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David Kemp (politician)

Australian politician (born 1941)

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Honourable
name	David Kemp
honorific-suffix
image	David Kemp at Fraser Symposium (1) (cropped).jpg
caption	Kemp in 2025 at Trinity College
office3	Minister for the Environment & Heritage
term_start3	26 November 2001
term_end3	26 October 2004
primeminister3	John Howard
predecessor3	Robert Hill
successor3	Ian Campbell
office4	Vice-President of the Executive Council
primeminister4	John Howard
term_start4	21 October 1998
term_end4	18 July 2004
predecessor4	John Moore
successor4	Nick Minchin
office5	Minister for Schools, Vocational Education
and Training
primeminister5	John Howard
term_start5	11 March 1996
term_end5	26 November 2001
predecessor5	Simon Crean
successor5	Brendan Nelson
constituency_MP6	Goldstein
parliament6	Australian
predecessor6	Ian Macphee
successor6	Andrew Robb
term_start6	24 March 1990
term_end6	31 August 2004
birth_name	David Alistair Kemp
birth_date
birth_place	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
nationality	Australian
party	Liberal
relations	Rod Kemp (brother)
alma_mater	University of Melbourne
Yale University
occupation	Lecturer

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | honorific-suffix =

and Training](minister-for-education-australia)

Yale University

David Alistair Kemp (born 14 October 1941) is a retired Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004, representing the Division of Goldstein, Victoria. He was also a Cabinet member in the Howard government.

Early life and education

Kemp was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was educated at the University of Melbourne and Yale University, where he gained a doctoral degree in politics. He is the brother of Senator Rod Kemp, and the son of Charles Denton Kemp, founder of the Institute of Public Affairs.

Career

Kemp was Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne 1975–79 and Professor of Politics at Monash University, Melbourne 1979–90. He is the author of Society and Electoral Behaviour in Australia: a Study of Three Decades (1978), Malcolm Fraser on Australia (with D. M. White) (1986), Current Priorities for Liberalism (1986) and Foundations for Australian Political Analysis: Politics and Authority (1988).

Political career

Kemp was Senior Adviser to Malcolm Fraser, Leader of the Opposition and Prime Minister 1975–76 and Director of the Prime Minister's Office 1981.

In 1990 Kemp challenged Liberal MP and former Cabinet minister, Ian Macphee, for Liberal endorsement in the safe Melbourne seat of Goldstein. Kemp was seen as the candidate of the conservative wing of the Liberal Party, against a leading moderate liberal figure. Kemp won the battle.

Kemp was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1990–96. He was Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister Assisting the Minister for Finance for Privatisation 1996–97. He was promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs 1997–98 and Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs 1998–2001. He was Minister for Environment and Heritage from November 2001 to July 2004. He was Vice-President of the Executive Council from October 1998 to July 2004. His brother Rod was a fellow minister.

David Kemp retired at the 2004 election. He was succeeded as member for Goldstein by Andrew Robb.

In 2007, he was elected President of the Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party. He retired in 2011 and was replaced as Liberal state President by Tony Snell.

Post-political career

In 2012, Kemp became chairman of Scotch College, Melbourne. In 2017, Kemp was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, notably in the areas of employment, education, training and youth affairs, to the environment, to institutional reform and public policy development, and to the community.

References

(January 2024)
"Archived copy of VIC LIBS: Kemp out, Mantach director and big fight looms for Presidency".
[https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/michael-kroger-vies-for-liberal-party-presidency-20150119-12tbmx.html Michael Kroger vies for Liberal Party presidency] The Age 19 January 2015
Kitney, Damon. (12 September 2012). "Chairman of Scotch College quits over workload concerns". [[The Australian]].
(26 January 2017). "Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia". [[Governor-General of Australia]].

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