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Robert Wood (Australian politician) was born on 13 November, 1949 in Gateshead, England, is a British-born Australian politician (born 1947). Discover Robert Wood (Australian politician)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Occupation Social worker
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 13 November 1949
Birthday 13 November
Birthplace Gateshead, England
Nationality Australia

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1918

The decision was based on the explicit requirement in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, that a candidate must be an Australian citizen.

The High Court followed Vardon v O'Loghlin, as to the consequence of the void election.

Wood's presence in the Senate did not invalidate the proceedings of the Senate.

In this case they held that the vacancy could be filled by the further counting or recounting of the ballot papers.

The High Court expressly declined to rule on the question of whether being a dual citizen of the United Kingdom would also disqualify a candidate from election.

The recount of the ballot resulted in the election in his place of Irina Dunn, who had been second on the ticket of the NDP.

1949

William Robert Wood (born 13 November 1949) is a British-born Australian who has campaigned on peace and justice issues.

1963

The family emigrated to Australia in 1963 as assisted passage migrants.

Wood studied social work in both Sydney and Melbourne, and had a career as a youth and social worker prior to becoming a member of parliament.

However, he was unemployed at the time of his election, with one newspaper suggesting he was 'probably the only Member of Parliament to have been elected while on the dole'.

Wood has two children.

1972

Wood was arrested and jailed in 1972 for refusing to be conscripted to fight in the Vietnam War.

He was a founding member of Sydney-based disarmament protest groups, Paddlers for Peace and Sydney Peace Squadron.

He was arrested as a result of disarmament protest activities both before and after his time in the Senate.

Wood was also active in numerous community-based organisations that assisted people to overcome social and economic disadvantage.

1984

The NDP had failed narrowly to win a Senate seat in the 1984 federal election, when Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett had stood under the party's banner.

1986

Wood was a member of the Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP), and was its candidate at the NSW Vaucluse by-election in 1986.

1987

He was elected to the Australian Parliament in the 1987 elections as Senator for New South Wales, however the High Court subsequently declared his election was invalid as he was not an Australian citizen at the time.

Robert Wood was born in Gateshead in England.

His father was an English steelworker; his mother was Italian.

In 1987, the party had a lower profile, and Wood was at the head of its NSW Senate ticket.

Though the party received only 1.53 per cent of the vote, Wood was elected as a result of preference flows from other parties, and the quota being nearly halved due to a double dissolution election for all Senate seats.

Wood took his place in the Senate in August 1987.

He immediately faced a court challenge from one of the unsuccessful candidates in the election, the Call to Australia party's Elaine Nile.

This case was heard by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns.

There were four grounds of challenge set out in the petition:

The High Court, Brennan, Deane and Toohey JJ, dismissed the petition in December 1987 on technical grounds.

The brief judgment made a number of observations about section 44 of the Constitution

1988

When Wood applied for a passport some months after entering parliament, it transpired that while he was a long-term resident of Australia, he was a citizen of the United Kingdom and had only obtained Australian citizenship on 3 February 1988.

The High Court unanimously determined on 12 May 1988 that as he was not an Australian citizen prior to 3 February 1988, he was not entitled to be nominated for election as a senator and therefore had never been validly elected.

Further controversy occurred when the NDP asked Dunn to resign so that Wood could reclaim his seat, following his assumption of Australian citizenship in 1988.

In 1988 Wood was unsuccessful as the Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate at the NSW 1988 North Shore by-election.

1990

Dunn refused, resulting in her expulsion from the party, and she remained in parliament as an independent until her defeat in the 1990 election.

Wood contested that election as the first-ranked candidate for the Nuclear Disarmament Party in New South Wales, polling just over 1 per cent of the vote - more than his former running-mate Dunn, but nowhere near enough to be competitive for a Senate spot.

Wood then moved to Victoria and joined the Australian Democrats in 1990.

1991

Internal disagreements within the Australian Democrats resulted in the departure of Victorian Senator Janet Powell from the party leadership in August 1991, and she resigned from the party altogether in 1992, contesting the 1993 Senate election under her own party banner, the Janet Powell Independents' Network.

1993

Wood became the Democrats' lead candidate for the Victorian Senate in the 1993 federal election.

He polled 3.93 per cent of the vote, but preferences were unable to get him elected.

Wood campaigned on various peace and justice issues throughout his life.

2013

This was the lowest primary vote ever received by a successful minor party or independent candidate in an Australian Senate election, until 2013 when Ricky Muir was elected on a primary vote of 0.51%.