Surname: BATES
Given Names: Gerard Maxwell
Title and Honours: Dr
Qualifications: LLB, PhD
Date and Place of Birth: 13 September 1950 - Lancashire,
England
Date of Death:
House of Assembly: 8 February 1986
Electorate: Franklin
Party: Independent/Tasmanian Greens
Positions Held:
Date of Departure: 4 May 1995
Reason for Departure: Resigned to contest Queenborough
(LC). Unsuccessful.
Comments: Named and suspended more often
than any other member - 4 times: 24 November 1992 (1 day); 2 December
1992 (7 days); 26 August 1993 (1 day); 26 August 1993 (7 days); 18 October
1994 (1 day).
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 653
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
