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Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...
Peter Ross Sinclair, (born 16 November 1934) is a retired senior officer of the
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who served as the 35th
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from 8 August 1990 to 1 March 1996. Born in
Manly, New South Wales Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the Local government in Australia ...
, he was educated at
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before joining the Navy through the
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. Over a 41-year career, Sinclair saw active service in
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,
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,
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, and in relief operations following
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, and commanded the naval base . He later rose to high command, serving as Director of Naval Plans and as chief project officer during the establishment of the tri-service
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, and then serving as its first commandant. In 1987, he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet, which was redesignated as Maritime Commander Australia the following year. In 1989, he was appointed as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff but served only briefly until his retirement later that year. When his friend and navy colleague, Sir David Martin, resigned his commission as
Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the governor ...
in August 1990 due to an advancing medical condition, Sinclair was appointed to succeed him. He retired in 1996, and controversy over Carr's proposed changes to the Governor's role emerged in regard to his successor.


Early life

Peter Sinclair was born in
Manly, New South Wales Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the Local government in Australia ...
, on 16 November 1934 to Gordon and Dorothy Sinclair. After being educated at
North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School (abbreviated as NSBHS) is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded, Single-sex school, single-sex, Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective secondary day school for boys, loc ...
, Sinclair joined the
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and entered the
Royal Australian Naval College HMAS Creswell is a training facility of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) that includes the Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) as well as the School of Survivability and Ship's Safety, Beecroft Weapons Range, and an administrative support depa ...
as a Cadet in January 1948. After several years, he was sent for further studies at the
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in
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. Sinclair served on various ships, including , , , , , , , and , and saw service in the
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and the
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. On 9 May 1957, he married Shirley McLellan. Together they had two daughters, Jann a teacher on the North Shore of Sydney, Kay CEO of a recruitment company and a son, Commodore Peter John Sinclair, who joined the navy and was the commander in charge of the commissioning of the
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s.


Naval command

Sinclair's first command was of from 1970 to 1972, and then of the Guided Missile Destroyer, . As commander in 1974, his ship was called upon to take part in the relief operations in
Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin ( Larrakia: ') is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's population, with 139,902 at the 2021 census. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australi ...
, following
Cyclone Tracy Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, in December 1974. The small but developing easterly storm was or ...
. Commanding until 1977, Sinclair soon rose to higher administrative and directive roles in the navy, serving as commander of in 1978, Director of Naval Plans from 1979 to 1980, Director-General of the Military Staff Branch Strategic and International Policy Division Department of Defence from 1980 to 1982 and Chief of Staff and Deputy to the Naval Support Commander from 1983 to 1984. Sinclair was Chief Project officer during the establishment of the tri-service
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, serving as its first commandant from 1984 to 1986. In the 1986 New Year Honours list, Sinclair was made an
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(AO) for "Service to The Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the First Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy".Officer of the Order of Australia
, AO, 26 January 1986, itsanhonour.gov.au
Citation: ''AO/NY86 For Service to The Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the First Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy.''.
In 1987 he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet, a position which later changed to Maritime Commander, Australia. During the
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, Sinclair was in charge of the evacuation of all Australian citizens from
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. In 1989, he was appointed as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. He served only briefly and in that same year he retired from the Navy to take up cattle breeding at "Kirkbreck" a property near Tea Gardens, New South Wales. In 1990, the Premier of New South Wales,
Nick Greiner Nicholas Frank Hugo Greiner (; born 27 April 1947) is an Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. Greiner was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and ...
, asked Sinclair to coordinate the Flood Relief Operations during the
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and
Bogan Shire Bogan Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Mitchell and Barrier highways and its only significant town is Nyngan. The Municipality of Nyngan was proclaimed o ...
floods.The Governors of New South Wales: 1788–2010, p. 589.


Governor of New South Wales

When his friend and navy colleague, Sir David Martin, resigned his commission as
Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the governor ...
on 7 August 1990 due to an advancing medical condition, dying three days later on 10 August, Sinclair was the only person considered as Martin's replacement. The Premier of New South Wales,
Nick Greiner Nicholas Frank Hugo Greiner (; born 27 April 1947) is an Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. Greiner was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and ...
, identified a military appointment as the only appropriate successor to Martin and recommended Sinclair's to
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. This was accepted by
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and Sinclair was sworn in on 8 August 1990. At his swearing in, Sinclair declared that he and his wife would "steer a broad course set by Sir David and Lady Martin". Sinclair later took the advice passed on to him from Martin in his notes: "The person who is Governor is not important. The office of Governor is important." During his time at
Government House, Sydney Government House is the heritage-listed vice-regal residence of the governor of New South Wales. It is located on Conservatorium Road in the Sydney central business district, adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden, and is situated south of th ...
, Sinclair increased accessibility to the public. While all previous Governors had maintained public access through Garden Parties and specific events, Sinclair was the first to start Government House open days, the first being on 24 March 1991. By the end of his term in 1996 approximately 35,000 people had visited the Vice-regal residence. While initially uncertain of his constitutional role, particularly in regard to the Executive Council, Sinclair decreed that all Ministers of the Crown were required to produce a certificate with any legislation requiring assent. The certificate declared that the NSW Crown Solicitor, then Hugh Roberts, had scrutinised the legislation and could therefore recommend assent without problem. While during the Greiner/Fahey Governments, Sinclair received compliance with these requests as well as regular attendance to Council meetings. However, once the Carr Labor Government took power in 1995, Labor ministers were less ready to accede to Crown scrutiny. Sinclair readily took advice from many sources including Chief Justice
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, fellow state Governors and former NSW Governors, Sir Roden Cutler and Sir James Rowland.The Governors of New South Wales: 1788–2010, pp. 591–592.


Hung parliament

At the May 1991 election, the Liberal/National Government of Greiner lost ten seats, reducing its majority to 3 over Labor. However, with four independents in the crossbenches, the Government needed at least one independent to ensure a workable majority in the Legislative Assembly. After several negotiations, Greiner was able to secure the independent Member for Tamworth,
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, agreeing to provide concessions to his electorate in exchange for Windsor's support in confidence and supply motions. Sinclair then reviewed the letters of the agreement to ascertain their legality and then commissioned Greiner as Premier. Greiner then, promising parliamentary and government reforms, signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the other three Independents:
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( Bligh), Peter MacDonald ( Manly) and John Hatton ( South Coast), to secure their support in parliament for confidence and supply. Despite several seat changes reducing the Government majority to 47, equal to Labor's, thereby threatening a constitutional crisis, no problems occurred until the "Metherell affair" emerged. The former Minister for Education,
Terry Metherell Terry Alan Metherell (born 9 January 1947) is an Australian former politician who represented the Electoral district of Davidson in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1992. When the Liberal Party won the 1988 election, Premie ...
, had resigned from the Liberal Party in October 1991, sitting as an independent. The government subsequently created a job for Metherell, a position with the Environment Protection Agency, which he accepted, effectively engineering a vacancy in a seat that the Liberal Party would recover at a by-election. At the May 1992 by-election the seat was won by Liberal candidate
Andrew Humpherson Andrew Humpherson (born 15 August 1960) is a former Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Davidson from 1992–2007. He has since pursued a career in public affairs overseeing the Government ...
. While the Liberal Party won the by-election, there was a much higher cost. Because the Greiner government was in a minority, it could not prevent the Legislative Assembly referring the matter of Metherell's appointment to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which made findings of corruption. Five days after the findings, on 24 June 1992, Greiner tearfully met with Sinclair at Government House and tendered his resignation. That same day Sinclair commissioned John Fahey as Premier.The Governors of New South Wales: 1788–2010, pg 595. The ICAC findings were eventually ruled by the
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as being outside the powers of the ICAC to make, but by then Premier Greiner had already resigned. Metherell never took up the offered job. Another problem arose over the Governor's power to dissolve the Parliament. This emerged over the introduction of reforms to introduce a fixed four-year parliamentary term, prompted by the independent's, particularly John Hatton's, desire to prevent Premiers from calling elections whenever it suited them. Fearing an upcoming undeclared 1991 election, Hatton introduced a motion in the Assembly to request the Governor to only grant an early election if the majority of MPs requested one. Soon Greiner and various Ministers objected to it as an attempt to limit the Governor's conventional constitutional powers. Sinclair disagreed with the motion and asked the Crown Solicitor to convey these concerns to the Premier. Facing increasing criticism, Hatton withdrew the motion saying that "The last thing I would want to do would be to politicise the office of the Governor." In the 1992
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honours list, Sinclair was invested as a
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(AC) for "Service to the Crown as Governor of New South Wales".Companion of the Order of Australia
AC, 8 June 1992, itsanhonour.gov.au
Citation: ''AC/QB 1992 (General Division) For Service to the Crown as Governor of New South Wales.''.


Labor government

Despite speculation that Fahey would call an early election, the parliament ran its full term. At the
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election, Fahey lost Government to the Labor Party under
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. The relationship between Sinclair and the republican Carr soon degenerated. One of Carr's first moves was to declare that his cabinet would be the last to swear allegiance to the Queen, a symbolic move intended to contribute to the campaign towards the upcoming
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.The Governors of New South Wales: 1788–2010, pp. 596–599. Carr generated further antagonism between him and Sinclair, as well as public controversy, over his intentions to make the Governor a part-time post that did not require a residence or independent staff. Sinclair's personality and dislike for Carr's policies were soon derided by editors in
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, calling him the "Chief Boy Scout", a reference to the governor's role as head of the Scouts. Another controversy emerged from the choice of Sinclair's successor, whom he had wanted to give a more thorough handover than he had in 1990. He communicated to Carr several possible replacements, including Professor
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. Carr, wanting to choose the successor himself, turned down Sinclair and chose the former Judge and Chancellor of the
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,
Gordon Samuels Gordon Jacob Samuels, (12 August 1923 – 10 December 2007) was a British-Australian lawyer and judge who served as the 36th Governor of New South Wales from 1996 to 2001. Born in London in 1923, Samuels was educated at University College Scho ...
. Carr requested Sinclair to prorogue the Parliament, partly to prevent the opposition from debating the changes to the Governor's role in the Legislative Council. Sinclair agreed to Carr's request of an Executive council meeting to deal with the matter. However, when Treasurer, Michael Egan, announced that Sinclair had already agreed to prorogue the Parliament, Sinclair was furious about the breach of protocol. Sinclair demanded a retraction and apology from Carr and Egan, which he received. Sinclair's last public appearance as Governor was at an
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event at
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. The following day, Sinclair signed the order of prorogation. On 28 January 5000 visitors attended the final government House open day, while a larger crowd of 15,000 farewelled the Sinclairs two days later, before marching on Parliament House to protest Carr's intention to remove the Governor from Government House.


Later life

On his retirement, Sinclair returned to "Kirkbreck" but nevertheless continued in public life for the RSL with a life membership, as Chairman of the Council of the
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from 1996 to 2001, Vice-President of St John Ambulance New South Wales, Deputy Chair of the Newcastle Permanent Building Society, and a Councillor of the ANZAC Health and Medical Research Foundation. In 1992 Sinclair was made an honorary Doctor of
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, and an Honorary Doctor of
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in 1996. In retirement, Sinclair gives regular talks on constitutional matters to various groups and he is Patron of the Hunter Medical Research Institute, Australian Surf Life Saving Foundation., Task Force 72 and the Rail Motor Society,
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. On 28 November 2013 the Premier of NSW announced that the Queen had given approval for the title of "
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" to be accorded to the governors and former governors of New South Wales. In June 2016, Sinclair was called as a witness before the
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and gave an account of his experience as a victim of a humiliating initiation ritual when he joined the navy and had vowed to never let the practice happen on his watch, during his time as Deputy Commander at HMAS Leeuwin Naval Base.


Honours


Honorary degrees

* In 1992, he was awarded a
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(honoris causa) by the
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. * In 1996, he was awarded a
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(honoris causa) by
Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2019, it was ranke ...
.


Honorary military appointments

* 8 August 19901 March 1996: Honorary and Regimental
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in the
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. * 8 August 19901 March 1996:
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of No. 22 Squadron
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.


References

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