Ian Griffith

Ian Griffith
Chief Secretary of New South Wales
In office
19 June 1972  3 January 1975
Preceded by Eric Willis
Succeeded by Peter Coleman
Personal details
Born (1925-09-25)25 September 1925
Caulfield, Victoria
Died 8 November 1992(1992-11-08) (aged 67)
Gold Coast, Queensland
Political party Liberal Party of Australia

Ian Ross Griffith (25 September 1925 – 8 November 1992) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1978. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia and held ministerial positions in the governments of Sir Robert Askin and Eric Willis.

Early life

Griffith was born in Caulfield, Victoria and was the son of a chemical analyst. He was educated at Melbourne High School and worked as a bank officer for the National Bank of Australasia eventually becoming a public relations officer in Sydney. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Australian Navy and reached the rank of Lieutenant.[1]

State Parliament

Griffith entered the New South Wales parliament at the 1956 election as the Liberal member for Sutherland. He defeated the sitting Labor member, Tom Dalton, who won the seat in a surprise result at the previous election. The Liberal Party's hold on Sutherland was adversely affected by a redistribution at the 1959 election and Griffith successfully contested the new and safer seat of Cronulla.He retained the seat until he lost the Liberal Party's endorsement before the 1978 election and retired from public life.[2]

Government

Griffith was promoted to the position of Chief Secretary and Minister for Tourism, under Sir Robert Askin, between 1972 and 1975. He was demoted to the backbench when Askin retired and was succeeded as Premier by Tom Lewis but was appointed as the Minister for Housing in the short lived government of Eric Willis between January and May 1976.

References

  1. "Mr Ian Ross Griffith (1925 - 1992)". Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006. New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  2. Antony Green. "New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
Tom Dalton
Member for Sutherland
1956 1959
Succeeded by
Tom Dalton
Preceded by
New seat
Member for Cronulla
1959 1978
Succeeded by
Michael Egan
Political offices
Preceded by
Eric Willis
Chief Secretary of New South Wales
1972  1975
Succeeded by
Peter Coleman
Preceded by
Eric Willis
Minister for Tourism
1972  1975
Succeeded by
Peter Coleman
Preceded by
Laurie McGinty
Minister for Housing
1976
Succeeded by
Jack Ferguson
Minister for Co-operative Societies
1976
Succeeded by
Syd Einfeld
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