Adrian Gibson
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| name = Adrian Gibson
| honorific-suffix = OAM
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| constituency_MP = Denison
| parliament = Australian
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| predecessor = Athol Townley
| successor = Robert Solomon
| term_start = 15 February 1964
| term_end = 29 September 1969
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|11|3}}
| birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|4|30|1935|11|3}}
| death_place = Victoria, Australia
| spouse = {{marriage|Diana Knox|1965|1989|reason=div}}
| party = Liberal Party of Australia
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| alma_mater = University of Tasmania
| occupation = Barrister
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Adrian Gibson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (3 November 1935 – 30 April 2015) was an Australian lawyer, politician and businessman. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1964 to 1969, representing the Tasmanian seat of Denison for the Liberal Party.
Early life
Gibson was born on 3 November 1935 in Hobart, Tasmania.{{cite news|url=https://handbook.aph.gov.au/Parliamentarian/KAU|title=Gibson, Adrian, OAM|work=Parliamentary Handbook|publisher=Parliament of Australia|access-date=15 September 2024}} His father Sir Marcus Gibson was a barrister who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Tasmania in 1951.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131740818|title=Liberal endorsed for former minister's seat|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=24 January 1964}}
Gibson graduated Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania and later undertook further legal training in England, where he was called to the bar of the Inner Temple. He subsequently returned to Hobart and established a private practice as a barrister.
Politics
Gibson was president of the Liberal Party's Dynnyrne branch and a member of the state executive. In January 1964, he won Liberal preselection to contest the 1964 Denison by-election to the House of Representatives, caused by the death of the incumbent Liberal Party MP Athol Townley. He retained the seat of Denison at the by-election.
In parliament, Gibson served on the House Standing Committee on Privileges from 1964 to 1966 and was a parliamentary nominee to the Australian National University council in 1967. He was re-elected at the 1966 federal election, but in April 1968 announced he would retire from politics for "personal reasons".{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107047284|title=Federal MP to quit|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=18 April 1968}} His term concluded before the 1969 election.
Later activities
Gibson was chairman of Clifton Brick Holdings Ltd, a large brickmaking firm associated with his wife's family. It was sold to Brick and Pipe Ltd in 1987, netting his wife's family proceeds of $40 million. He was also chairman of their Melbourne-based family office, Investors Pty Ltd.
Gibson was a member of the Melbourne Club and the Tasmanian Club. He was appointed chairman of the Australian National Memorial Theatre (owner of Melbourne's National Theatre in 1978 and was elected to the council of the Institute of Public Affairs in 1981.
Personal life
In 1965, Gibson married Diana Knox, the 20-year-old granddaughter and heiress of businessman William Angliss.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105876362|title=Knox-Gibson wedding|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=4 December 1965}} They had three children before divorcing in 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/diana-and-adrian-gibson-19900406-kam8o|title=Diana and Adrian Gibson|newspaper=The Australian Financial Review|date=6 April 1990|access-date=15 September 2024}} The following year, the Australian Financial Review estimated their combined net worth at $100 million and they were included in the BRW Rich 200.
Gibson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2014 Australia Day Honours, for "service to the arts, to agriculture, and to the Parliament of Australia".{{cite web|title=GIBSON, Adrian|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1149188|website=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105041831/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1149188|archive-date=5 January 2021|url-status=live}} He died on 30 April 2015, aged 79.{{cite web|title=Condolences: Adrian Gibson|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fc88bcc8d-faad-4e95-bc78-521f9b65c7d2%2F0113;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fc88bcc8d-faad-4e95-bc78-521f9b65c7d2%2F0000%22|website=Hansard|publisher=Parliament of Australia|accessdate=26 October 2016}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Denison
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:Politicians from Hobart
Category:University of Tasmania alumni
Category:Australian MPs 1963–1966
Category:Australian MPs 1966–1969
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