Preceded by Dudley Erwin Name Jim Short | Occupation Public servant Nationality Australian Succeeded by John Mildren | |
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Born 7 December 1936 (age 87)
Shepparton, Victoria ( 1936-12-07 ) Political party Liberal Party of Australia Alma mater University of Melbourne Role Former Member of the Australian House of Representatives Party Liberal Party of Australia Previous offices Australian Senator (1984–1997), Member of the Australian Parliament (1975–1980) | ||
Education University of Melbourne | ||
James Robert Short (born 7 December 1936) is a former Australian politician and diplomat.
Born in Shepparton, Victoria, he attended the University of Melbourne before becoming a public servant with the Treasury Department in 1963. He was Executive Secretary of the Australian Industry Development Corporation from 1973 to 1974.
In 1975, he was elected to the House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Ballaarat. The name was changed to Ballarat in 1977. He held the seat until his defeat in 1980.
In 1984, he was elected to the Senate.
Jim Short was appointed Assistant Treasurer in the First Howard Ministry in March 1996. On 14 October 1996 he resigned his portfolio after inadvertently misleading the Senate about a conflict of interest. He resigned from the Senate the following year to take up a $150,000-a-year (tax-free) position at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he remained until 2000. He served as Australian Special Envoy for Cyprus from 2000 to 2007.