The Hon Warwick Raymond Parer, Nudgee College, 1950-1953

The Hon Warwick Raymond Parer was an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate, representing the state of Queensland. Parer became a member of the Senate in 1985, and from March 1996 to October 1998 was Minister for Resources and Energy in John Howard's government.

He retired from the Senate on 11 February 2000. He was Chair of the Coalition of Australian Governments Independent Energy Review Panel and a member of the Governing Council of the Old Parliament House (Qld). He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005. Parer served as President of the Queensland Liberal Party from 2006 until February 2008. He was also appointed Chair of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation in 2010, and Chairman of the Board of Stanwell Corporation Limited in May 2012.