Initially Prime Minister John Howard and other government ministers defended the breach on the grounds that it was inadvertent.
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Santoro was sworn in as Federal Minister for Ageing in John Howard's government on 27 January 2006.
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He resigned from John Howard's ministry and from the Senate in the wake of a number of breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct and of the Register of Senators' Interests.
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He was then elected as member for Clayfield from 19 September 1992 until he was defeated on 17 February 2001 by Liddy Clark.
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Santo Santoro served as the member for Merthyr and its successor seat, Clayfield, for 12 years until losing it at the 2001 election.