1. Ivor John Greenwood was an Australian barrister and politician.
19 Facts About Ivor Greenwood
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Ivor Greenwood was a member of the Liberal Party and held senior ministerial office in the McMahon and Fraser governments.
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Ivor Greenwood served as Minister for Health, Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Housing and Community Development.
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Ivor Greenwood was a Senator for Victoria from 1968 until his death in 1976, aged 49.
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Ivor Greenwood was the oldest of three children born to Joy Olive and Bartlett John Greenwood.
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Ivor Greenwood's father was a boilermaker with the Victorian Railways.
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Ivor Greenwood attended Hartwell State School and Mont Albert Central State School before winning a scholarship to Scotch College.
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Ivor Greenwood served as president of the Melbourne University Liberal Club and the Students' Representative Council.
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Ivor Greenwood subsequently worked as an associate to two High Court judges, Frank Kitto and Owen Dixon.
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Ivor Greenwood was called to the Victorian Bar in 1951 and shared chambers with future High Court justice and governor-general Ninian Stephen for a period.
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Ivor Greenwood "soon established a reputation as a scholarly but practical barrister, working principally in the fields of commercial and local government law".
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Ivor Greenwood served as honorary secretary of the Law Council of Australia from 1963 to 1968.
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Ivor Greenwood was involved with the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific.
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Ivor Greenwood was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1969, but according to the Australian Dictionary of Biography did not "achieve the material success that would have been his had he confined himself to the usual activities of a barrister".
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Ivor Greenwood joined the Young Liberal and Country Movement at a young age.
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Ivor Greenwood remained on the state executive of the Liberal Party until 1968, including as vice-president from 1966.
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Ivor Greenwood was nominated to fill a casual vacancy in the Australian Senate, created by John Gorton's move to the House of Representatives in 1968.
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Ivor Greenwood was appointed Minister for Health from March to August 1971 in the McMahon ministry and then Attorney-General until the defeat of the government in December 1972 election.
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On 7 May 1976, Ivor Greenwood collapsed at Parliament House after suffering "a massive heart attack and stroke"; he lapsed into a coma.