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- Ernie_Bridge abstract "Ernest Francis "Ernie" Bridge, AM (15 December 1936 – 31 March 2013) was an Australian parliamentarian and country music singer. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 2001, representing the electorate of Kimberley, first as an Australian Labor Party representative (1980–1996) and then as a Labor Independent MP (1996–2001). He was the first indigenous Australian to be a Cabinet minister in any Australian government. He was married to Mavis Bridge from 1960 until her death in March 2009 and had two daughters and two sons.Bridge was born in Halls Creek. He was a pastoralist and businessman prior to entering politics, and was also a founding member of the Aboriginal Lands Trust in 1972. He served on the Halls Creek council from 1962 to 1979. He contested the marginal seat of Kimberley for the Labor Party at the 1980 state election and won, defeating incumbent Liberal Alan Ridge becoming the first Aboriginal member of the WA parliament. He was a backbencher for his first two terms, being re-elected at the 1983 election and 1986 election.(See: List of Indigenous Australian politicians)Ernie Bridge, a descendant of First Fleet convict Matthew James Everingham, was promoted to the ministry by Premier Brian Burke after the return of the Labor government at the 1986 election, with his appointment as Honorary Minister assisting the Ministers for Water Resources, The North-West and Aboriginal Affairs. This made him the first indigenous politician anywhere in Australia to serve in a ministerial portfolio. He was promoted in July of that year to Minister for Water Resources, the North-West and Aboriginal Affairs. He was shifted to the portfolio of Minister for Small Business in 1988 after the accession of Peter Dowding as Premier, but regained his old portfolios in 1989 with his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Water Resources and the North West, a role which he held until the defeat of the Labor government at the 1993 state election.Bridge continued as a member of the Shadow Ministry after Labor's defeat in 1993, serving as Shadow Minister for Trade from 1993 to 1994 and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and the North West from 1993 to 1996. He resigned from the ALP, sitting as a Labor Independent and was re-elected in 1996 as the Independent Labor Member for Kimberley. He retired at the 2001 election.In 1997, he established Unity of First People of Australia, a non-profit organisation which assists Aboriginal people in Western Australia with employment within the law and order, health and education industries.Bridge is noted also for promoting the concept of a water pipeline from the Fitzroy River to Perth. He later went on to promote a larger scale scheme including piping water from northern Queensland rivers to the south-eastern Australian cities.In March 2013, Bridge sued a number of parties for damages after being diagnosed with several asbestos-related conditions including mesothelioma, asbestosis, and pleural disease. Bridge said he had been exposed to asbestos fibre and dust while fulfilling his ministerial duties in the 1980s, and was suing the Western Australian government, the Shire of Ashburton, CSR Limited, Midalco, Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting and Angela Bennett's Wright Prospecting.".
- Ernie_Bridge activeYearsEndDate "2001-02-10".
- Ernie_Bridge activeYearsStartDate "1980-02-23".
- Ernie_Bridge alias "Bridge, Ernest Francis (full name)".
- Ernie_Bridge birthDate "1936-12-15".
- Ernie_Bridge birthName "Ernest Francis Bridge".
- Ernie_Bridge birthPlace Halls_Creek,_Western_Australia.
- Ernie_Bridge birthYear "1936".
- Ernie_Bridge deathDate "2013-03-31".
- Ernie_Bridge deathPlace Perth.
- Ernie_Bridge deathYear "2013".
- Ernie_Bridge otherParty Independent_politician.
- Ernie_Bridge party Australian_Labor_Party.
- Ernie_Bridge region Electoral_district_of_Kimberley.
- Ernie_Bridge successor Carol_Martin_(politician).
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- Ernie_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ernest Francis Bridge".
- Ernie_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ernie Bridge".
- Ernie_Bridge alternativeNames "Bridge, Ernest Francis".
- Ernie_Bridge birthDate "1936-12-15".
- Ernie_Bridge birthPlace "Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia".
- Ernie_Bridge birthname "Ernest Francis Bridge".
- Ernie_Bridge children "4".
- Ernie_Bridge constituencyMp Electoral_district_of_Kimberley.
- Ernie_Bridge dateOfBirth "1936-12-15".
- Ernie_Bridge dateOfDeath "2013-03-31".
- Ernie_Bridge deathDate "2013-03-31".
- Ernie_Bridge deathPlace Perth.
- Ernie_Bridge deathPlace Perth,_Western_Australia.
- Ernie_Bridge hasPhotoCollection Ernie_Bridge.
- Ernie_Bridge honorificPrefix The_Honourable.
- Ernie_Bridge honorificSuffix Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia.
- Ernie_Bridge honorificSuffix Order_of_Australia.
- Ernie_Bridge name "Bridge, Ernie".
- Ernie_Bridge name "Ernie Bridge".
- Ernie_Bridge nationality "Australian".
- Ernie_Bridge otherparty Independent_(politician).
- Ernie_Bridge otherparty Independent_politician.
- Ernie_Bridge parliament "Western Australian".
- Ernie_Bridge party Australian_Labor_Party.
- Ernie_Bridge placeOfBirth "Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia".
- Ernie_Bridge placeOfDeath "Perth, Western Australia".
- Ernie_Bridge predecessor Alan_Ridge.
- Ernie_Bridge shortDescription "Australian politician".
- Ernie_Bridge spouse "Mavis Ida Bridge".
- Ernie_Bridge successor Carol_Martin_(politician).
- Ernie_Bridge termEnd "2001-02-10".
- Ernie_Bridge termStart "1980-02-23".