Tasmanian MHA for Denison. The Liberal website before the election of March 2006 contained the following buigraphical information:

Michael relishes his description as Tasmania's most famous Parliamentary character. He is proudly labelled thus because of his passionate regard for the principles and traditions of our Westminster Parliamentary system, the Australian Constitution and retaining Australia's Constitutional Monarchy.

But Michael is equally as passionate about his great family, his home of State of Tasmania, the law, tradition and history.

Michael was first elected to Tasmania's Legislative Council in 1966 and represented the Huon until resigning in 1974 to contest the Federal election. In 1975 he won the House of Representatives seat of Denison and was a Minister in the Fraser Government from 1980 to 1983. He held the Federal Denison seat until 1987. In 1992, Michael won a seat in the Tasmanian House of Assembly and has been re-elected ever since, apart from a brief spell.

Michael has three adult children - Angela, Victoria, and Will (who now sits alongside his father in the House of Assembly). Michael is a very proud grandfather, and is committed to mainstream traditional family values and principles.

Michael is a member of a wide range of organisations including: Boxing Australia, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy, the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, the Tasmanian Racing Club, the Navy Club, the Glenorchy R.S.L., the RAN Corvettes Association (Patron), the S.B.F.C. Old Players Association, the Carbine Club and the L J Baily Memorial Trust of which he is Chairman.

DENISON

Denison covers an area of approximately 221 sq km from Austins Ferry in the north to Taroona in the south, from Hobart in the east to Collinsvale in the west. The City of Hobart and environs and the City of Glenorchy are in this division.

Products and industries of the area cover banking and retail, chocolate and confectionery, catamaran construction, beers, fruit juices, zinc, steel mesh and rods, hand tools, food and timber processing, heavy transport, wholesale trade, engineering works, glass products and port facilities at Hobart.