Alastair Goodlad, Baron Goodlad
Politician
1943 –
Who is Alastair Goodlad, Baron Goodlad?
Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, KCMG, PC, is a British Conservative politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005.
Goodlad attended Marlborough College and studied law at King's College, Cambridge.
Lord Goodlad was Member of Parliament successively for Northwich and Eddisbury, Goodlad also served as a junior Foreign Office Minister then as Prime Minister John Major's Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip for which in the 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Following the 1997 election, he served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and Opposition Chief Whip.
Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair then appointed Goodlad as High Commissioner to Australia. Goodlad accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 28 June 1999 to formally vacate his parliamentary seat, triggering the 1999 Eddisbury by-election.
Goodlad took up office as High Commissioner in 2000.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1943
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- King's College, Cambridge
- Marlborough College
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on July 23, 2013
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