Nationality Australian Role Australian Senator Name Ron Boswell | Website RonBoswell.com Spouse(s) Leita Boswell | |
Born 9 December 1940 (age 83)
Perth, Western Australia ( 1940-12-09 ) Alma mater St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace Education St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace Political party National Party of Australia Office Australian Senator since 1983 Similar People John Faulkner, Mark Coleridge, Virginia Trioli, Bob Katter Profiles | ||
Senator ron boswell valedictory speech 2014
Ronald Leslie Doyle "Ron" Boswell (born 9 December 1940) is a former Australian politician. He represented the Nationals in the Australian Senate for Queensland from 1983 to 2014 and led the party in the Senate from 1990 to 2007. He became Father of the Senate in 2008.
Contents
- Senator ron boswell valedictory speech 2014
- Ron boswell attacks labor for selling out blue collar workers on its ets
- Early life
- Career
- References
Ron boswell attacks labor for selling out blue collar workers on its ets
Early life
Boswell was born in Perth, Western Australia and was educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland.
Career
He was the leader of the National Party in the Senate from 10 April 1990 to 3 December 2007 and held many positions in the Coalition shadow ministry including Shadow Minister for Regional Development and External Territories (from September 1988 to April 1990), Shadow Minister for Northern Australia and External Territories (April 1993 to May 1994) and Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs (May 1994 to December 1994). Boswell was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services in July 1999 but left the position in October 2003. After he was succeeded as leader of the Nationals in the Senate by Nigel Scullion following the 2007 election, Boswell became Scullion's deputy. He was succeeded in that position by Fiona Nash in 2008.
In 2011, Boswell was a critic of the former Australian Government's carbon emissions trading scheme. He called for the scheme to be abandoned. On 17 September 2012, during a Senate debate on a proposed marriage inequality bill, Boswell spoke out against same sex marriage in Australia stating: "Two mothers or two fathers can’t raise a child properly. Who takes the boy to football? Who tells him what's right from wrong? What does he do? Go along with mum, or two mums? How does he go camping or fishing? It won’t work, it’s defying nature!" At the same time he remained an outspoken opponent of fringe conservative movements such as the Australian League of Rights and One Nation.
Boswell announced on 21 September 2012 that he did not intend to seek re-election in 2013 and would retire when his Senate term expired in 2014.