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James Robert "Diamond Jim" McClelland (3 June 1915 – 16 January 1999) was an Australian solicitor, jurist, Senator, Minister in the Third Whitlam Ministry, Royal Commissioner looking at British nuclear tests in Australia, and the first chief judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW. ==Biography== McClelland was born in Melbourne, and educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat and Melbourne University (B.A.) and Sydney University (Law). He had service in the Royal Australian Air Force between 1943 and 1946. He began practising as a solicitor in Sydney in 1951. His practice dealt mainly with union workers compensation claims for the FAI, where he was associated with Laurie Short and he played a large part (with Bob Santamaria) in helping Short take control of the Union from Ernie Thornton. He was elected to represent New South Wales for the Australian Labor Party in the 1970 Senate election, his term to begin on 1 July 1971. In March 1971 he was appointed to a casual vacancy for the remainder of the term of the late Senator James Ormonde. He was again elected in the double dissolution election of May 1974. In the Third Whitlam Ministry he was Minister for Manufacturing Industry from 10 February to 6 June 1975. From 6 June to 11 November 1975 he was Minister for Labour and Immigration and Minister assisting the Prime Minister in matters relating to the Public Service. He was again elected at the December 1975 double dissolution election. He resigned from the Senate on 21 July 1978. In 1980 McClelland was appointed the first chief judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW, holding that office until his 70th birthday in June 1985. In 1984, as Justice McClelland, he was President of the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia at Maralinga. He was reviled by the right as is indicated in Roderick Meagher's portrait in ''Quadrant'', and associated with (Edmund Campion ), Patrick White, Manning Clark and Donald Horne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim McClelland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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