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Godfrey Harry (Dick) Adams

Godfrey Harry (Dick) Adams

Surname: ADAMS

Given Names: Godfrey Harry (Dick)

Title and Honours: Mr, Honourable

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 29 April 1951 - Launceston, Tasmania

Date of Death:

 

 

House of Assembly: 28 July 1979

Electorate: Franklin

Party: ALP

Positions Held: Chair Committees 1980-81, Minister 1981-82

Date of Departure: 15 May 1982

Reason for Departure: Defeated.

Inaugural Speech (11 September 1979)

Comments:

MHR Lyons since 13 March 1993. Granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life on 30 May 2005.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 623

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

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.