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|honorific-prefix =The Honourable |name = Peter Durack |honorific-suffix =QC |image = Peter Durack(1948).jpg |caption = Durack in 1948 |office1 = Attorney-General of Australia |predecessor1 = Robert Ellicott |successor1 = Gareth Evans |term_start1 = 6 September 1977 |term_end1 = 11 March 1983 |primeminister1 = Malcolm Fraser |office2 = Australian Senator for Western Australia | term_start2 = 1 July 1971 | term_end2 = 30 June 1993 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = |birth_date = 20 October 1926 |birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|7|13|1926|10|20}} |death_place = Perth |nationality = Australian |spouse = |party = Liberal Party of Australia |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = University of Western Australia Lincoln College, Oxford |occupation = |profession = Politician |religion = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} Peter Drew Durack, QC (20 October 1926[1] – 13 July 2008[2]) was an Australian politician, representing the Liberal Party. He rose to become Attorney-General of Australia. He served in the Senate from 1 July 1971 to 30 June 1993. From 1987 to 1989, he was a joint Father of the Senate along with Arthur Gietzelt, and from 1989 until his retirement, he alone held this title. BiographyDurack was educated at Aquinas College and the University of Western Australia. He was the state's 1949 Rhodes Scholar and studied law at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he later taught.[3] From 1956 he worked as a barrister in Perth and in 1965 was elected into the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Perth, a seat he held until 1968. He moved to federal politics by winning one of the Senate seats in the 1970 Senate election, taking office on 1 July 1971. He was Minister for Repatriation in the Fraser government from July to October 1976, when the title of the portfolio was changed to Minister for Veterans' Affairs. In 1977 he was appointed Attorney-General, serving in that office until the Fraser government's defeat in 1983. During this time he was responsible for the passage of the Freedom of Information Act 1982; he had introduced a private member's bill on the same subject in 1972. He was deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1983–87 and 1990–92.[4] In 1992 he failed to win preselection by his party for a further term, and his political career ended in June 1993. He died in Perth on 13 July 2008.[2] PublicationsDurack wrote several books, dealing with legal issues and the Mabo court case, with which he was involved during his time as Attorney General.
FamilyDurack was a grandson of Kimberley pioneer Jeremiah Durack, who was an uncle of Michael Patrick Durack (1865–1950).[5] He was therefore a cousin of authors Mary and Elizabeth Durack. Durack was married to Isabel, with whom he had daughter Anne and son Philip. References1. ^Parliamentary Handbook: Historical Information {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901115525/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/cotton.kingsmill.htm |date=1 September 2007 }} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title=Minister for Repatriation/Veterans' Affairs | before=Kevin Newman |after=Victor Garland | years=1976–1977}}{{succession box | title=Attorney-General | before=Robert Ellicott |after=Gareth Evans | years=1977–1983}}{{S-par| au}}{{s-bef | before = Doug McClelland}}{{s-ttl | title = Father of the Australian Senate | years = 1987–1993|regent1=Arthur Gietzelt|years1=1987–1989}}{{s-aft | after = Mal Colston2. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/15/2304358.htm?section=justin|title=Former Liberal senator Peter Durack dies in Perth|work=ABC News|date=15 July 2008}} 3. ^1970 Senate Election results at psephos.adam-carr.net 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/liberals-go-to-mind-in-1980s-20080717-3gy0.html?page=1|title=Liberal's 'go to' mind in 1980s|work=The Age (obituary)|date=18 July 2008|author=Torrance Mendez}} 5. ^Durack, Michael Patrick (1865–1950) Brian Harradine}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Durack, Peter}} 15 : 1926 births|2008 deaths|Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia|Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia|Members of the Australian Senate|Members of the Cabinet of Australia|Attorneys-General for Australia|Australian Rhodes Scholars|People educated at Aquinas College, Perth|University of Western Australia alumni|Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford|Queen's Counsel 1901–2000|Australian Queen's Counsel|20th-century Australian politicians |
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