Robert James Webster

The Honourable Robert James Webster (16 September 1951) is an Australian company director and grazier and a former New South Wales parliamentarian. Webster was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1963-1969), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House. From 1970 until his election to State parliament he was a grazier at Salisbury Downs, a property near Bigga. Webster represented Goulburn for the National Party of Austral... more

The Honourable Robert James Webster (16 September 1951) is an Australian company director and grazier and a former New South Wales parliamentarian. Webster was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1963-1969), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House. From 1970 until his election to State parliament he was a grazier at Salisbury Downs, a property near Bigga. Webster represented Goulburn for the National Party of Australia in the NSW Legislative Assembly from March 1984 until May 1991 when he was elected as a member of the Legislative Council where he served until retiring from politics in 1995. During his parliamentary career he served as Minister for Administrative Services and Assistant Minister for Transport, Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Administrative Services, Minister for Planning and Minister for Energy, Minister for Planning, Minister for Energy, Minister for State Development and Minister for Tourism, and finally as... less