Peter Nixon

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The Honourable Peter Nixon AO
Nixon in 1967
Minister for Primary Industry
In office 27 September 1979 – 11 March 1983
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Ian Sinclair
Succeeded by	John Kerin
Minister for Shipping and Transport
In office 11 November 1975 – 8 December 1979
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Charles Jones
Succeeded by	Ralph Hunt
In office 5 February 1971 – 5 December 1972
Prime Minister	John Gorton William McMahon
Preceded by	Charles Jones
Succeeded by	Ralph Hunt
Postmaster-General
In office 11 November 1975 – 22 December 1975
Prime Minister	Malcolm Fraser
Preceded by	Reg Bishop
Succeeded by	Victor Garland
Minister for the Interior
In office 16 October 1967 – 5 February 1971
Prime Minister	Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton
Preceded by	Doug Anthony
Succeeded by	Ralph Hunt
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gippsland
In office 9 December 1961 – 4 February 1983
Preceded by	George Bowden
Succeeded by	Peter McGauran
Personal details
Born	(1928-03-22) 22 March 1928 (age 96) Orbost, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Country / NCP
Spouse	Sally Dahlsen ​ (m. 1954⁠–⁠2013)​
Children	Joanne, Mark & Christopher
Education	Wesley College, Melbourne
Occupation	Grazier, company director

Peter James Nixon AO (born 22 March 1928) is an Australian former politician and businessman. He served in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1983, representing the Division of Gippsland as a member of the National Country Party (NCP). He held ministerial office as Minister for the Interior (1967–1971), Shipping and Transport (1971–1972), Postmaster-General (1975), Transport (1975–1979), and Primary Industry (1979–1983).^[1]

Nixon is the earliest elected Country MP still alive,^[2] and along with Ian Sinclair he is one of the last two surviving ministers who served under Holt and McEwen, as well as in the First Gorton and First Fraser Ministry.