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Life Summary

Name	Ronald Frederick Edwards
Born	2 July, 1945 Midland, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	Unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] McLeay, Leo Boyce (work colleague)
Education *	Governor Stirling Senior High School (Perth) (student, 1958-1962) University of Western Australia (student, 1963-1965) University of Sydney (student, 1975-1983) University of Western Australia (student, 2000-2006)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1966-1970) Federal, Australia political activist (1970-1976) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1970-1973) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public servant (1974-1976) New South Wales, Australia academic (1976-1983) Western Australia, Australia political activist (1976-1993) Western Australia, Australia labour politician (1983-1993) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1983-1993) Federal, Australia radio commentator (1993-1996) Western Australia, Australia charity worker (1995-2019) Western Australia, Australia
Groups *	Polly Farmer Foundation (founder, 1995)
Key Organisations *	Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (chair of board) Anglican Schools Commission of Western Australia (member, 1994-2017) Perth Mint (director, 2005-2015) Potato Marketing Corporation (director, 2013-2017) Not-for-Profit Sector Reform Council (member, 2014-2017) State Emergency Management Committee (WA) (chair, 2017)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (politician, 1970-1993)
Workplaces *	Dept of Labour and Immigration (federal) (public servant, 1967-1970) Sydney Technical College (teacher, 1970-1973) Dept of Technical and Further Education (NSW) (public servant, 1974-1976) Western Australian College of Advanced Education (lecturer, 1977-1983) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1983-1993) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1989-1993) 6PR radio station (Perth) (radio presenter, 1993-1996)

* Dates are approximate