raindrops: John Button, a Labor life, Sydney: Allen & Unwin. . Button, James (2012), Speechless: A year in my father's business, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. . External links James Button talk at ANU's National Centre of Biography about his "accidental" biography of his father Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business (2012), 31 July 2014. 1933 births 2008 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia People from Ballarat Members of the Cabinet of Australia Members of the Australian Senate Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria Deaths from pancreatic cancer Deaths from cancer in Victoria (Australia) People educated at Geelong College Melbourne Law School alumni 20th-century Australian politicians Government ministers of Australia