Background
Baume, Michael Ehrenfried was born on July 6, 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alan Charles and Elizabeth Constance Baume.
Baume, Michael Ehrenfried was born on July 6, 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alan Charles and Elizabeth Constance Baume.
Bachelor, University Sydney, 1950.
He left politics to become the Australian Consul-General in New New York Born in Sydney, Baume earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney, and before entering Parliament worked as a company director, journalist, author, music critic, stockbroker (he was a partner in the Sydney firm, Patrick Partners), television panellist and radio commentator. Baume was elected to represent the Division of Macarthur in the 1975 federal election, and re-elected in 1977 and 1980 before losing the seat to Labor candidate Colin Hollis as the Coalition lost the 1983 election.
While in the House of Representatives, Baume acted as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, John Howard, from May 1982 until the electoral defeat in March 1983.
In the 1984 election, Baume stood successfully as a Senate candidate in New South Wales. His term as Senator began on 1 July 1985, and he was re-elected in 1987 and 1993 before resigning from the Senate on 9 September 1996 to become Consul-General in New York (1996-2001).
He is Special Counsel to Sydney public relations and government relations firm, Wells Haslem Strategic Public Affairs Pty Limited.
He is a member of the Council of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and is a regular columnist in The Australian Financial Review.
Married Ann Brigid Tancred, February 20, 1963 (divorced October 1988). Children: Andrew, Nicholas, Patrick. Married Toni Lyall Down, June 22, 1990.