Tony Messner Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Tony Messner
Office:Administrator of Norfolk Island
Term Start:4 August 1997
Term End:30 July 2003
Governor-General:Sir William Deane
Peter Hollingsworth
Michael Jeffrey
Predecessor:Alan Kerr
Successor:Grant Tambling
Office2:Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Primeminister2:Malcolm Fraser
Term Start2:3 November 1980
Term End2:11 March 1983
Predecessor2:Evan Adermann
Successor2:Arthur Gietzelt
Title3:Senator for South Australia
Term Start3:13 December 1975
Term End3:17 April 1990
Successor3:John Olsen
Birth Date:1939 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Party:Liberal
Profession:Accountant

Anthony John Messner (born 24 September 1939) is a former Australian politician and government minister.

Messner was born in Melbourne and educated at a state primary school in Queensland, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide and the South Australian Institute of Technology.[1]

Messner was elected as a Senator for South Australia at the 1975 election. He was appointed Minister for Veterans' Affairs in November 1980 and held that position until the defeat of the Fraser government at the March 1983 election. He resigned from parliament in April 1990.[2] [3]

Messner was Administrator of Norfolk Island from August 1997 to July 2003. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2004 for "service to the Australian Parliament, to Norfolk Island as Administrator, and to the community, particularly veterans and their families".[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who in Australia . Crown Content . 2008 . North Melbourne . 2303 . 978-1-74095-160-9 .
  2. messner-anthony-john. MESSNER, Anthony John (1939–). Tim. Bryant. 2017. 2023-01-08.
  3. Web site: Members of the Senate since 1901 . . Parliamentary Handbook . 18 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070907105640/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/kirk.quirke.htm . 7 September 2007.
  4. 1056042. The Honourable Anthony John Messner. Member of the Order of Australia. 2004-01-26. AM. 2023-01-08.