Cedric Wyatt
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Cedric Wyatt is an Australian indigenous rights activist. He is a cousin of Ken Wyatt
and the father of Ben Wyatt
.
He later served as Acting General Manager of the Aboriginal Development Commission.
He was Commissioner of the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority and CEO of its successor the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (now Department of Indigenous Affairs).
In the early 2000s Wyatt was President of the Shire of Cue.
In 2008 Wyatt came of retirement to work as a Court Officer for the ALS in Laverton.
Wyatt is a Governor of the University of Notre Dame Australia
.
seat.
At the 1996 Federal Election he stood as a Liberal Party of Australia
candidate for the House of Representatives
seat of Kalgoorlie
.
Ken Wyatt
Kenneth George Wyatt AM is a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the electoral division of Hasluck in Western Australia for the Liberal Party of Australia...
and the father of Ben Wyatt
Ben Wyatt
Benjamin Sana Wyatt is an Indigenous Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since March 2006, representing the electorate of Victoria Park.-Early life and education:...
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Early life
Wyatt was born to a white Australian father and an Aboriginal mother. He was removed from his mother soon after he was born.Working life
During the late 1970s Wyatt was CEO of the Western Australian Aboriginal Legal Service.He later served as Acting General Manager of the Aboriginal Development Commission.
He was Commissioner of the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority and CEO of its successor the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (now Department of Indigenous Affairs).
In the early 2000s Wyatt was President of the Shire of Cue.
In 2008 Wyatt came of retirement to work as a Court Officer for the ALS in Laverton.
Wyatt is a Governor of the University of Notre Dame Australia
University of Notre Dame Australia
The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Roman Catholic university established in 1989 in the Western Australian port city of Fremantle, . While the University of Notre Dame Australia has "strong collegial links" with the American University of Notre Dame located in Notre Dame, Indiana,...
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Political life
During the 1980s Wyatt attempted to gain preselection for a SenateAustralian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
seat.
At the 1996 Federal Election he stood as a Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
candidate for the House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
seat of Kalgoorlie
Division of Kalgoorlie
The Division of Kalgoorlie was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia, named after the city of Kalgoorlie. The Division, which was proclaimed in 1900 as one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election, covered most of the land area of...
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