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	Alastair Goodlad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		MP for Eddisbury, Goodlad served as Prime Minister John Major's Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip, and was given the temporary shadow cabinet positions of Leader of the House of Commons and Chief Whip.
		Goodlad accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 28 June 1999 to formally vacate his seat, triggering the Eddisbury by-election.
		Goodlad was replaced as High Commissioner by former Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alastair_Robertson_Goodlad (181 words)

	Eddisbury by-election, 1999 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Alastair Goodlad, as High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia.
		This created a vacancy in the seat which Sir Alastair had retained as the Conservative candidate in the 1997 general election.
		Sir Alastair accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern on June 28, 1999 to formally vacate his seat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eddisbury_by-election,_1999 (231 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Ex-Tory whip was link in Lords fiasco
		Sir Alastair Goodlad, the former Tory Chief Whip, was the MP who acted as secret go-between in talks on Lords reform between Tony Blair and Lord Cranborne, the sacked Tory leader of the Lords, it emerged yesterday.
		Goodlad attended the meeting between Blair and Cranborne in Downing Street at which it was agreed that Tory peers should co-operate with Lords' reform in return for the temporary retention of 91 hereditary peers.
		Goodlad and Irvine have family connections in Scotland, and the Tory MP has been a friend of Blair since they were 'paired' in the lobby in the Nineties.
	www.guardian.co.uk /lords/Story/0,2763,208887,00.html (402 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alastair Goodlad
		Eddisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.
		The Labour Party is a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alastair-Goodlad (864 words)

	The Australian: Strewth: Good lord, he's a peer [June 06, 2005] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ALASTAIR Goodlad, British High Commissioner to Australia, is returning this week to Britain as a life peer.
		Goodlad, a former senior Tory and friend of Tony Blair, follows other high commissioners to the Lords such as Lord Carrington and Lord St Bride.
		Goodlad is to be followed in Canberra by a doughty Scot in the form of Helen Liddell, former secretary of state for Scotland.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15518854^28737,00.html (552 words)

	Canberra consolation for Goodlad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SIR ALASTAIR GOODLAD, the Tory MP turned down by Tony Blair as EU Commissioner in Brussels, is to become Britain's next High Commissioner to Australia.
		Sir Alastair had been nominated by William Hague, the Conservative leader, for the EU post.
		Sir Alastair is the latest in a growing line of senior Tories who have been nominated to positions in public life by Mr Blair.
	www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/05/26/ngoo26.html (750 words)

	26 September 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mrs Marjorie Turbayne, Sir Alastair Goodlad the British High Commissioner in Australia and Lady Goodlad, Sir John Mason, Baroness Gardner, Madam President, Chief Minister, my ministerial and parliamentary colleagues, ladies and gentlemen.
		Quite rightly Sir Alastair referred to the importance of the values at stake in the response by the civilised world to the terrorist attack on the 11th of September.
		I hope it will be a place to which people who love freedom and believe in the values of our two societies come to reflect upon what they can do to contribute to the common maintenance of those values and the shared experience of their benefits in the years ahead.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/speeches/2001/speech1258.htm (667 words)

	Knighthood for MP Alastair - This Is Cheshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mr Goodlad, who was MP for Northwich for nine years before winning the Eddisbury seat in 1983, has been made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
		Mr Goodlad held on to the Eddisbury seat at this year's General Election despite a strong Labour challenge, which saw his majority slashed from 12,697 to 1,185.
		Peter Robinson, who is Mr Goodlad's agent, said that he spoke to the MP on Monday morning and that he was "thrilled and overjoyed" to have been included in the honours list.
	archive.thisischeshire.co.uk /1997/08/07/246494.html (352 words)

	Order Book Part 1
		Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the potential effects of the proposed changes to the foreign earnings deduction regulations anounced in the Budget on the costs of aid agencies employing UK staff on contracts overseas.
		Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the governments of Caribbean and other countries where Montserrat citizens rendered homeless by volcanic activity are resident about their eligibility for social security and other benefits; and if she will make a statement.
		Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will establish a charitable fund for Montserratian refugees in the Caribbean who are unable to become independent because of age or disability; what will be its size and scope; and if she will take a statement.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com /pa/cm199798/cmordbk1/80505w01.htm (9727 words)

	British High Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alastair Goodlad has been in Australia for more than five years, during which he has travelled widely in the country.
		Prior to his appointment as High Commissioner he was a Conservative Member of Parliament for 25 years, including as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for the UK's relations with the Asia Pacific region and subsequently Government Chief Whip.
		Alastair Goodlad has been created a Life Peer and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.
	bhc.britaus.net /News/newsdefault.asp?id=627 (202 words)

	Europhile is Hague choice for EU post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mr Goodlad, who left the shadow cabinet in the reshuffle earlier this year after serving as international development spokesman, is respected on both sides of the Commons as a pragmatic and experienced politician.
		Although Mr Goodlad is a pro-European, he is also seen as a loyal supporter of Mr Hague's policy to rule out joining a single currency in this Parliament or the next.
		If Mr Goodlad was given the job he would have to resign his Commons seat, forcing a by-election in his Eddisbury constituency.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/11/07/neuro07.html (315 words)

	Eddisbury by-election, 1999
		Sir Alastair Goodlad, (Conservative) accepted the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern on June 28, 1999.
		Sir Alastair left the House of Commons to take up the post of High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia.
		A by-election to fill the seat was held on July 22.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/e/ed/eddisbury_by_election__1999.html (87 words)

	Independent, The (London): Parliament: Brussels Post - Patten's way is cleared for Europe job
		The way was cleared for Mr Patten yesterday when Downing Street announced that the Tory MP Sir Alastair Goodlad, the other main contender for the post, had instead been appointed High Commissioner to Australia.
		Sir Alastair, MP for Eddisbury in Cheshire, was William Hague's nominee as the second British European commissioner to accompany Neil Kinnock in Brussels.
		Tony Blair's decision to appoint Mr Patten instead of Sir Alastair was seen as a breach of convention and a snub to Mr Hague, but followed Foreign Office advice that Sir Alastair was not a sufficiently "heavyweight" candidate.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990526/ai_n14238143 (635 words)

	Alastair Goodlad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alastair Goodlad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Goodlad accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the (Click link for more info and facts about Chiltern Hundreds) Chiltern Hundreds on 28 June 1999 to formally vacate his seat, triggering the (Click link for more info and facts about Eddisbury by-election) Eddisbury by-election.
		On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a (A British peer whose title lapses at death) life peer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alastair_goodlad.htm (177 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| Parties face by-election test
		The constituency is normally rock-solid Tory and even in Labour's 1997 general election landslide the party still managed to hold on to the seat.
		However the sitting MP, Tory veteran Sir Alastair Goodlad, saw his 10,996 majority slashed to just 1,184 - theoretically turning the seat into a marginal.
		The 1997 general election result was: Goodlad (Con) 21, 027 (42.52%), Hanson (Lab) 19,842 (40.13%), Reaper (LD) 6,540 (13.23%), Napier (Referendum Party) 2,041 (4.13%).
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/uk_politics/newsid_389000/389121.stm (620 words)

	High Commissioner's Speech - Youth Commonwealth Games - Radio Bendigo
		One of the people who has been representing their country in Bendigo for the last day or two is Sir Alastair Goodlad. He's the British High Commissioner and, when you think about bringing the big guns in from Canberra, this is one of them.
		SIR ALASTAIR GOODLAD: I think that they probably are. I mean they're really interested in competing at the highest levels but I think the fact that you're doing it in the context of a pretty important history must make it that much more exciting.
		SIR ALASTAIR GOODLAD: I think that's right. I mean for a child from the Falkland Islands or a young person to come to Bendigo and Victoria to compete against the best in the world of their age is a pretty exciting thing to do.
	bhc.britaus.net /News/newsdefault.asp?id=540 (558 words)

	British Chevening/ABC Scholarship Winner Announced: Media Release 28 Feb 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British High Commissioner to Australia, Sir Alastair Goodlad, and the Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Donald McDonald, today announced that Sue Spencer was the winner of the British Chevening/ABC Scholarship to the Reuter Foundation at an informal ceremony at the High Commission in Canberra.
		The scholarship provides a unique chance for journalists to look in some depth at issues of current significance in a way that is not always possible when they are concerned with daily or weekly deadlines, and to do so in a environment conducive to the highest academic and research standards,” Mr McDonald said.
		The British High Commissioner, Sir Alastair Goodlad, said an informed, committed media played a vital role in fostering knowledge and debate in democratic societies.
	www.abc.net.au /corp/mr01/mrfeb2801.htm (514 words)

	Eddisbury by-election, 1999 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On May 25, 1999 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced the appointment of the (An elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons) Member of Parliament for (Click link for more info and facts about Eddisbury) Eddisbury in (Click link for more info and facts about Cheshire) Cheshire, the Rt.
		This created a vacancy in the seat which Sir Alastair had retained as the (A person who has conservative ideas or opinions) Conservative candidate in the (Click link for more info and facts about 1997 general election) 1997 general election.
		Sir Alastair (Click link for more info and facts about accepted the office) accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Three (Click link for more info and facts about Hundreds of Chiltern) Hundreds of Chiltern on June 28, 1999 to formally vacate his seat.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ed/Eddisbury_by-election,_1999.htm (428 words)

	Howard tones down support for removing right to trial by jury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After the plans were revealed last week in The Telegraph, Mr Howard faced a backlash from senior colleagues including Brian Mawhinney, the Tory chairman, and Alastair Goodlad, the Chief Whip, who forced him to reconsider the Government's response to the plan.
		Both Dr Mawhinney and Mr Goodlad argued that it was taking away a fundamental right and would prove unpopular with Conservative MPs and voters.
		Their objections were over-ruled by John Major, who had originally supported the move, but Mr Howard will now be slightly more measured in indicating his personal support for the idea when he announces the details today.
	www.money.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/02/27/njury27.html (564 words)

	Guardian \| Liddell set to be Australian high commissioner
		Former Scottish secretary Helen Liddell - once described by Alastair Campbell as having "balls of steel" - has been lined up as the next British high commissioner to Australia, the government announced today.
		Assuming that Labour are returned to power at the next general election, Ms Liddell, the Airdrie and Shotts MP, will succeed the Conservative-appointed Sir Alastair Goodlad.
		Alastair Goodlad, the current high commissioner, is doing an excellent job and I am delighted that we have found such a high calibre of person to succeed him when he finishes his term of office.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4894232-110732,00.html (503 words)

	Stephen O'Brien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stephen Rothwell O'Brien (born 1 April 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
		He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for Eddisbury, and was first elected in a by-election, after Alastair Goodlad resigned.
		He had previously been a member of the SDP.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_O%27Brien (87 words)

	BBC Politics 97
		Both Ms Tongue and the Conservative spokesman, Alastair Goodlad, welcomed the action-group but said it should have been set up two years ago.
		Their spokesman, Alastair Goodlad, called on the International Development Secretary, Clare Short, to apologise for remarks she made about Montserrat's claims for more money.
		Mr Goodlad demanded that the Government should stop "dithering" and make a fresh assessment of the need for compensation.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/news/08/0825/montserrat.shtml (571 words)

	Guardian \| Plum job for Tory is problem for Hague
		Tony Blair last night outraged Conservative MPs when he rewarded John Major's ex-chief whip, Sir Alastair Goodlad, with a plum diplomatic appointment as compensation for blocking his path to the European Commission in favour of Chris Patten.
		Sir Alistair's majority in 1997 was cut from 10,996 to 1,185 and before taking up his new job early next year he will stay on to suit his party's timetable as it struggles to start winning elections again.
		As William Hague's candidate to replace Sir Leon Brittan at the European Commission in the autumn, Sir Alastair suffered the indignity of seeing his chances evaporate as Mr Blair persuaded the more dynamic Mr Patten, former Tory chairman and governor of Hong Kong, to take the job instead.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3868667-103685,00.html (459 words)

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