Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Ian Viner | |
Honorific-Suffix: | AO QC |
Office1: | Minister for Defence Support |
Primeminister1: | Malcolm Fraser |
Term Start1: | 7 May 1982 |
Term End1: | 11 March 1983 |
Predecessor1: | office established |
Successor1: | Brian Howe |
Office2: | Minister for Industrial Relations |
Term Start2: | 16 April 1981 |
Term End2: | 7 May 1982 |
Predecessor2: | Andrew Peacock |
Successor2: | Ian Macphee |
Office3: | Leader of the House |
Leader3: | Malcolm Fraser |
Term Start3: | 27 September 1979 |
Term End3: | 19 August 1980 |
Predecessor3: | Ian Sinclair |
Successor3: | Ian Sinclair |
Office4: | Minister of Employment and Youth Affairs |
Term Start4: | 5 December 1978 |
Term End4: | 6 April 1981 |
Predecessor4: | Tony Street |
Successor4: | Neil Brown |
Office5: | Minister of Aboriginal Affairs |
Term Start5: | 22 December 1975 |
Term End5: | 5 December 1978 |
Predecessor5: | Tom Drake-Brockman |
Successor5: | Fred Chaney |
Constituency Mp6: | Stirling |
Parliament6: | Australian |
Predecessor6: | Harry Webb |
Successor6: | Ron Edwards |
Term Start6: | 2 December 1972 |
Term End6: | 5 March 1983 |
Birth Name: | Robert Ian Viner |
Birth Date: | 1933 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Claremont, Western Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Robert Ian Viner AO (born 21 January 1933) is an Australian solicitor and barrister,[1] and former politician. He was the Liberal member for the House of Representatives seat of Stirling from 1972 until his defeat by Labor's Ron Edwards in the 1983 election.[2] He was Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 1975 to 1978, Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs from 1978 to 1981—he was a cabinet minister from November 1980. In 1981, he was appointed Minister for Industrial Relations and, in April 1982, Minister for Defence Support and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence[1] and a member of the Defence Council.
Viner is a former first-grade hockey player in Perth competitions. He has also represented Western Australia and Australia in veterans' hockey. He was captain of the first Australian Masters international touring team (1989–1990).[1]
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 1999.[3]