Craig John Duby (born 20 February 1949), former

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, was a member of the

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Legislative Assembly of the

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between 1989 and 1992, elected to the multi-member single constituency Assembly as a representative of the

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. During his term in office, Duby was a member of the

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and the Hare-Clark Independent Party. Duby was the Minister for Finance and Urban Services and briefly was the Minister for Housing and Community Services in the

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. For part of one day, he served as the

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Biography

Born on 20 February 1949 in

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, Duby attended St Columban's College in . Prior to entering politics, Duby worked as a real estate manager and

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in the ACT Administration. Duby was elected to the inaugural ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989 general election on a platform that was critical of the decision by the

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to replace direct administration of the Territory with self-government. The anti-self-government movement carried significant popular weight; an advisory referendum held in 1978 concluded that only 30.5 per cent of electors were in favour of self-government; and Duby plus two other members of his No Self Government Party and a representative of the Abolish Self-Government Coalition were elected to the inaugural 17-member Assembly. However, once elected, reversal of the move to self-government proved impractical. Duby resigned from the No Self-Government Party, along with

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and

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, to form the Independents Group on 3 December 1989. Duby left the Independents Group to found the Hare-Clark Independent Party on 19 November 1991. Duby served as Minister for Finance and Urban Services in the first Kaine ministry. In 1989 and 1990, he was convicted of two offences of

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, during the period when he was the minister with responsibility for road safety. A censure motion was moved against Duby in the Assembly; resolved in the negative: As Minister for Finance and Urban Services one of his more notable achievements was the construction of a cover for the Canberra Olympic Swimming Pool permitting its year-round use, dubbed the "Duby dome". Commenting on the Duby dome in 1996, Liberal leader

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said: In the last days of the Kaine ministry, Duby served as Minister for Housing and Community Services; and then, for part of one day, as Leader of the Opposition.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duby, Craig Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 1949 births Living people Leaders of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory No Self-Government Party members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Independents Group members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Hare-Clark Independent Party members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly