Personal profile
Born
9 December 1929, Bordertown, South Australia
Education
- Perth Modern School
- University of Western Australia (1947-53)
- Oxford University (1953-56) (Rhodes Scholarship)
Employment
- research officer and advocate, Australian Council of Trade Unions (1958-80)
- politician
Memberships
- Congregational Youth Fellowship
- Student Christian Movement
- Australian Labor Party Club (University of Western Australia)
- Australian-Overseas Student Club
- Australian National University Council
- Reserve Bank Board
- Australian Population and Immigration Council
- Monash University
- Australian Council for Union Training
- Australian Refugee Advisory Council
- Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation
Marriages
- Hazel Masterson, 3 March 1956, Trinity Church, Perth, Western Australia (divorced 1995)
- Blanche d’Alpuget, 24 July 1995, Double Bay, New South Wales
Children with Hazel Masterson
- Susan (1957)
- Stephen (1959)
- Roslyn (1960)
- Robert (1963)
Died
16 May 2019
Honours
- Companion of the Order of Australia (1979)
- Knight Grand Cordon, Order of the White Elephant, Thailand (1989)
- Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu, Papua New Guinea (2009)
- Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun, Japan (2012)
Partner
Name
Hazel Masterson
Born
20 July 1929, Perth, Western Australia
Memberships
- Congregational Youth Fellowship
- Australian Labor Party (1958-)
- New South Wales Heritage Council
- Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Died
23 May 2013
Honours
Officer of the Order of Australia (2001)
Political profile
Term as Prime Minister
11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991
Terms as Member of Parliament
- House of Representatives: 25 November 1980 to 20 February 1992 (Wills)
- Leader of the Opposition: 8 February to 11 March 1983
Portfolios
None
Political memberships
- Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Australian Labor Party (1947-)
- President (1973-78)
