predecessor successor title nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
harrie wade laurence neal senator for victoria australian australian country party 14 june 1925 9 december 1964 james webster -lrb- australian politician -rrb-
 28 january 1980 james webster accountant , farmer
james webster -lrb- australian politician -rrb-

james joseph webster -lrb- born 14 june 1925 in flinders island , tasmania -rrb- is a former member of the australian senate .
the son of state mp leslie webster , he was educated at caulfield grammar school and the royal melbourne institute of technology .
he worked as an accountant and farmer prior to entering politics .
webster was appointed to the senate as a member of the country party following the death of harrie wade in 1964 , and served in the senate until 1980 .
he was the federal minister for science -lrb- later minister for science and the environment -rrb- in the fraser government from 1975 to 1979 .
