David John MacGibbon (born 13 May 1934) is an

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retired politician who served 21 years in the

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as a Liberal senator representing

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from 1978 to 1999.

Education and early career

MacGibbon was born in

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and grew up in

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. He was educated at the

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and

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and served his

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in the

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before becoming a dental specialist in prosthodontics and surgery and a lecturer in

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. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons and Fellow in Dental Surgery of the

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, England. Between 1962 and 1977, he held academic appointments at the Universities of London, Queensland and

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Senate

David MacGibbon was first elected to the

as a Liberal Senator for Queensland in 1977. He was re-elected in 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1993. He served in the Shadow Ministry, responsible for Defence Science and Personnel and Veterans Affairs (1993–94) and Customs (1989–90). MacGibbon was a long-serving member of the Joint Senate and

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Standing

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on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade from 1983 to 1999 and was chairman of the committee from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Statutory Committee on the

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from 1990–91 and 1996-1999 and chairman of the committee from 1996 to 1999. He served on the Senate Standing Committees for Science and the Environment (1978–83), Finance and Public Administration (1994–96), Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (1994–96), Economics (1996–98), and Community Affairs (1999). He was appointed the Australian Parliamentary Adviser to the

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for the 1983 session. MacGibbon retired from the Senate on 30 June 1999. He was succeeded by Brett Mason.

After Politics

MacGibbon served as a member of the

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Observer Group for the 2000 Zimbabwe parliamentary elections.Commonwealth Observer Grou
'The Parliamentary Elections in Zimbabwe 24-25 June 2000'
retrieved November 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macgibbon, David Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian Senate for Queensland Members of the Australian Senate Australian dentists 1934 births Living people Alumni of the University of London 20th-century Australian politicians