Peter Foss

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Peter Foss
In office
22 May 1989 – 21 May 2005
Constituency East Metropolitan Region
Personal details
Born (1946-03-24) 24 March 1946 (age 78)
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party

Peter Gilbert da Conceicao Foss QC (born 24 March 1946 in England) is a former Australian politician, who represented the Liberal Party.[1]

Elected to parliament in the 1989 state election, he was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the East Metropolitan Region, he was re-elected in 1993, 1996, and 2001. He retired in 2005 [2]

During his time in parliament he served as a minister: -

  • Minister for Health; Consumer Affairs: 16 February 1993 – 10 February 1995.
  • Minister for the Arts: 16 February 1993 – 22 December 1999.[3][4]
  • Minister for Fair Trading: 3 November 1993 – 21 December 1995.
  • Minister for Water Resources: 10 February 1995 – 21 December 1995.
  • Minister for the Environment: 10 February 1995 – 9 January 1997.
  • Attorney General; Minister for Justice: 21 December 1995 – 16 February 2001.

He worked as a barrister and solicitor before entering parliament. He gained his Queens Council status while serving as Attorney General of Western Australia [5]

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