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unusual facts about Auditor-General of Queensland



Allyson Pollock

Jeremy Colman, former deputy general of the National Audit Office and the current Auditor General for Wales has supported Pollock's findings.

Anthony Eickhoff

He became the Fire Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department 1889, re-appointed until 1896 and served as an Auditor of the New York City Fire Department from 1898 until his death in 1901.

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Opposition politicians defended Keen, called for Lunn to be fired, and for the report to be made public (Auditor-General's report identified 'deficiency' at AECL, by Juliet O'Neill, The National Post, January 10, 2008, p. A1).

Audit storm

In 2003, Auditor General Li Jinhua presented the annual audit report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Auditor independence

The Companies Act 1985 dictates that it is the responsibility of shareholders (rather than directors) to appoint the auditor at the annual general meeting (AGM) – section 384 of the act refers.

The main enforcement of auditor independence is through the Companies Act 1985 and the Companies Act 1989 although the matter is also covered by the professional accounting bodies’ rules of professional conduct and the Auditing Practices Board.

Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer

The title of Auditor was officially attached to the post, combined with that of Tally Writer, during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Benoît Puga

From 1998, he served as a professor at the Collège interarmées de défense; again as military counsellor to Carl Bildt; was auditor at the IHEDN and the CHEM; was second of the Centre opérationnel interarmées (Joint operation centre); and chief of the Centre de planification et de conduite des opérations.

Beth Wood

She defeated incumbent Republican State Auditor Les Merritt in the 2008 election.

Betty Montgomery

Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Bennett urged Montgomery to run for the job of state auditor.

Bouches-de-l'Èbre

Its prefecture was in Lleida and its subprefectures were Tortosa, Cervera and Tarragona and its only prefect was Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemont, who had previously been auditor to the Council of State and sub prefect of Zierickzée (a subprefecture of the department of Bouches-de-l'Escaut).

Cardinals created by Innocent X

Prospero Caffarelli, auditor general of the Apostolic Chamber – cardinal-priest of S. Callisto, † 14 August 1659

Charles John Irving

He was Resident Councillor of Penang from 1885 to 1887 and Colonial Auditor General to the government of the Straits Settlements at Penang from 1867 to 1879 under governors Sir Harry Ord and Edward Anson.

Conor Gearty

He had significant debating success in University, twice winning the Irish Times debating competition and serving as Auditor of the University College Dublin Law Society.

Conor McGahon

He attended NUI Galway (then UCG) where he became Auditor of the Law Society and graduated in 1986 with a BA in Legal & Political Science and again in 1988 with an LLB.

Deepak-class fleet tanker

The CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reported that substandard steel was chosen which helped Fincantieri to bag the contract quoting lower cost.

Deh Cho Bridge

Auditor General Sheila Fraser agreed to do so, and the audit was submitted to the Assembly in March 2011.

Evelene Brodstone

Beginning as a stenographer for the Vestey Cold Storage Company in Chicago, Illinois, she rose through the ranks to become the chief auditor and troubleshooter for Vestey Brothers.

Francesco Gamba

He was born to Alberto, a main auditor for the Court of King Charles Albert of Sardinia.

Frederick Montagu

His father was auditor-general of the duchy of Cornwall, while Frederick was Prince of Wales ; was M.P. for Westminster in 1722, for St. Germans in 1734, for Camelford in 1741, and for Northampton in 1754, and died on 29 May 1759.

Gary Rodríguez

In 1996, he was part of an internship with Jansen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson, working as an auditor and accountant in their factories in Puerto Rico and New Jersey.

Gilbert Meriel

Metiel earned a bachelor in economy and administration, becoming an auditor for consulting group KPMG.

Gomery Commission

The first to testify was Auditor General Sheila Fraser who reported the findings of her earlier investigations.

Gregory King

When this project collapsed, he went to work for the dowager Lady Gerard at Sandon, Staffordshire as steward, auditor and secretary (1670–72).

Hafskip

Björgólfur Guðmundsson, Hafskip's managing director, and the Hafskip executives Pill Bragi Kristjónsson, Ragnar Kjartansson and the company's auditor, Helgi Magnússon, were detained and later charged with 450 criminal counts, from embezzlement to fraud.

Inspectorate

Inspectorates are commonplace in government; for example, in the United States, there are some 73 standard form Office of the Inspector Generals charged with examining the actions of a government agency, military organization, or military contractor as a general auditor of their operations and headed by an Inspector General.

John B. Haberlen

Haberlen has participated as a jury member and auditor in major choral festivals worldwide, including the St. Petersburg Choral Festival, the World Choir in Cardiff, Wales; Marktoberdorf, Germany; Riva del Garda, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Denmark and Sydney, Australia.

Kevin Aylward

In 2007, auditor general John Noseworthy announced that Aylward had made inappropriate personal claims with his constituency allowance.

Michelle Benson

She later attended the University of St. Thomas, earning her M.B.A. She worked as an auditor and consultant at Deloitte & Touche, and currently works as the executive director of the Upper Midwest Security Alliance.

Nova Scotia parliamentary expenses scandal

On February 9, 2010, the first political casualty of the scandal occurred when Richard Hurlburt, Progressive Conservative MLA for Yarmouth, resigned days after the Auditor General's report had shown he had spent about $8,000 on a generator, for his home.

Ole-Kristian Hope

Back from the United States in 1991 he started working in industry as financial Analyst for Norsk Hydro, and was auditor Coopers & Lybrand and CFO at McDonald’s Norway.

Peter V. Hagner

Hagner was the son of government auditor Peter Hagner, and was born in Washington, D.C. After graduating the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Hagner was assigned first to artillery, then topographical engineers, and finally ordnance in 1838, in which department service he spent the balance of his career.

Ralph Waldo Tyler

His political activities drew the attention of prominent national Black figures, and in 1907, upon the advice of Booker T. Washington, Tyler was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to fill the post of Auditor of the Department of the Navy.

Rand Wilson

In 2006, Wilson ran as the first (and only) candidate for a new Massachusetts Working Families Party where he received almost 20 percent of the vote for State Auditor in a successful bid to gain the party statewide ballot status.

Robert W. Mattson, Jr.

Mattson was elected State Auditor at the age of 26, the second-youngest to attain statewide office in Minnesota; the distinction of being the youngest goes to Jim Lord, who was 25 when elected State Treasurer.

Rulings of the Constitutional Court of Thailand

On 24 June 2003, a petition was filed with the Constitutional Court seeking its ruling on the constitutionality of Jaruvan Maintaka's appointment by the Senate as Auditor-General.

Susan Parker

Parker did not seek reelection as State Auditor in 2002, and was succeeded in office by Republican Beth Chapman.

Suzanne Crouch

On December 15, 2013, was appointed by Governor Mike Pence to serve as the 56th State Auditor of Indiana, after the resignation and brief tenure of former State Auditor Dwayne Sawyer.

Teatro Tomasino

The Executive Board is made up of the following with their respective duties and obligations as per stated on the guild's constitution: Artistic Director, Technical Director, Business Director, Executive Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Auditor, Marketing and Public Relations Officer, Asst. Marketing and Public Relations Officer, Alumni and Special Events Coordinator.

Ted Mondale

Coincidentally, the race included three other candidates from families famously connected in Minnesota politics: Skip Humphrey, the son of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey (then Attorney General); Mark Dayton of the Dayton Department Store dynasty (then State Auditor); and Mike Freeman, son of former governor Orville Freeman (then Hennepin County, Minnesota district attorney).

Thomas Fastolf

His brother Nicholas Fastolf (died 1330) became a serjeant-at-law and a Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, while his brother Lawrence was auditor of the audience court of Canterbury.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Charlie Daniels (attended) – Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands (1985-2001), Arkansas Secretary of State (2002-2010), Arkansas State Auditor (2001-Present)

Vincent Illuzzi

In 2012, Illuzzi chose to run for State Auditor, as Republican incumbent Tom Salmon was retiring.

Walter Noel

In 2007, Noel was implicated in a report by the Auditor General, John Noseworthy, for billing the government over $12,000 which was spent on perfume, women’s clothing, and alcohol.

Will County, Illinois

The County Executive, County Clerk, Coroner, Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney and Sheriff are all elected in a countywide vote.

William Drew

William Leworthy Goode Drew (1826–1898), English-born auditor-general in colonial Queensland

William F. Creed

William F. Creed (1845 - November 8, 1903) of Malone, New York, was appointed auditor at the Manhattan Custom House by Daniel Magone, the Collector of the Port of New York.

He was appointed auditor at the Manhattan Custom House by Daniel Magone, the Collector of the Port of New York.

William Robert Hicks

The Earl of Devon afterwards procured for him the additional situation of auditor of the metropolitan district asylums.


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