What is James Webster (Australian politician)?
[[File:James Webster 1969 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Webster in 1969]] '''James Joseph Webster''' (14 June 1925 – 3 April 2022) was an [[Australia]]n politician. He was a member of the [[National Party of Australia|National Party]]. He served as a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] from 1964 to 1980. He was also [[Department of Science (1975–78)|Minister for Science]] (1975–1978) and [[Department of Science and the Environment|Science and the Environment]] (1978–1979) in the [[Malcolm Fraser|Fraser Government]]. He left politics to become [[High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand|High Commissioner to New Zealand]], serving from 1980 to 1983. Webster was born on [[Flinders Island]], [[Tasmania]]. His father, [[Leslie Webster (Australian politician)|Leslie Webster]], was also a politician. From 1957 until their [[divorce]] in 1989, he was married to Jean Elizabeth Drake. The couple had four sons. In 1993, he married Jeanette Edgeworth Hillis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biography.senate.gov.au/webster-james-joseph/|title=Webster, James Joseph (1925–)|work=[[Australian Senate|The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate]]|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> He died in [[Brighton, Victoria]] on 3 April 2022, at the age of 96. <ref>{{Cite web |title=WEBSTER, James Joseph {{!}} Funeral Notices {{!}} Melbourne |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/webster-james-joseph/5912642/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=My Tributes |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, James}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Government ministers of Australia]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:National Party of Australia politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Tasmania]] [[Category:Politicians from Victoria (Australia)]] {{Bio-stub}}