Peter Coleman

Peter Coleman
Coleman in June 2012
30th Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
Elections: 1978
In office
16 December 1977 – 7 October 1978
PremierNeville Wran
DeputyJohn Mason
Preceded bySir Eric Willis
Succeeded byJohn Mason
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Fuller
In office
24 February 1968 – 12 September 1978
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byRodney Cavalier
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Wentworth
In office
11 April 1981 – 5 June 1987
Preceded byRobert Ellicott
Succeeded byJohn Hewson
Personal details
Born
William Peter Coleman

(1928-12-15)15 December 1928
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Died31 March 2019(2019-03-31) (aged 90)
Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Verna Susannah Coleman
(née Scott)
ChildrenTanya Costello
Ursula Dubosarsky
William Coleman
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
London School of Economics
OccupationWriter, journalist

William Peter Coleman AO (15 December 1928 – 31 March 2019)[1] was an Australian writer and politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of The Bulletin (1964–1967) and of Quadrant for 20 years, and published 16 books on political, biographical and cultural subjects.[2] While still working as an editor and journalist he had a short but distinguished political career as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968–1978 for the Liberal Party, serving both as a Minister in the State Cabinet and in the final year as Leader of the New South Wales Opposition.[3] From 1981–1987 he was the member for Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives.[4]

  1. ^ Chung, Laura (1 April 2019). "Peter Coleman remembered as 'distinguished writer and thinker'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1994) Hyde, Hooton, Andrews, OUP. http://www.answers.com/library/Australian+Literature-cid-17647929 "Peter Coleman" accessed 8 June 2012
  3. ^ "Mr (William) Peter Coleman (1928–2019)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Biography for Coleman, William Peter". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2010.