Sir Eardley Max Bingham, was an Australian politician.
13 Facts About Max Bingham
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Max Bingham was Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmania, who represented the electorate of Denison for the Liberal Party in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984.
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Max Bingham was educated in New South Wales and Tasmania, completing his secondary schooling with four years at Hobart High School.
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Max Bingham was selected as the 1950 Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar.
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Max Bingham read for and received a Bachelor of Civil Law at Lincoln College, Oxford.
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Whilst at Oxford, Max Bingham met and married Margaret Jesson of Staffordshire.
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Max Bingham returned to Hobart in 1953, where he practised alongside Reg Wright, to whom he was articled at the University of Tasmania.
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Max Bingham entered the Tasmanian Parliament when he was elected as a member for Denison at the 1969 state election on 10 May On 26 May, he was made a minister in Angus Bethune's cabinet, becoming Attorney-General and Minister Administering the Police Department and the Licensing Act; briefly holding the Health and Road Safety portfolio from March to May 1972.
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Max Bingham contested two elections as opposition leader, but stood down as leader after the Liberal Party's two losses.
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Gray led the Liberals to victory in the 1982 election, and Max Bingham was appointed Deputy Premier and Attorney-General in Gray's cabinet.
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Max Bingham resigned from parliament on 13 June 1984, and subsequently joined the National Crime Authority, a federal law enforcement body focussing on organised crime.
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Max Bingham died in Hobart on 30 November 2021, at the age of 94.
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Max Bingham was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours on 15 June 1988, with the citation "In recognition of service to the law, crime prevention, parliament and the community".