David Prowse (politician)

David Prowse
Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
In office 4 March 1989 – 15 February 1992 Serving with Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan
Succeeded by	Multi-member single constituency
1st Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
In office 11 May 1989 – 15 February 1992
Succeeded by	Roberta McRae
Personal details
Born	(1941-03-10) 10 March 1941 (age 83) Cairns, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Political party	No Self-Government Party Independents Group Liberal Party
Children	6
Alma mater	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Occupation	Electrical engineer, naturopath, politician
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Royal Australian Air Force
Rank	Squadron Leader
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David John Prowse (born 10 March 1941), a former Australian politician, was the first Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, serving between 1989 and 1992. Elected at the 1989 general election to the inaugural multi-member single electorate unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing, initially, the No Self-Government Party, Prowse then sat as an independent, before joining the Liberal Party.