Larry Anthony

The Honourable
Larry Anthony
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Richmond
In office
2 March 1996 – 9 October 2004
Preceded by Neville Newell
Succeeded by Justine Elliot
Personal details
Born (1961-12-17) 17 December 1961
Sydney
Nationality Australian
Political party National Party of Australia
Relations Doug Anthony (father)
Larry Anthony (grandfather)
Alma mater University of New South Wales
Occupation Businessman

Lawrence James Anthony (born 17 December 1961)[1] is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from the March 1996 election until his defeat in the 2004 election.[2] He held the seat that was previously held by his father, Doug Anthony, and his grandfather, Larry Anthony, senior. The Anthonys are the only three-generation dynasty in the history of the House of Representatives.[3]

Anthony was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and educated at Canberra Grammar School before attending university at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.[1] He was a businessman and stockbroker before entering politics.[1]

Anthony first ran in Richmond in 1993, losing to Labor incumbent Neville Newell—the first time that a member of the Anthony family had lost an election. He sought a rematch in 1996, and defeated Newell as part of the Coalition's decisive win that year. However, due to demographic changes over the previous two decades that made Richmond much more compact and urban, Anthony was never able to establish nearly as secure a hold on the seat as his father and grandfather had possessed. He barely held onto his seat in 1998 (against Newell) and 2001, surviving both times on One Nation preferences. In 2004, he was defeated by Labor's Justine Elliot, being the only Coalition MP from a rural electorate to lose his seat and the first member of the Anthony family to be unseated at an election. On the seventh count, Elliot picked up a large flow of Green preferences, allowing her to defeat Anthony by 301 votes.

Anthony was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade 1998–99, Minister for Community Services 1999–2001 and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from 2001 to 2004.[1]

Larry Anthony is Deputy Chairman of the Queensland-based financial institution Indue; Chairman of the National Credit Union Association (NCUA); a director of the mutual association Abacus; and former director of Macquarie Media Group. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is chairman of technology company uniDap Solutions. Since 2015 he has served as the Federal President of the organisational wing of the National Party.

Anthony is also a part-owner owner and founding director of lobbying firm SAS Consulting Group.[4] The firms clients have included Santos Ltd, Delta Electricity and Indue.[5][6]

Community

Larry was appointed (2005 - 2012) as Chair of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia and from 2012 to current as President/Chair of The Friends of The Duke of Edinburgh Award in Australia. In 2006-2009 Larry was Deputy Chair of the International Award Association. http://www.dukeofed.org.au/

Honours

  • Gold Distinguished Service Medal, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia (2017)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Biography for ANTHONY, the Hon. Lawrence (Larry) James". Parliament of Australia.
  2. ↑ "2007 Federal Election: Profile of the Electoral Division of Richmond". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Anthony, Dynasties (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 14 December 2004.
  4. ↑ Rennie, George (2017-10-03). "Larry Anthony's lobbying story represents a wider malaise | George Rennie". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  5. ↑ Knaus, Christopher (2017-09-30). "Larry Anthony: calls for investigation of National party president's lobbying firm". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  6. ↑ "National Party president's company lobbying for gas, electricity firms". ABC News. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Neville Newell		 Member for Richmond
1996–2004		 Succeeded by
Justine Elliot

4. http://www.dukeofed.com.au/about-us-2/honour-roll/distinguished-medal-recipients/

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