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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Rae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Rae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rae > Source revision: 1350116161 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Peter Rae | honorific_suffix = [AO](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia) | image = Peter Rae 1969 (cropped).jpg | caption = Rae in 1969 | title = [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) | term_start = 1 July 1968 | term_end = 16 January 1986 | successor = [Jocelyn Newman](/source/Jocelyn_Newman) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1932|9|24}} | birth_place = [Launceston](/source/Launceston%2C_Tasmania), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Peter Elliot Rae''' [AO](/source/Order_of_Australia) (born 24 September 1932, [Launceston](/source/Launceston%2C_Tasmania), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania){{cite Tas Parliament |id=raep664 |title=Rae, Peter |access-date=24 July 2022}}) is a retired Australian politician who represented the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) for the state of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) in the [Australian Senate](/source/Australian_Senate). He served as a Senator from 1967 until his resignation in January 1986.{{Cite Au Senate |Sen id=rae-peter-elliot |name=RAE, Peter Elliot (1934– ) Senator for Tasmania, 1968–86 |first=Peter |last=Boyce |year=2017 |access-date=2022-08-01}} He was subsequently elected to the division of [Bass](/source/Division_of_Bass_(state)) in the [Tasmanian House of Assembly](/source/Tasmanian_House_of_Assembly) at the February [1986 election](/source/1986_Tasmanian_state_election), serving until his defeat on 13 May 1989. == Career == Rae served as a Shadow Minister with portfolios that included Industry and Commerce, Finance, and Education and Science.{{cite web|url=http://www.alumni.utas.edu.au/awards_archive.html#PeterRae|title=Alumni - Peter Rae|publisher=The University of Tasmania|access-date=2008-03-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080101094913/http://www.alumni.utas.edu.au/awards_archive.html#PeterRae |archive-date = 2008-01-01}} Rae led a four-year investigation of the capital markets of Australia, particularly the Stock Exchanges. The "Rae Report" led to what became the [Australian Securities and Investments Commission](/source/Australian_Securities_and_Investments_Commission). He was a leader of several delegations to the [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament), the [Council of Europe](/source/Council_of_Europe) and [NATO](/source/NATO). Rae worked to amend the Constitution Alteration (Senate Casual Vacancies) Bill 1977 to provide for direct election of replacement senators by Tasmanian-style countback, instead of the indirect party political appointment system that was eventually instituted. Following his legislative career, Rae practised law at Rae & Partners law firm in Tasmania. From 1993-2004 he served as Chair of the [Hydro-Electric Commission](/source/Hydro_Tasmania).{{cite web|url=http://www.hydro.com.au/home/Corporate/Publications/Media+Releases/Announcement+regarding+Hydro+Electric+Corporation+Chairman+Peter+Rae.htm |title=Hydro Electric Corporation Chairman Peter Rae |publisher=Hydro Tasmania |access-date=2008-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902140504/http://www.hydro.com.au/home/Corporate/Publications/Media+Releases/Announcement+regarding+Hydro+Electric+Corporation+Chairman+Peter+Rae.htm |archive-date=2 September 2007 }} In 1999 Rae was made an Officer of the [Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) "for service to business and commerce, to the Federal and Tasmanian Parliaments, and to the Aboriginal community of Flinders Island."{{cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=870731 |title=The Honourable Peter Elliot Rae |award=Officer of the Order of Australia |postnominal=AO |date=1999-01-26 |access-date=2023-01-12}} In November 2003, Rae became Vice President of the [World Wind Energy Association](/source/World_Wind_Energy_Association) and became President in October 2015. Rae is Honorary Chairman of the International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) the global alliance of [renewable energy](/source/renewable_energy) associations (bioenergy, hydro, wind, solar and geothermal). He is on the Board of several other Alliance partners. He chaired sessions of the World Energy Conference in 2004 and was a keynote speaker at the National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development. He was an invited industry delegate to the inaugural International Renewable Energy Conference in Bonn in 2004 and was a member of the United Nations Expert Group as a Lead Reviewer and keynote speaker for the Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference in 2005. He participated in the 2008 Washington Conference as a side event moderator and was a member of the group organising the 2010 Delhi Conference. Peter Rae attended COP meetings from 2000 to 2007, mostly as a member of the Australian delegation. He participated in the 2009 Copenhagen Conference where he chaired a joint side event with the International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) and the newly formed International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He was Vice Chairman of REN21 (2008-2013) and is a member of the International Jury of the Energy Globe Sustainability Awards. He was leader of the Renewable Energy industry delegation to the 14th and 15th sessions of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York. He was the moderator for the Renewable Energy side event at the CSD. Peter Rae is member of the Honorary Board of the Energy Globe Foundation, representing Australia and the category YOUTH for the Annual Energy Globe World Award. The Award is the most prestigious environmental Award in over 180 countries. On 4 June 1991 he was granted the right to use the term "The Honourable" for life. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rae, Peter}} Category:1932 births Category:Living people Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Category:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Tasmania Category:Members of the Australian Senate Category:20th-century Australian politicians Category:Officers of the Order of Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Rae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rae?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.