Robert Bruce McClelland (born 26 January 1958) is the Attorney-General of Australia. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Barton, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Doug McClelland, who was a Senator for New South Wales 1962-87, a minister in the Whitlam government and President of the Senate 1983-87.
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Robert Bruce McClelland (born 26 January 1958) is the Attorney-General of Australia. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Barton, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Doug McClelland, who was a Senator for New South Wales 1962-87, a minister in the Whitlam government and President of the Senate 1983-87.
McClelland was educated at Blakehurst High School before studying at the University of New South Wales, where he gained bachelors degrees in arts and law, and the University of Sydney where he gained a masters degree in law. He practised as an Associate to the Justice Phillip Evatt of the Federal Court of Australia 1981-82 before becoming a solicitor and ultimately partner with law firm Turner-Freeman.
Two years after his election to parliament, McClelland became a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry. He was Shadow Attorney-General 1998-2003, Shadow...
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