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Ian Armstrong (ice Hockey)
Ian Armstrong may refer to: *Ian Armstrong (politician) (1937–2020), Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales *Ian Armstrong (artist) Ian Armstrong (30 December 1923 – 2005) was an Australian artist. He was a classical modernist painter and print maker. Early life Armstrong was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. He left school at the age of thirteen and started his ... (1923–2005), Australian classical modernist painter and print maker * Ian Armstrong (footballer) (born 1981), English football player {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Armstrong (politician)
Ian Morton Armstrong, (17 July 1937 – 16 December 2020) was an Australian politician who served as Deputy Premier of New South Wales. Early life Armstrong attended Newington College (1949–1953). Parliamentary career Armstrong was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Lachlan from 19 September 1981 to March 2007. He was Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs from 1988 to 1993. From 1993 until 1995, he was Deputy Premier of New South Wales as well as Minister for Ports and Minister for Public Works. The Coalition government was defeated at the 1995 election and Armstrong stayed on as National Party leader when the Coalition then went into Opposition. During this term in Opposition, a motion in the Legislative Assembly to gag Armstrong was passed thanks to the casting vote delivered by Labor Speaker John Murray against him and Murray attracted criticism for using his casting vote this way. Although Armstrong was set to lead the Nationals at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Armstrong (artist)
Ian Armstrong (30 December 1923 – 2005) was an Australian artist. He was a classical modernist painter and print maker. Early life Armstrong was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. He left school at the age of thirteen and started his working life as a grocer boy. Later, he joined his father at James Flood Motor Body Builders and worked as a blacksmith. In 1940, he enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology studying three nights a week and Saturday morning. By 1943 he had commenced evening classes at the National Gallery School which he continued until 1950. Looking for more rigorous tuition, he joined the George Bell School, where he studied intermittently from 1945 to 1949. Bell was a strong disciplinarian. Armstrong acknowledges that Bell taught him "everything that was worth anything". To escape the rigorous discipline of Bell and the more conservative teachings of the Gallery school, Armstrong and fellow students red Williamsand Harry Rosengrave purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |