Peter Black

Peter Black may refer to:

Peter Black (Welsh politician)

Peter Black (born 30 January 1960) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.

Background

He was educated at Wirral Grammar School for Boys and Swansea University, graduating in English and History. Before entering politics full-time, he previously worked as a research assistant for West Glamorgan Social Services and was a Registration Executive for the Land Registry for Wales. Black is married and enjoys films, theatre and poetry.

Political career

A Councillor for the Cwmbwrla ward on City and County of Swansea Council, he was leader of the Liberal Democrat Group 1984–99. He is a past Chair of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and of the party's Finance and Administration Committee.

Black fought Swansea East at the Assembly elections in 1999 and 2003, but entered the Assembly as the lead candidate on the Welsh Liberal Democrat regional list for South Wales West. He was the lead candidate again in 2007 and 2011. A former Deputy Minister in the 2000–03 Labour / Welsh Liberal Democrat coalition administration, he chaired the Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills Committee in the second Assembly and now sits on the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee and the Finance Committee. He is the Welsh Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Local Government, Heritage, Housing and Finance. He is a member of the Assembly Commission with responsibility for ICT and Sustainability.

Peter Black (Australian politician)

Peter Laurence Black OAM (born 14 June 1943) is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, serving between 1999 and 2007. Black is an unaligned Councillor of the City of Broken Hill, elected in 2012.

Career

Black was born in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville and educated at Sydney Boy's Technical High School and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales. He was a Science teacher at Willyama High School in Broken Hill before running for New South Wales Parliament. Black became a Broken Hill Council Alderman in 1977 and served a record 19 years as Mayor of Broken Hill, from 1980 until 1999.

Black represented Murray-Darling from 1999 to 2007 for the Australian Labor Party. He was accused of having a drinking problem by other parliamentarians, including his political opponents. Black lost his seat at the New South Wales state election, 2007, after a redistribution gave the expanded Murray-Darling seat an overall National Party majority.