Peter Coleman

Peter Coleman AO
Coleman in June 2012
30th Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales Elections: 1978
In office 16 December 1977 – 7 October 1978
Premier	Neville Wran
Deputy	John Mason
Preceded by	Sir Eric Willis
Succeeded by	John Mason
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Fuller
In office 24 February 1968 – 12 September 1978
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Rodney Cavalier
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wentworth
In office 11 April 1981 – 5 June 1987
Preceded by	Robert Ellicott
Succeeded by	John Hewson
Personal details
Born	William Peter Coleman (1928-12-15)15 December 1928 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Died	31 March 2019(2019-03-31) (aged 90) Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Verna Susannah Coleman (née Scott)
Children	Tanya Costello Ursula Dubosarsky William Coleman
Alma mater	University of Sydney London School of Economics
Occupation	Writer, journalist

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William Peter Coleman AO (15 December 1928 – 31 March 2019)^[1] was an Australian writer and politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of The Bulletin (1964–1967) and of Quadrant for 20 years, and published 16 books on political, biographical and cultural subjects.^[2] While still working as an editor and journalist he had a short but distinguished political career as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968–1978 for the Liberal Party, serving both as a Minister in the State Cabinet and in the final year as Leader of the New South Wales Opposition.^[3] From 1981–1987 he was the member for Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives.^[4]