What is Peter Coleman?
[[File:Peter Coleman, June 2012, His Home (cropped).jpg|thumb|Coleman in June 2012]] '''William Peter Coleman''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AO]]}} (15 December 1928 – 31 March 2019) was an [[Australia]]n writer and politician. Coleman was a published [[journalist]] for over 60 years. He served as [[editor]] of ''[[The Bulletin (Australian magazine)|The Bulletin]]'' (1964–1967) and ''[[Quadrant (magazine)|Quadrant]]'' for 20 years. He wrote 16 books on [[subject]]s such as [[politic]]s and [[Biography|biographies]]. While he was still working as an editor and journalist, he had a short but important political career. He was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]. He was a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] from 1968 to 1978. He served both as a Minister in the State Cabinet and as [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Leader of the New South Wales Opposition]] from 1977 to 1978. He was also the member for [[Division of Wentworth|Wentworth]] in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1981 to 1987. From 1979 to 1981, he served as [[Administrator of Norfolk Island]]. In 2001, Coleman was awarded the Centenary Medal. Coleman was born in [[Caulfield, Victoria|Caulfield]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He was a [[graduate]] of the [[University of Sydney]] and the [[London School of Economics]]. He was married to [[Verna Susannah Coleman|Verna Susannah Scott]]. The couple had three children. Coleman died on 31 March 2019 in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. He was 90 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/truly-great-man-of-letters-writer-intellectual-and-former-politician-peter-coleman-dies-aged-90/news-story/e3063532370d747c79cd8fa9ea5a546d|title=Truly great man of letters: Writer, intellectual and former politician Peter Coleman dies, aged 90|first=Nikola|last=Berkovic|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=1 April 2019|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites==