Humphries, though born in Sydney went to university in Canberra and worked as a solicitor and political adviser before his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989. He held a number of ministerial positions in several Liberal governments, most of them short lived. When Kate Carnell came to power in 1995, Humphries became a leading member of her team. In 1997 he became Deputy Chief Minister and in 1999 Treasurer (finance minister). In 2000 he succeeded Carnell as Chief Minister. At the 2001 ACT election Humphries was defeated by the Australian Labor Party under Jon Stanhope.
In early 2003 Humphries was chosen to fill a vacancy in the Senate. He is not expected to have serious problems with re-election in the immediate future. In 2004 there was speculation the Liberals would reject his preselection for the Senate spot, but he won the ballot unopposed.
Humphries was born in Sydney and went to the Australian National University in Canberra where he was elected President of the ANU Students' Association.
In early 2003Humphries was chosen to fill a vacancy in the Senate caused by the resignation of Margaret Reid.
GaryHumphries was the first Liberal senator to vote against the Howard Government in its 10 years in office, when he voted to reverse the Federal Government's ban on the ACT's civil unions law in the Senate.
GaryHumphries, 48, returned to the squash court at the Hawthorn Leisure Centre in Treforest, south Wales, where he collapsed three weeks ago.
Mr Humphries, whose father died from a heart attack aged 46, said he was determined to make the most of his second chance.
Mr Humphries and Mr Smith are behind plans for a defibrillator to be installed at General Electric, and Mr Humphries' wife is campaigning to install one at Legal and General, where she works, too.
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