successor children birth_place title nationality party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
sue west robert mcclelland wentworthville , new south wales senator for new south wales australian australian labor party 5 august 1926 1 july 1962 lorna mcneill doug mcclelland
 23 january 1987 doug mcclelland reporter
doug mcclelland

douglas -lrb- doug -rrb- mcclelland , ac -lrb- born 5 august 1926 -rrb- was elected to the australian senate as a member of the australian labor party at the 1961 election , representing new south wales .
mcclelland was born in the sydney suburb of wentworthville and he served in the second australian imperial force from june 1946 to january 1947 in the northern territory .
he was a reporter before entering parliament .
mcclelland was the manager of government business in the senate from 9 july 1974 , minister for the media in the whitlam government until 6 june 1975 , and then special minister of state , he also served as president of the senate from 21 april 1983 until his resignation on 23 january 1987 .
-lrb- he was no relation to fellow alp cabinet minister jim mcclelland . -rrb-
from 1981 until his resignation he was the father of the senate .
he went on to serve as australian high commissioner to the united kingdom .
mcclelland was awarded the douglas wilkie medal for services to non-football in 1973 by the anti-football league .
the accolade was presented after mcclelland introduced a points system for television programming .
mcclelland married lorna mcneill and they have one son -- robert mcclelland , member for barton -- and two daughters .
he was made a companion of the order of australia in june 1987 .
