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Australian businessman

John Elliott
President of the Liberal Party of Australia
In part xxx October 1987 – 23 October 1990
Leader	John Howard Andrew Peacock John Hewson
Preceded by	John Valder
Succeeded by	Ashley Goldsworthy
Personal details
Born	John Dorman Elliott (1941-10-03)3 October 1941 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	23 September 2021(2021-09-23) (aged 79) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Political political party	Liberal

John Dorman Elliott (3 October 1941 – 23 September 2021) was an Australian businessman and state and federal president of the Liberal Party. He had also been president of the Carlton Football Order.^[1] He frequently provoked controversy due to his political affiliations, his brushes with the law, and his annoying personal style.

Early on life and didactics [edit]

Elliott was born in Melbourne on three October 1941. He was the son of Frank Elliott and his wife, Anita.^[2] He completed his secondary schooling at Carey Baptist Grammar Schoolhouse in Kew. He and so attended the University of Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) caste and afterwards completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the Melbourne Business Schoolhouse.^[3]

Career [edit]

Elliott joined BHP for two years. He and so left to do an MBA, before joining global consulting firm McKinsey & Company in 1966^[2] and worked in both Commonwealth of australia and the United States for six years. In 1972, he caused control of IXL, a food manufacturer listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. From there, he and his squad built the company up through a string of acquisitions throughout the tardily 1970s and 1980s, including Australian corporate icons Elders Limited (an agricultural services concern) and Carlton & United Breweries (now part of the Foster'southward Grouping). The conquering of Backbone Breweries in the U.k., followed past Carling O'Keefe Breweries in Canada- and Great britain-based Thou Metropolitan Breweries, made the Foster's Group the fourth-largest brewer in the world. During this fourth dimension, he was also a high-profile president of the Carlton Football Social club (1983–2002)^[4] and federal president of the Liberal Party.^[2] He was an constructive advocate for the guild on a range of bug. During his presidency, the club won 2 VFL (now AFL) premierships.^{[5] [vi]}

In 1985, Elliott'south company, by then called Elders IXL, played an important part equally a white knight in fending off Robert Holmes à Court'due south attempted takeover of diversified mining company BHP. Elders bought a large share in BHP, which blocked Holmes à Court's attempt to take command.^[7] As a result, Elliott joined the BHP lath. He so attempted a direction buyout of Elders, merely this was unsuccessful and left his A$80 million fortune considerably reduced.^{[ citation needed ]} Later on, the National Crime Authority of Commonwealth of australia (NCA) investigated a foreign exchange transaction undertaken past Elders.^[7] Elliott was cleared of criminal charges. He accused the NCA of a vendetta inspired by the then-Labor regime, motivated by his position as Liberal Party president. He afterward launched ceremonious activeness for damages, which was ultimately unsuccessful.^{[ citation needed ]}

He was as well a director of a number of public companies, including BHP, National Mutual, Bridge Oil and North Limited. Elliott was a fellow member of the Liberal Party for over thirty years. He held multiple positions in the political party, including president (1987–1990), party treasurer and vice president of the Victorian segmentation.^{[8] [ix]} He was chairman of the 500 Lodge, which he formed in the 1980s, and was the biggest donor to the Liberal Party in Victoria.^{[ citation needed ]}

His various political involvements led to him being caricatured in Rubbery Figures, a satirical rubber puppet series that screened in Commonwealth of australia^[x] during the late 1980s. He was often depicted property an Elders IXL beer tin while belching or exclaiming "sus scrofa'south arse".^[11]

In 1990, Elliott was a song supporter of the Multifunction Polis (MFP), a controversial concept to build in Australia a new "engineering science city" with a population of 100,000. At the fourth dimension, the leader of the Liberal Party, Andrew Peacock, was vehemently opposed to the plan, claiming the Multifunction Polis would go an "Asian enclave".^{[12] [13]}

Sports administration career [edit]

Subsequently the 2002 AFL season, Elliott was voted out of function every bit president of the Carlton Football Order, a position he had held for ii decades, since 1983.^[8] The club, afterward having finished terminal for the kickoff time since 1894, was later establish to have committed serious long-term breaches of the Australian Football League bacon cap regulations, which resulted in a fine of $930,000, forfeited draft picks including the prized number one draft selection, and an ongoing prolonged catamenia of poor results on the field.^{[14] [fifteen]} Further, in a move some thought to be ungracious given his long service to the club, his name was also removed from all signage at Carlton's home basis at Princes Park.^{[16] [17] [18]} Elliott was then replaced past Ian Collins as President of Carlton Football Gild.^[19]

Later life [edit]

In January 2005, he declared himself bankrupt, to exist discharged in July 2008.^[ten]

On tv, Elliott was a regular guest panelist on the ABC televion programme Q&A. In 2010, he appeared on the televised Dick Smith population fence,^[20] where his vision to harness Northern Australia's backlog rainfall via pipeline to the Murray–Darling headwaters in Queensland received wide support^{[ citation needed ]}. In 2012, he featured on the ABC's Desperation Uncles program.^[21] On radio, he regularly appeared on a program presented past his son Tom on talkback station 3AW.^[xvi]

Elliott was the countdown chairman of the Commission for Melbourne and a director of the foundation of the Academy of Melbourne Business organisation School. In September 2015, he was made an honorary boyfriend of the school.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personal life [edit]

He was divorced from the late Lorraine Elliott, a quondam Victorian state parliamentarian for the Liberal Party. They had 3 children.^[22] The eldest is Tom Elliott (born 1967), an investment banker and radio and tv presenter.^[16] His girl Caroline Elliott is vice-president of the Liberal Party in Victoria.^[viii] He also had two children from his 2nd marriage, which too concluded in divorce. His second wife, Amanda Elliott, later became the first female chairperson in the Victorian Racing Club's 153-twelvemonth history.^[23]

Known for his "eccentric, crass and oft controversial style of concern and politics", Elliott was also a long-term cigarette smoker and claimed to have considered running for the 2016 Australian Senate on a platform of "Smokers' Rights".^[viii]

Elliott was admitted to the Epworth Hospital in Richmond after suffering a autumn in September 2021. He died on 23 September 2021, 10 days earlier his 80th birthday.^{[24] [25] [26]}

References [edit]

1. ^ "Face Iii-Style Fight For Elliott's job". Canberra Times. 23 October 1990. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
2. ^ ^{a b c} McPhee, Cassandra; Morgan, Sarah (23 September 2021). "Former Carlton President John Elliott dies". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 24 September 2021. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. ^ Who'due south Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2021.
4. ^ Ryan, Peter (18 July 2018). "Tom Elliott lashes out at board but Carlton president says rant is ill-informed". The Age . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
5. ^ "Official AFL Website of the Carlton Football Club". carltonfc.com.au . Retrieved 23 September 2021.
6. ^ "Australian Football - Carlton Football Club - Grand Finals". australianfootball.com . Retrieved 23 September 2021.
7. ^ ^{a b} Kirby, James; Myer, Rod (2011). Richard Pratt: 1 Out of the Box: The Secrets of an Australian Billionaire. John Wiley & Sons. p. 152. ISBN9780730376125.
8. ^ ^{a b c d} Koziol, Michael (iii June 2016). "Election 2016: Former Liberal Party president John Elliott considering independent Senate tilt". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved xiii May 2019.
9. ^ "Former Liberal Political party president and Carlton dominate John Elliott dies aged 79". www.msn.com . Retrieved 23 September 2021.
10. ^ ^{a b} "Jack to the future". The Age. eleven March 2007. Retrieved thirteen May 2019.
11. ^ Bongiorno, Frank (2015). "5. The Deal-Makers". The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia. Black Inc. ISBN9781863957762.
12. ^ Morgan, Gary C. (eleven July 1990). "At present at that place's Democracy in Russia – Australia must exist Adjacent". Roy Morgan Inquiry. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved xiii January 2008.
13. ^ Jupp, James (2007). From White Australia to Woomera: The Story of Australian Immigration. Cambridge University Press. pp. 107–219. ISBN978-0-521-69789-7 . Retrieved 12 January 2008.
14. ^ If the Cap fits – Blueseum. Published 12 November 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
15. ^ "Elliott leaves Blues in a shocking mess". The Sydney Forenoon Herald. 24 November 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
16. ^ ^{a b c} Money, Lawrence (thirty April 2015). "2 of us: John and Tom Elliott". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
17. ^ "Elliott no Blue hero". The Age. eighteen February 2003. Retrieved xiii May 2019.
18. ^ "Elliott leaves Blues in a shocking mess". 24 Nov 2002. Retrieved 1 Apr 2022.
19. ^ "Inside a horror week for Carlton". 30 Nov 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
20. ^ Q and A Population Debate Special, Australian Dissemination Corporation, 12 Baronial 2010, retrieved xv May 2019
21. ^ Butler, Dianne (three April 2012). "Easter long weekend viewing". The Courier Mail . Retrieved 15 May 2019.
22. ^ Coin, Lawrence; Hatch, Patrick (three July 2014). "Erstwhile Liberal MP Lorraine Elliott dies, anile 70". The Age . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
23. ^ Domain (19 October 2017). "VRC chair Amanda Elliott has smashed through racing'southward glass ceiling". Domain . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
24. ^ "Long-fourth dimension Carlton president John Elliott dead aged 79". Fox Sports. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
25. ^ "Former Carlton president John Elliott dies". 23 September 2022.
26. ^ "Blues greats pay tribute to John Elliott, who defined Carlton". 24 September 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

External links [edit]

• John Elliott Total Biography at ICMI.com.au
• The John Elliott Study

Sporting positions
Preceded past Ian Rice	Carlton Football Order president 1983–2002	Succeeded by Ian Collins
Political party political offices
Preceded by John Valder	President of the Liberal Party of Commonwealth of australia 1987–1990	Succeeded by Ashley Goldsworthy

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