Sir Garfield Barwick

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Sir Garfield Barwick was a prominent Australian lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as Attorney-General, Minister for External Affairs, and later as a long-serving and influential Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.

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instanceOf Chief Justice
human
judge
politician
appointedBy Sir Robert Menzies NERFINISHED
appointedTo High Court of Australia NERFINISHED
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia NERFINISHED
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George NERFINISHED
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1903-06-22
dateOfDeath 1997-07-13
educatedAt Sydney Boys High School NERFINISHED
University of Sydney NERFINISHED
electoralDistrict Parramatta NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork constitutional law
international law
fullName Garfield Edward John Barwick NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
knownFor judicial activism on the High Court of Australia
modernisation of Australian constitutional jurisprudence
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED
notableWork advice to Governor-General Sir John Kerr in 1975
role in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis
occupation barrister
judge
jurist
politician
officeEndTime Attorney-General of Australia, 1964
Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, 1981
Minister for External Affairs of Australia, 1964
officeStartTime Attorney-General of Australia, 1958
Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, 1964
Minister for External Affairs of Australia, 1961
parliamentaryBody Australian House of Representatives NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
positionHeld Attorney-General of Australia NERFINISHED
Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia NERFINISHED
Minister for External Affairs of Australia
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
spouse Norma Symons NERFINISHED
termEnd Member of Parliament for Parramatta, 1964
termStart Member of Parliament for Parramatta, 1958

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