John Fahey (politician)

Not to be confused with Joseph John Fahey.

The Honourable
John Fahey
AC
38th Premier of New South Wales
In office
24 June 1992 – 4 April 1995
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorPeter Sinclair
DeputyWal Murray (1992–93)
Ian Armstrong (1993–95)
Preceded byNick Greiner
Succeeded byBob Carr
Minister for Finance
In office
11 March 1996 – 26 November 2001
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byKim Beazley
Succeeded byNick Minchin
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Macarthur
In office
2 March 1996 – 8 October 2001
Preceded byChris Haviland
Succeeded byPat Farmer
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Southern Highlands
In office
19 March 1988 – 1 February 1996
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byPeta Seaton
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Camden
In office
24 March 1984 – 22 February 1988
Preceded byRalph Brading
Succeeded byPeter Primrose
2nd President of WADA
In office
1 January 2008 – 31 December 2013
Preceded byDick Pound
Succeeded byCraig Reedie
Personal details
Born
John Joseph Fahey

(1945-01-10)10 January 1945
Wellington, New Zealand
Died12 September 2020(2020-09-12) (aged 75)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
SpouseColleen Fahey
Children3
OccupationLawyer

John Joseph Fahey AC (10 January 1945 – 12 September 2020) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1992 to 1995 and as the federal Minister for Finance from 1996 to 2001. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996 and the federal House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001. Fahey also served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and later became chancellor of the Australian Catholic University.

Early life

Fahey was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Stephen Fahey, a farmer, and his wife Annie Fahey of Galway, Ireland. In 1956, Fahey migrated with his family to Picton, New South Wales. He was educated at Chevalier College in Bowral and the University of Sydney. He married Colleen Maree McGurren in 1968 and they had two daughters and one son. He became a naturalised Australian in 1973.[1] Fahey also played 37 lower grade matches for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL.[2]

State politics

Fahey won the seat of electoral district of Camden for the Liberal Party in 1984. Fahey was elected member for Southern Highlands at the 1988 general election, and re-elected at the 1991 and 1995 state elections. During this period, Fahey was Minister for Industrial Relations from March 1988 and Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment from July 1990 in the Premier Nick Greiner led coalition government.[3]

In June 1992, Fahey was appointed Premier of New South Wales after Greiner was forced to resign as a result of an Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales investigation.[4] Among those that Fahey defeated for the Liberal leadership in order to become premier was Bruce Baird, who was then elected as Fahey's Liberal deputy and whose son Mike would become premier in 2014.[5]

On the day that he had replaced Greiner, Fahey described it as "the saddest day of his life".[6]

In 1994, NSW Parliament was prorogued on 7 December when the Fahey government was attempting to stop a committee's work.[7]

In March 1995, Fahey's government was narrowly defeated in a state election by the Labor opposition, led by Bob Carr.[1]

Fahey is noted for having thwarted an assassination attempt on Charles, Prince of Wales. On Australia Day 1994, Prince Charles was about to commence handing out awards at a ceremony in Sydney's Darling Harbour when a former anthropology student, David Kang, lunged onto the stage towards the prince, simultaneously firing two shots from a starter's pistol. Fahey, sitting next to the prince, subsequently assisted by the then Australian of the Year, Ian Kiernan, tackled Kang and wrestled him to the ground, after which Kang was subdued and arrested. Although the attack proved less dangerous than it was first thought to be, Fahey was nonetheless widely praised for his unthinking bravery.[8][3]

Fahey played a key role in the bidding process for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and is also noted for his reaction when Sydney won, jumping up and down enthusiastically.[3]

Federal politics

Fahey resigned from state politics just under a year after his state government was defeated at the polls and successfully sought endorsement for the Liberal Party, to serve in the federal House of Representatives in the seat of Macarthur. Fahey was elected at the 1996 federal election and served as Minister for Finance and Administration in the Howard government.[9]

A redistribution in late 2000 radically altered Macarthur, cutting out most of the Southern Highlands and turning it into a notionally Labor seat centered on southwest Sydney. Believing this made Macarthur impossible to hold, Fahey sought to contest neighbouring Hume, which had absorbed much of his old Southern Highlands base. Hume was held by first-term MP Alby Schultz, a fellow Liberal who had also served in state parliament alongside Fahey. As a minister, Fahey was entitled to a seat under internal party convention. However, Schultz refused to hand Hume to Fahey, triggering a fight between the two. Prime Minister John Howard ordered an end to the feud.[10][11]

Soon afterward, Fahey announced in May 2001 that he was retiring, citing family, personal and health reasons, after having one of his lungs removed in February due to cancer.[12] He retired in October 2001, prior to the November 2001 election.[3]

Career after politics

Fahey became director of the Bradman Foundation when he left politics in 2001. On 17 October 2007, he was confirmed as the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, a position that he held until November 2013.[13][14] In 2010, Fahey gave the 12th annual Tom Brock Lecture.[15] Fahey was appointed as the fourth chancellor of the Australian Catholic University in Sydney for a five-year term from 4 September 2014.[16] He was appointed to a second five-year term in May 2019, but died in September 2020.[17]

Personal life and death

A devout Roman Catholic, he was married to a former Anglican, Colleen, and stirred some controversy when he declared his opposition to both abortion and birth control.[3][18]

John and Colleen Fahey's daughter, Tiffany, was killed in a road accident, at the age of 27, on 26 December 2006. John and Colleen Fahey became the legal guardians of Tiffany's children, Campbell and Amber. His son, the eldest of three children, is Matthew Fahey and his elder daughter is Melanie Fahey.[19][20]

Fahey died on 12 September 2020 of leukaemia.[21] He was 75 years old. The Government of New South Wales held a state funeral for the former premier on 25 September, officiated by Archbishop Anthony Fisher at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.[22][23][24]

Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese expressed condolences in Parliament, saying that "John Joseph Fahey was a great bloke. That is the greatest thing you can say about an Australian male", and that given his background, Labor might have expected the young John Fahey to join their ranks, but that political differences never got in the way of his instinct to treat others with respect.[25]

Honours

Fahey was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia in 2002 for service to the Australian and New South Wales Parliaments, particularly through landmark reform of industrial relations, facilitation of high technology and industry growth, and for raising the international profile of Australia as Chairman of the Bid for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.[26]

Pope Francis made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 2019.[18]

In 2016, Fahey was also awarded the Esprit du Chevalier Medal by his alma mater Chevalier College, that institution's highest public honour.[27]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr John Joseph Fahey (1945–2020 )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Vale John Fahey". bulldogs.com.au. 12 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Woolford, Don (12 September 2020). "Fahey: Tough Olympic winner, budget-cutter". Canberra Times. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ Ketchell, Misha (16 April 2014). "History repeats: how O'Farrell and Greiner fell foul of ICAC". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. ^ "After promising start, Baird has it all to do". The Age. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ^ Dodkin, Marilyn (2003). Bob Carr: The Reluctant Leader. UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-757-9. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Consideration of Urgent Motion". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). New South Wales: Legislative Assembly. 24 November 1994. p. 5810. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Archived 30 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Former NSW premier John Fahey, who helped bring the Olympics to Sydney, dies aged 75". ABC News. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  9. ^ "The Hon John Fahey MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. ^ Willacy, Mark (17 May 2000). "Independent Alby Schultz?". The World Today Archive. ABC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  11. ^ Brown, Matt (5 June 2000). "John Fahey faces fight in Hume". The World Today Archive. ABC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  12. ^ "John Fahey retires from politics after 17 years". The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 May 2001. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  13. ^ "WADA Appoints Sir Craig Reedie as its new President". Play True Magazine, 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  14. ^ Nicole, Jeffrey; Norrington, Brad (18 October 2007). "Fahey proves he's no dope at lobbying". The Australian. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  15. ^ Lane, Daniel (26 September 2010). "We've got to do better in next Storm, says Fahey". The Age. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  16. ^ "Hon John Fahey AC appointed Chancellor" (Press release). Australian Catholic University. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  17. ^ "Chancellor John Fahey reappointed for a second term". www.acu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  18. ^ a b Rodrigues, Marilyn (9 November 2019). "Pope honours former NSW Premier". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  19. ^ Kennedy, Les (26 December 2006). "Crash Claims Fahey's Daughter". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008.
  20. ^ Silmalis, The Sunday Telegraph, Linda (31 December 2006). "Day of pain for Fahey family". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  21. ^ "John Fahey: former NSW premier and federal finance minister dies age 75". the Guardian. 12 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  22. ^ Livesay, Brandon (12 September 2020). "Former NSW Premier John Fahey dies". Nine News. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  23. ^ "ACU mourns the death of Chancellor John Fahey". www.acu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  24. ^ Snow, Deborah (25 September 2020). "John Fahey, a people's premier, remembered at state funeral". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Condolences: Fahey, Hon. John Joseph, AC". ParlInfo. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) entry for The Honourable John Joseph Fhaey". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  27. ^ "Shield&Heart Chevalier College Online Community". chevalier.ptly.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Camden
1984–1988 		Succeeded by
New district Member for Southern Highlands
1988–1996 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byas Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Employment 		Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment
1988–1990 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment
Preceded by Minister for Corrective Services
1988 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Himself
as Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment 		Minister for Industrial Relations
1990–1992 		Succeeded by
Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment
1990–1992 		Succeeded byas Minister for Employment and Training
Preceded by Premier of New South Wales
1992–1995 		Succeeded by
Treasurer of New South Wales
1992–1993 		Succeeded by
Minister for Ethnic Affairs
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded byas Minister for State Development Minister for Economic Development
1993–1995 		Succeeded byas Minister for State Development
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party
1992–1995 		Succeeded by
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Macarthur
1996–2001 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Finance and Administration
1996–2001 		Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by
Ted Exell
 Chancellor of Australian Catholic University
2014–2020 		Succeeded by
Julien O’Connell
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