predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
george gray colin carige colin carige keith wright australian wauchope nsw australia capricornia australian australian labor party 25 june 1923 30 september 1967 10 december 1977 doug everingham
 13 december 1975 26 october 1984 dr doug everingham doctor university of sydney
doug everingham

douglas nixon `` doug '' everingham -lrb- born 25 june 1923 -rrb- is a former australian politician and minister .
everingham graduated with a bachelor of medicine and surgery from the university of sydney in 1946 and worked in public and private hospitals and as a family doctor .
everingham was elected the australian labor party member for the house of representatives seat of capricornia at a by-election in 1967 .
in the gough whitlam government of 1972 -- 75 he served as minister for health .
he was defeated at the 1975 election by colin carige , but was subsequently victorious against carige at the 1977 election ; and he remained the local member until his retirement at the 1984 election .
everingham is the coordinator of the world election commission in the world government of world citizens .
he was appointed by the world coordinator garry davis .
