Roger Price (Australian politician)

For other people with the same name, see Roger Price (disambiguation).

Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November 1945) is an Australian former politician. He was elected as a member of the Australian House of Representatives at the 1984 election, representing the Division of Chifley in Western Sydney, for the Australian Labor Party until his retirement before the 2010 election.^[1]

The Honourable Roger Price
Member of the Australian Parliament for Chifley
In office 1 December 1984 – 19 July 2010
Preceded by	Russ Gorman
Succeeded by	Ed Husic
Personal details
Born	(1945-11-26) 26 November 1945 (age 79) Sydney
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Occupation	Account manager

Born in Sydney, Price was educated at the New South Wales Institute of Technology. He was an account manager with Telecom Australia before entering politics. He was an alderman on Blacktown City Council from 1981 until 1987 and served as deputy mayor in 1984–1985.

At the time of his retirement, Price was the longest-serving Labor member in the parliament (House or Senate).

Price served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 4 June 1991 until 27 December 1991, when Paul Keating became prime minister. He then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence until the March 1993 federal election. He was Opposition Chief Whip from 2004 until 29 November 2007, when he became the Chief Government Whip. Additionally, he has been a member of numerous Standing Committees and overseas parliamentary delegations.

On 20 March 2010, Price announced his intention to retire from politics at the 2010 federal election.^[2] After his retirement, he served as the Australian Consul-General to Chicago.^[3]

External links

• Personal website
• Search or browse Hansard for Roger Price at OpenAustralia.org