Haddon Storey
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Haddon Storey | |
|---|---|
 Storey in the 1980s | |
| 45th Attorney-General of Victoria | |
| In office 6 May 1976 – 8 April 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Hunt |
| Succeeded by | John Cain |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for East Yarra | |
| In office 17 April 1971 – 29 March 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Rupert Hamer |
| Succeeded by | David Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1930 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Cecile Storey |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Haddon Storey KC AM (born 15 May 1930) is a former politician from Victoria, Australia.
Haddon Storey was born in Melbourne, to Elsdon Storey, a dentist, and Gwendoline Alberta Bellett, a dental nurse. He attended Scotch College and Melbourne University,[1] where he received a Master of Law with Honours. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor, and practiced as a barrister from 1955, and was made a QC (now KC) in 1971. He was joint editor of the Law Council of Australia's newsletter from 1963 to 1969 and lecturer at the Council of Legal Education from 1963 to 1975. He was a long-standing member of the Liberal Party and served on the state executive from 1967 to 1971.
In 1958 he married Cecile Benjamin (1933–1997), and in the 1960s they had three boys.[2][3] She was a teacher who was also active in the Liberal party, and later became known as a public advocate, with roles on various bodies including the United Nations Association and those concerned with women's issues and education.
Political career
In 1971 Storey was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Liberal member for the Legislative Council (upper house) seat of East Yarra. After the 1976 state election, he was appointed to the second Hamer Ministry, serving as Attorney-General from 1976 to 1982, Minister for Federal Affairs from 1978 to 1982, and Minister for Consumer Affairs from 1981 to 1982.[1] In 1979 he became deputy party leader in the upper house, a post he held until 1996. As Attorney General, he carried out a significant law reform program, including the formation of the Victorian Legal Aid Commission, the enactment of Victoria's first Residential Tenancy Act, and a complete rewrite of the Estate Agents Act and Consumer Credit Legislation.[4][5] He also rewrote Victoria's sexual offences legislation on a gender neutral basis which included homosexual law reform.[6]
From 1982 to 1992 whilst the Liberal Party was in opposition Storey held a number of shadow portfolios. In 1984 he produced a policy for reform of the public sector "that was to serve as the template for Liberal Party thinking over the next ten years".[7]
Under the leadership of Jeff Kennett, the Liberal Party won the election of 1992, and Storey was again part of the front bench in the Kennett Ministry. From 1992 to 1996 he was Minister for Gaming, where he oversaw the bidding process for Victoria's first Casino.[7] For the same period, he was also Minister for Tertiary Education and Training, and Minister for the Arts, where he oversaw a building program that included a new Melbourne Museum, and renovations to the State Library of Victoria, the Victorian Arts Centre and the National Gallery of Victoria.[8] He has been described as a 'powerful influence' on Kennett.[9]
