a viable financial institution. This culminated in the decision to involve the Government, through WAGH, in the Kwinana petrochemical project as a means of removing the Government's contingent liability for certain of the debts of Rothwells. Electoral advantage was preferred to the public interest. Later life After leaving parliament, he worked as a lawyer in New South Wales and Western Australia. He also divorced his third wife and married his fourth. In 2002, he was appointed as Senior Counsel in Western Australia. He was a recipient of a Centenary Medal in 2003. See also Electoral results for the district of Maylands List of Caulfield Grammar School people List of Old Boys of The Scots College (Sydney) List of Old Haleians Notes References Bibliography 1943 births Living people Premiers of Western Australia People educated at Caulfield Grammar School Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Recipients of the Centenary Medal People educated at Hale School Treasurers of Western Australia Australian Senior Counsel Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council University of Western Australia alumni Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia People educated at Scots College (Sydney) Politicians from Melbourne Energy Ministers of Western Australia People educated at Kelvinside Academy