Mr Terry Alan METHERELL (1947 - )

Date of Birth: 09/01/1947
Place of Birth: England

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	19 Sep 1981	10 Apr 1992	10yr(s) 6mth(s) 23day(s)
Member for Davidson	19 Sep 1981	5 Mar 1984	2yr(s) 5mth(s) 16day(s)	47th (1981 - 1984)
Member for Davidson	24 Mar 1984	22 Feb 1988	3yr(s) 10mth(s) 30day(s)	48th (1984 - 1988)
Member for Davidson	19 Mar 1988	3 May 1991	3yr(s) 1mth(s) 15day(s)	49th (1988 - 1991)
Member for Davidson	25 May 1991	10 Apr 1992	10mth(s) 17day(s)	50th (1991 - 1995)
Minister for Education and Youth Affairs	25 Mar 1988	20 Jul 1990	2yr(s) 3mth(s) 26day(s)

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party. Shadow Minister for Education and Youth Affairs 1986. Shadow Minister for Transport 1981-1986. Secretary Burwood Branch and Vice-President Burwood State Conference 1975 - 1977. State Executive of the Liberal Party (New South Wales Division) 1979 - 1981. Member Joint Standing Committee on State Policy 1976-1979. Member Philosophy Committee 1975 - 1977.

Community Activity

Vice-President of the Glebe Society 1969 - 1970. Member Coast and Mountain Walkers of New South Wales; Manly-Warringah Interagency; Amnesty International; Manly-Warringah Historical Society. Also patron of a wide variety of local associations.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Tutor and lecturer. Educated at Caringbah High school and University of Sydney. BA (Hons), DipEd, MTCP, PhD (Syd). Doctoral thesis in Australian Political History. Previouly tutor in Government, University of Sydney 1973; part-time lecturer in Town Planning, University of Sydney 1974-1975; research officer to Federal Member for Wentworth 1975; private secretary to Commonwealth Attorney-General 1976-1977; private secretary to Commonwealth Minister for Education 1977-1979; private secretary to Commonwealth Minister for National Development and Energy and Leader of the Government in the Senate 1979-1981. Recreational interests include bushwalking, swimming, Australian folk art, theatre and reading.

Personal

Migrated from England when 8 years old. Married (1) Anne in 1972. Divorced. Married (2) Louise in 1988 and had issue, 2 sons.

Additional Information

Electorate description: Metropolitan, residential suburban and light industrial. Located Sydney, northern. Principal suburbs: Allambie Heights, Belrose, Brookvale, Cromer, Frenchs Forest, Forestville, Killarney Heights, Oxford Falls. Area: 54 sq km Population: 50,454 Enrolment: 34,467 Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Terry Alan Metherell - papers, 1965 - 1990 (MLMSS 5417)

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