Peter Staples

The Honourable Peter Staples
Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services
In office 7 May 1990 – 24 March 1993
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister for Housing and Aged Care)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Parliament 1983–⁠1996 Member of the Australian Parliament for Diamond Valley In office 5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984 Preceded by Neil Brown Succeeded by Division abolished Member of the Australian Parliament for Jagajaga In office 1 December 1984 – 29 January 1996 Preceded by New seat Succeeded by Jenny Macklin
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-15) 15 October 1947 Melbourne
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor

Peter Staples (born 15 October 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former politician for the Australian Labor Party. He was first elected to Parliament in 1983 as the Member for Diamond Valley. When Diamond Valley was abolished in 1984, Staples transferred to the newly created Jagajaga, essentially the western half of his old electorate. In 1987, he was appointed Consumer Affairs Minister by Prime Minister Bob Hawke in his third ministry. Staples would remain a junior minister for nearly six years, serving as Minister for Housing and Aged Care and later Aged, Family and Health Services in the Hawke and Keating Ministries.

Staples lost his spot in the ministry to Frank Walker after the party's victory at the 1993 election. He spent the remainder of his career on the backbench until his retirement from politics in 1996, as stated in his documentary, The Dance of a Thousand Summers.