Peter James Patmore (born 5 November 1952) is an

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n former politician. In 1984 he was elected to the

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as one of the members of

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, representing the Labor Party. During that time he held the positions of; Deputy Premier, Attorney General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Consumer Affairs, and Minister for Education and the Arts. He resigned from parliament in 2002. Patmore was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2005 for services to the Tasmanian Parliament, particularly through the introduction of fiscal, education and law reforms. His qualifications before entering parliament included a Bachelor of Law from the University of Tasmania and a Diploma of Criminology from Cambridge University. He received a

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in 2000. He is a barrister and solicitor, admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the Federal Court of Australia in 1980. Until 2017 Patmore lectured in law at the

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.Dr Peter Patmore's profile - Faculty of Law
''University of Tasmania'' Patmore was Chairman of Poppy Advisory and Control Board and an Australian delegate to the United Nation Commission for Narcotic Drugs from 2002 to 2015.

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