Gary John Joseph Humphries (born 6 July 1958) is a member of the Australian Senate from the Australian Capital Territory. He represents the Liberal Party of Australia.
Humphries was born in Sydney in 1958 and went to the Australian National University in Canberra where he was elected President of the ANU Students' Association. He worked as a solicitor and political adviser before his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989. He served in ...
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Gary John Joseph Humphries (born 6 July 1958) is a member of the Australian Senate from the Australian Capital Territory. He represents the Liberal Party of Australia.
Humphries was born in Sydney in 1958 and went to the Australian National University in Canberra where he was elected President of the ANU Students' Association. He worked as a solicitor and political adviser before his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989. He served in the ministry of Trevor Kaine and in the Kaine and Carnell shadow ministries. When Kate Carnell became the Chief Minister in 1995, Humphries became a member of her team. In 1997 he became Deputy Chief Minister and in 1999 Treasurer (finance minister). In 2000 he succeeded Carnell as Chief Minister. At the 2001 ACT election Humphries was defeated by the Australian Labor Party under Jon Stanhope.
In December 2002, Humphries was elected by the party membership as nominee to fill a forthcoming casual vacancy in the Senate caused by the announced...
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