David Wordsworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Wordsworth

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1930

Place of Birth: Kashmir, Pakistan

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About David Wordsworth

  • David John Wordsworth (born 9 June 1930) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1971 to 1993.
  • He served as a minister in the government of Sir Charles Court. Wordsworth was born in Kashmir, India, to Margaret Joan (née Reynolds) and Robert Hurley Wordsworth.
  • His Australian-born father was a British Indian Army general, and settled in Tasmania after World War II, eventually being elected to the Australian Senate.
  • Wordsworth was educated at Launceston Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School (the latter in Victoria), and went on to study agriculture at New Zealand's Lincoln College.
  • He initially farmed at Hagley, Tasmania, but left for Western Australia in 1961, buying a property near Esperance.
  • In 1958, he had married Marie Louise Johnston, a daughter of Bertie Johnston (a former senator).
  • The couple had three children.Wordsworth was elected to the Shire of Esperance council in 1969, and at the 1971 state election was elected to the Legislative Council's South Province.
  • After the 1977 election, he was named Minister for Transport in the Court government.
  • Following a ministerial reshuffle in August 1978, he was instead appointed Minister for Lands and Minister for Forests, titles which he would hold until Court resigned as premier in January 1982.
  • The Legislative Council was reformed prior to the 1989 state election, and Wordsworth transferred to the new Agricultural region.
  • He served only a single four-year term before leaving parliament.
  • Wordsworth retired to Perth, and was a member of the senate of Murdoch University from 1994 to 1998.

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