DEATH OF MR E W BARKER (Announcement by Mr Speaker)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Mr Speaker: Order. I wish to take this opportunity to place on record the death of Mr Edmund William Barker, former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, on 12th April 2001. Mr Barker served as Speaker from October 1963 to October 1964.

I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sympathy and condolence to the family of the late Mr Edmund William Barker.

As a mark of respect to the late Mr Edmund William Barker, the House will now observe a one-minute silence.

The House rose and paid respect.