leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989. He served as either a minister or opposition frontbencher for all but a few months from 1965 to 1989, and later Speaker of the House of Representatives from March to August 1998.

Sinclair was born in Sydney and studied law at the University of Sydney. He later bought a farming property near Tamworth. Sinclair was elected to parliament in 1963, and added to the ministry in 1965 as part of the Menzies Government. Over the following six years, he held various portfolios under Harold Holt, John McEwen, John Gorton and William McMahon. Sinclair was elected deputy leader of his party in 1971. He was a senior member of the Fraser government, spending periods as Minister for Primary Industry (1975–1979), Minister for Communications (1980–1982), and Minister for Defence (1982–1983). In 1984, Sinclair replaced Anthony as leader of the Nationals. He led the party to two federal elections, in 1984 and 1987, but was replaced by Charles Blunt in 1989. Sinclair was father of the parliament from 1990 until his retirement at the 1998 election. He spent his last months in parliament as Speaker of the House of Representatives, following the sudden resignation of Bob Halverson; he is the only member of his party to have held the position. He also served as co-chair of the 1998 constitutional convention, alongside Barry Jones.

Along with Peter Nixon, Sinclair is the only other surviving Country/Nationals MP elected in the 1960s,^[1] and he is the last surviving minister who served in the Menzies Government and the First Holt Ministry. He is entitled to the Right Honourable prefix as one of the few surviving Australian members of the Privy Council of the UK.^[2]

^ Malcolm Farnsworth (2020). "Living Former Members Of The House Of Representatives (1949-1972)".
^ "Parliament of Australia".

[1] Malcolm Farnsworth (2020). "Living Former Members Of The House Of Representatives (1949-1972)".

[2] "Parliament of Australia".

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