Alastair Goodlad, Baron Goodlad

Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire, KCMG, PC, ( born July 4, 1943) is a British politician of the Conservative Party and diplomat who, among others, to 25 years member of the House of Commons, and from 2000 2005 High Commissioner in Australia was.

Life

House of Commons Member of Parliament and Government Chief Whip

After attending Marlborough College Goodlad studied law at King's College, University of Cambridge and was after graduation and his legal admission as a lawyer.

After Goodlad had tried unsuccessfully in the general election in 1970 in the constituency of Crewe a seat in the House of Commons, he was first elected in the general election of 28 February 1974 the House of Representatives and first represented the constituency of Northwich and then after the general election of June 9, 1983 until his resignation on 28 June 1999 the constituency Eddisbury.

During his long parliamentary membership, he was initially 1981-1984 Whip of the Conservative government faction, before he then his first government post as " junior ministers " took over after he was 1984-1987 Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State at the Department of Energy. After a renewed use as Whip of the Government Group from 1989 to 1992 he was Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth of Nations in connection. Most recently he was between July 1995 and May 1997 Parliamentary chief executive of the Conservative government faction (Government Chief Whip ) with the title of Parliamentary Secretary at the Treasury Department ( Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) and decreased during this period participated in the meetings of the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major.

After the defeat of the Tories against the Labour Party in the general election of 1 May 1997 and the associated end of the term of office of Major of the new chairman of the Conservative Party William Hague appointed him to the shadow cabinet of his party, in which he and 1998, " Shadow Minister for International development " was.

High Commissioner and a member of the Upper House

After his mandate waiver as the House of Parliament he was on 1 January 2000 succeeding Alex Allan as High Commissioner in Australia, and held that post until his replacement by Helen Liddell on September 1, 2005.

On 20 July 2005 he was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Goodlad, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire in the peerage, making it one since then to the House of Lords as a member.

Goodlad is also a member of the advisory board of the company Govnet Communications Ltd, Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust and the Opera Australia Capital Fund. Since 2007 he has also been chairman of the Britain- Australia Society.

For the election of Speaker of the House of Lords (Lord Speaker) 13 July 2011 ran Goodlad, but took until the fourth ballot by Frances D' Souza, Baroness D' Souza, a representative of the so-called Cross Bencher, as well as his party colleague Ian Anthony Hamilton -Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn each third place and then withdrew his candidacy, prompting Baroness D' Souza was elected on the fifth ballot with 296 votes to 285 votes for Baron Colwyn spokeswoman for the House of Lords.