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Wayne Berry

Australian politician (born 1942)

Summary

Australian politician (born 1942)

Field	Value
name	Wayne Berry
order1	Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
term_start1	4 March 1989
term_end1	18 February 1995
predecessor1	new constituency
successor1	multi-member multiple constituencies
alongside1	Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan
term_start2	18 February 1995
term_end2	18 October 2008
predecessor2	multi-member single constituency
successor2	Meredith Hunter
constituency2	Ginninderra
alongside2	McRae/Stanhope, Hird/Dunne, Stefaniak, Horodny/Rugendyke/Dundas/Porter
order3	4th Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
predecessor3	Greg Cornwell
successor3	Shane Rattenbury
term_start3	12 November 2001
term_end3	18 October 2008
order4	8th Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory
predecessor4	Andrew Whitecross
successor4	Jon Stanhope
term_start4	19 August 1997
term_end4	20 February 1998
order5	3rd Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
predecessor5	Bernard Collaery
successor5	David Lamont
term_start5	18 June 1991
term_end5	13 April 1994
birth_date
birth_place	Sydney, New South Wales
nationality	Australian
spouse	Rhonda Berry
party	Labor Party
children	Yvette Berry
occupation	Fire officer; union official

| honorific-prefix= | honorific-suffix= Wayne Bruce Berry (born 14 November 1942) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 2008, representing the electorate of Ginninderra (from 1995 to 2008) for the Labor Party.{{cite web

Early years and background

Berry was born in Sydney and educated in Taree, New South Wales.

Prior to entering politics, Berry was active in the union movement and a member of the Labor Party's left faction.{{cite web

Political career

Berry was elected to the first Legislative Assembly, initially as a member in a multi-member single electorate covering the entire Australian Capital Territory (ACT) at the 1989 ACT general election and re-elected at the 1992 general election. Berry stood for the electorate of Ginninderra at the 1995 general election and was re-elected; and again at the 1998, 2001, and 2004 elections.

He was the first Minister for Community Services and Health in the Follett-led Labor government in a hung parliament. After a vote of no confidence was passed on Follett, Berry was forced to cross-benches. Surprisingly, Follett's deputy, Paul Whalan resigned from the Assembly in November 1990 and Berry became Follet's deputy. In 1991, when Follett succeeded Trevor Kaine as Chief Minister, Berry again assumed responsibilities as Minister for Health and became Deputy Chief Minister. The responsibilities of industrial relations and sport were added, and he held all three portfolios until the a ministerial reshuffle in 1994 when David Lamont replaced Berry in the ministry.

During his time in the Assembly, Berry campaigned strongly on pro-choice and abortion decriminalisation initiatives.{{cite news |archive-date = 6 July 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100219/http://www.abortionhelp.com.au/news/media-coverage/88.html |url-status = dead

He became leader of the ALP in 1997 and his leadership ended when he led the party to defeat at the 1998 election. He and his predecessor Andrew Whitecross are the only ALP leaders who did not become Chief Ministers.

Berry went on to serve as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly between 2001 and 2008. As Speaker, in 2006, he met with the Australian Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery and urged him not to disallow the ACT's civil union legislation. Berry asked that the Commonwealth suggest amendments that the ACT Legislative Assembly could make so that the law was acceptable to the Federal Government. The Governor-General passed the request to the Commonwealth Government. Two hours later, the Commonwealth Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and Minister for Territories Jim Lloyd arrived at Government House and together with the Governor-General moved to disallow the ACT laws permitting civil unions.{{cite news

Berry retired from politics at the 2008 election.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080220015807/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/15/2164270.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 February 2008 His daughter Yvette was elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly at the 2012 election and in 2016 she became Deputy Chief Minister, a position that Wayne himself held between 1991 and 1994.

References

(28 October 2012). "Women rise in ACT Labor following election". Canberra Times.

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