Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Liberal
Joined Liberal Party
1951 |
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22 May 1977 |
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West |
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Electorates
- MLC West Province 22 May 1977–21 May 1989
- Contested Swan Hills 4 February 1989
Committees
- Member, Select Committee on the Sale of the Midland Saleyards October 1986–June 1987
- Member, Select Committee on Burswood Management Ltd 31 May–23 August 1988
- Chairman, Liberal Parliamentary Party Economic and Employment Council 1984–1986 and Standing Committee Resources Development and Finance 1986–1988
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 Oliver, Oscar (Neil) Blackburne, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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1989 |
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Personal Information |
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16 August 1933 |
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Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
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8 July 2019 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Taken by funeral director at Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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September 1963 |
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Son of Oscar Oliver, civil engineer, and Elizabeth Emily Little |
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Married 22 June 1962, Toorak, Victoria to Margaret Joy Treloar, daughter of Reginald George Treloar and Doris Edna McHutchinson
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated Caulfield Grammar School
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology—Dip of Wool Technology
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Wool broker and army officer |
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Officer, Cadet Unit Royal Australian Army 29 April 1952–54, National Service Commendation, December 1954
With Citizens' Military Forces 1954–1977
Served with Regular Army in Malaysia, 1957 and South Vietnam, 1968
Captain, 7 August 1958, Major 15 May 1961, Lieutenant-Colonel 7 October 1971
Awarded ED, 1968 and bar (1973); Reserve Forces Decoration (RFD) (1982)
Retired from the army on election to parliament, 1977
Hon Regimental Colonel, Royal Australian Corps of Transport, 1978–1988
Wool broker, Victoria, New Zealand and WA, 1958–1977
Partner, Hereford stud, Victoria
Company representative, North America, 1965 and in Eastern Europe and Middle East—Beirut 1966
Closely associated with construction industry
After leaving politics, became a director of companies dealing with paper pulp and property development |
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Awarded ED (Efficiency Decoration), 1968 |
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Member, Wool and Basil Workers Union, Australian Workers' Union (AWU)
Member, committee Employers Federation (later Chamber of Commerce); Confederation of WA Industry 1974–1981
Past president, Housing Industry Association 1975–1979
Chairman, Australian Government Desirable Levels of Housing and Construction Indicative Planning Council of WA 1975–1977
WA convenor, Putting Australia Right,1974–1977
Member, Eastern Hills sub-branch and then Highgate sub-branch, Return Services League of Australia
Past board member, Churchlands College of Advanced Education (CAE) and Western Australian College of Advanced Education (WACAE) Foundation, 1968–1981
Member, Guildford Grammar School Foundation
Past president, Multiple Sclerosis Society and member, national board
Vice-president, Army Museum of WA
Member, Kalamunda and later Midland Rotary Clubs
Patron of numerous organisations
State representative, Stonehaven Cup for junior yachtsmen
Member, winning Australian Championship crew, Stonehaven Cup
Member, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 199.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=33cb106b-711d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9
West Australian 21 February 1977.
Who's Who in Australia,1983. |
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