# Tony Messner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tony_Messner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tony_Messner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Messner > Source revision: 1348488833 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian politician (1939–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Tony Messner | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AM}} | image = | office = [Administrator of Norfolk Island](/source/Administrator_of_Norfolk_Island) | term_start = 4 August 1997 | term_end = 30 July 2003 | monarch = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) | governor-general = [Sir William Deane](/source/Sir_William_Deane)
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[Michael Jeffrey](/source/Michael_Jeffrey) | predecessor = [Alan Kerr](/source/Alan_Gardner_Kerr) | successor = [Grant Tambling](/source/Grant_Tambling) | office2 = [Minister for Veterans' Affairs](/source/Minister_for_Veterans'_Affairs) | prime_minister2 = [Malcolm Fraser](/source/Malcolm_Fraser) | term_start2 = 3 November 1980 | term_end2 = 11 March 1983 | predecessor2 = [Evan Adermann](/source/Evan_Adermann) | successor2 = [Arthur Gietzelt](/source/Arthur_Gietzelt) | title3 = [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) | term_start3 = 13 December 1975 | term_end3 = 17 April 1990 | successor3 = [John Olsen](/source/John_Olsen) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|9|24}} | birth_place = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|10|11|1939|9|24}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Accountant | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Anthony John Messner''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (24 September 1939 – 11 October 2024) was an Australian politician and government minister. ==Life and career== Messner was born in Melbourne and educated at a state primary school in [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Pulteney Grammar School](/source/Pulteney_Grammar_School), [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) and the [South Australian Institute of Technology](/source/University_of_South_Australia).{{cite book | title =Who's who in Australia | publisher =Crown Content | year =2008 | location =North Melbourne | pages =2303 | isbn = 978-1-74095-160-9 }} Messner was elected as a [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for South Australia at the [1975 election](/source/1975_Australian_federal_election). He was appointed [Minister for Veterans' Affairs](/source/Minister_for_Veterans'_Affairs_(Australia)) in November 1980 and held that position until the defeat of the [Fraser](/source/Malcolm_Fraser) government at the [March 1983 election](/source/1983_Australian_federal_election). He resigned from parliament in April 1990.{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=messner-anthony-john|name=MESSNER, Anthony John (1939– )|first=Tim|last=Bryant|year=2017|access-date=2023-01-08}}{{cite web | title =Members of the Senate since 1901 | publisher =[Parliament of Australia](/source/Parliament_of_Australia) | work=Parliamentary Handbook | url =http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/kirk.quirke.htm | accessdate = 18 January 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070907105640/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/kirk.quirke.htm |archivedate = 7 September 2007}} Messner was [Administrator of Norfolk Island](/source/Administrative_heads_of_Norfolk_Island) from August 1997 to July 2003. He was made a [member of the Order of Australia](/source/member_of_the_Order_of_Australia) in 2004 for "service to the Australian Parliament, to Norfolk Island as Administrator, and to the community, particularly veterans and their families".{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1056042|recipient=The Honourable Anthony John Messner|award=Member of the Order of Australia|date=2004-01-26|postnominal=AM|access-date=2023-01-08}} Messner died on 11 October 2024, at the age of 85.{{cite web |title=Messner, Hon. Anthony John, AM |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/28074/&sid=0159 |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=28 January 2025 |date=25 November 2024}} ==Notes== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef| before=[Evan Adermann](/source/Evan_Adermann)}} {{s-ttl | title= [Minister for Veterans' Affairs](/source/Minister_for_Veterans'_Affairs_(Australia)) | years=1980–1983}} {{s-aft| after=[Arthur Gietzelt](/source/Arthur_Gietzelt) }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Messner, Tony}} Category:1939 births Category:2024 deaths Category:People educated at Pulteney Grammar School Category:University of South Australia alumni Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate Category:20th-century Australian politicians Category:Administrators of Norfolk Island Category:Members of the Order of Australia {{NorfolkIsland-politician-stub}} {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tony Messner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Messner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Messner?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.