Education
He was awarded a Bachelor of Laws and later a Master of Laws at the University of Western Australia, later completing a Bachelor of Business.
He was awarded a Bachelor of Laws and later a Master of Laws at the University of Western Australia, later completing a Bachelor of Business.
He worked as a business proprietor and a company director before entering parliament. He was re-elected in 1986 but the seat was then abolished in a redistribution in 1988. He served 20 years in that chamber, including four years as President between 1997 and 2001, while Richard Court was Premier, and several years thereafter as deputy president
He announced his retirement before the 2008 election and his term ended on 21 May 2009.
Elected to parliament in the 1989 state election, he was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region for the Liberal Party.
