James Glennister CoxAM (born 1 October 1945) is a former Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly who represented the electorate of Bass. He held office from 1989 to 1992, and again from 1996 to 2010.
Before entering Parliament, Cox co-hosted The Saturday Night Show on TNT-9 with Graeme Goodings[1] and was a radio announcer in northern Tasmania.[2] Cox won Logie Awards for most popular male on Tasmanian television in 1979[3] and 1981.[4]
In 1989, Tasmanian media magnate Edmund Rouse, Chairman of forestry enterprise Gunns, attempted to bribe Cox with $110,000 to cross the floor of parliament in an attempt to prevent Labor forming government in alliance with the five Green Independents, and attempting to secure the return of the pro-logging Liberal Party government of Robin Gray.[2][6] Cox reported the bribery attempt to police, and ultimately Rouse served 18 months in jail.
James ran against Cox again in 1992, defeating him. In 1996, Cox ran against, and defeated, Tasmanian Green Lance Armstrong.[5] Cox was re-elected again in the 2002 and 2006 elections. He did not run in the 2010 elections and retired.[5]
australian, politician, other, people, named, disambiguation, james, glennister, born, october, 1945, former, tasmanian, labor, politician, member, tasmanian, house, assembly, represented, electorate, bass, held, office, from, 1989, 1992, again, from, 1996, 20. For other people named Jim Cox see Jim Cox disambiguation James Glennister Cox AM born 1 October 1945 is a former Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly who represented the electorate of Bass He held office from 1989 to 1992 and again from 1996 to 2010 AldermanJim CoxAMLaunceston City Council AldermanIncumbentAssumed office 2011Minister for Police and Emergency ManagementIn office 12 February 2008 13 April 2010PremierPaul LennonDavid BartlettPreceded byDavid LlewellynSucceeded byLin ThorpMember of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for BassIn office 13 May 1989 1 February 1992In office 24 February 1996 13 April 2010Personal detailsBornJames Glennister Cox 1945 10 01 1 October 1945 age 78 Tasmania AustraliaPolitical partyIndependentLabor PartyOccupationRadio and television presenterBefore entering Parliament Cox co hosted The Saturday Night Show on TNT 9 with Graeme Goodings 1 and was a radio announcer in northern Tasmania 2 Cox won Logie Awards for most popular male on Tasmanian television in 1979 3 and 1981 4 Cox ran in the 1989 Tasmanian state election He defeated Labor incumbent Gill James and was seated in the House of Assembly 5 In 1989 Tasmanian media magnate Edmund Rouse Chairman of forestry enterprise Gunns attempted to bribe Cox with 110 000 to cross the floor of parliament in an attempt to prevent Labor forming government in alliance with the five Green Independents and attempting to secure the return of the pro logging Liberal Party government of Robin Gray 2 6 Cox reported the bribery attempt to police and ultimately Rouse served 18 months in jail James ran against Cox again in 1992 defeating him In 1996 Cox ran against and defeated Tasmanian Green Lance Armstrong 5 Cox was re elected again in the 2002 and 2006 elections He did not run in the 2010 elections and retired 5 Cox was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2017 7 References Edit Graeme Goodings Retrieved 19 October 2011 a b Andrews Alison 25 November 2009 Cox recalls lasting impact of bribery scandal The Examiner Retrieved 25 June 2012 1979 TV WEEK Logie Awards Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine TV Week 16 March 1979 1981 TV WEEK Logie Awards Archived 4 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine TV Week 10 April 1981 a b c Retiring MPs 2010 Tasmanian Election ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation www abc net au Retrieved 13 April 2022 Out of control the tragedy of Tasmania s forests The Monthly 23 20 31 May 2007 Veteran politician receives accolade The Advocate 11 June 2017 Retrieved 13 April 2022 External links Edit James Glennister Cox Members of the Parliament of Tasmania Retrieved 24 July 2022 Jim Cox s maiden speech to parliamentPolitical officesPreceded byDavid Llewellyn Minister for Police and Emergency Management2008 2010 Succeeded byLin Thorp nbsp This article about an Australian Labor Party politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Cox Australian politician amp oldid 1100045891, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
