12 Facts About Alasdair Webster

Alasdair Paine Webster was born on 12 February 1934 and is an Australian former politician.

Alasdair Webster underwent military service in 1953, attended the University of New England, and became a teacher.

From 1973 to 1984, Webster was chief superintendent of Daruk Boys' Home in Windsor, New South Wales.

In 1984, Alasdair Webster was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Macquarie as a member of the Liberal Party.

Alasdair Webster held the seat until his defeat in 1993 by Maggie Deahm, representing the Australian Labor Party, who won by a margin of 105 votes.

Alasdair Webster challenged the result in the Court of Disputed Returns.

Alasdair Webster made 22 allegations of irregularities, including widespread electoral fraud, and that an advertisement misled voters into thinking Deahm was a Democrat Candidate.

Justice Gaudron dismissed the petition, ordering that the Electoral Commission bear its own costs because of its own errors, but Alasdair Webster was required to pay Deahm's costs.

Alasdair Webster subsequently joined the Call to Australia Party and unsuccessfully contested the Senate for them in 1996.

Alasdair Webster contested the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Christian Democratic Party at the 1999 and 2003 state elections.

Alasdair Webster was a delegate to the 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention, which met to discuss the issue of an Australian republic.

Alasdair Webster was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2008 for "services to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community, through Indigenous, educational and service organisations".