1. Joseph Max Berinson was an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in the Australian House of Representatives and the Western Australian Legislative Council.
20 Facts About Joe Berinson
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Joe Berinson was Minister for the Environment in the Whitlam government for several months in 1975, later serving a decade as Attorney-General of Western Australia.
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Joe Berinson was born on 7 January 1932 in his family home in Highgate, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.
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Joe Berinson's parents were Shulem Berinson, a master baker, and Rivka nee Finkelstein, both of whom were Palestinian Jews from the city of Safed.
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Joe Berinson's father migrated to Australia in the early 1910s and his mother migrated to Australia in the early to mid 1920s.
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Joe Berinson attended Highgate Primary School and won a scholarship to attend Perth Modern School.
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Joe Berinson did training at a pharmacy in Forrest Place, where he gained his formative political experience.
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On 9 September 1958, Joe Berinson married Jeanette Bekhor, whom he met at the Zionist Youth League, at the Perth Synagogue.
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Joe Berinson was finally elected to a parliament on the 25 October 1969 federal election, where he was elected to the seat of Perth in the Australian House of Representatives.
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Joe Berinson defeated the sitting Liberal member, Fred Chaney Sr.
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Joe Berinson still had yet to complete his law degree when he was elected, so he continued his studies whilst a member of parliament and got his exams deferred to 1970.
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Joe Berinson was re-elected in the 1972 federal election, in which Gough Whitlam was elected prime minister.
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Joe Berinson was not elected to the ministry and did not expect to either, but Whitlam was disappointed that he was not elected to the ministry.
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Joe Berinson was elected chairman of committees in February 1975.
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Joe Berinson was then appointed Minister for the Environment in July 1975, serving until the government's dismissal on 11 November 1975 and then losing his seat in the December 1975 election.
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In 1980, Joe Berinson was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Council electorates of North-East Metropolitan, North Central Metropolitan and North Metropolitan.
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Joe Berinson served in this role under successive premiers Burke, Peter Dowding and Carmen Lawrence.
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From 2001 to 2005, Joe Berinson served as the president of the Jewish Community Council of Western Australia.
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Joe Berinson's burial took place the following day at Karrakatta Cemetery.
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Joe Berinson was survived by his wife Jeanette and their four children.