1. Ian George Medcalf AO ED QC was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1968 to 1986.
12 Facts About Ian Medcalf
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Ian Medcalf served as Attorney-General of Western Australia from 1975 to 1983, in the governments of Sir Charles Court and Ray O'Connor.
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Ian Medcalf returned to Perth to attend Scotch College, and then went on to the University of Western Australia, where he graduated with a law degree in 1941.
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Ian Medcalf continued with the Citizen Military Forces after the war's end, and eventually reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
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Outside of his involvement with the military, Ian Medcalf worked as a solicitor, and in 1951 was made a partner in his law firm.
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Ian Medcalf was elevated to the Court ministry in June 1975, but initially served only as an honorary minister.
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Ian Medcalf held those positions throughout the remainder of Charles Court's term as premier, and in March 1980 was made Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, replacing Neil McNeill.
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Ian Medcalf remained in the ministry when Ray O'Connor succeeded Court as premier in January 1982, and in December 1982 was made Minister for Police, replacing Bill Hassell.
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Ian Medcalf resigned from the frontbench a few months after Bill Hassell's election as Liberal leader in February 1984, and left parliament entirely at the 1986 election.
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From 1987 to 1993, Ian Medcalf served as president of the WA branch of the National Trust.
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Ian Medcalf was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1992, "for service to the law, to the Western Australian Parliament, and to the community".
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Ian Medcalf had married Winifred Maxine Love in 1944, with whom he had three children.