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| x William Laird Smith |
William Henry Laird Smith (15 September 1869 – 21 October 1942), Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.
Smith was born in Westbury, Tasmania and educated in state schools in Victoria and Tasmania. He became an electrician in Devonport and...
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| x Jeff Bate |
Henry Jefferson Percival "Jeff" Bate (5 March 1906, Tilba Tilba – 15 April 1984, Canberra) was an Australian politician, representing the Liberal Party of Australia before becoming an independent in 1972.
Jeff Bate was a son of Henry John Bate, a...
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| x Belinda Neal |
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Belinda Jane Neal (born 10 January 1963) is an Australian federal politician, representing the Australian Labor Party. She has sat in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
She was a senator for New South Wales from 1994 to 1998. She was...
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Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born 12 March 1943) is an Australian politician who is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Berowra, New South Wales, for the Liberal Party of Australia. First elected in a 1973 by...
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| x Walter Massy-Greene |
Sir Walter Massy-Greene KCMG (November 6, 1874 – 16 November 1952) was an Australian politician.
Massy-Greene was born in Camberwell, London England (as Walter Massy Greene), son of John Greene, a brewer and hotel proprietor.
Massy-Greene was...
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| x Maxine McKew |
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Maxine Margaret McKew (born 22 July 1953) is an Australian politician and the Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care in the First Rudd Ministry. Since 2007, she has been the member of the House of Representatives for...
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| x Henry Gullett |
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Sir Henry Somer Gullett KCMG (26 March 1878–13 August 1940) was an Australian Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Representatives
Gullett was born at Toolamba West, Victoria and educated at state schools, but left school at twelve on the...
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| x James Fenton |
James Edward Fenton CMG (4 February 1864 – 2 December 1950) was an Australian politician. He is notable for having been appointed a cabinet minister by two governments of different political complexions, but resigning from both governments on...
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Sir George Warburton Fuller KCMG (22 January 1861 – 22 July 1940) was Premier of New South Wales, Australia on two occasions during the 1920s. His first term of office lasted less than one day (20 December 1921); his second lasted from 13 April 1922...
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| x John Leckie |
John William Leckie (14 October 1872 – 25 September 1947) was an Australian farmer turned politician. Leckie was born at Alexandra, Victoria and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne.
He played Australian rules football for Fitzroy Football Club ...
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| x Alexander Poynton |
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Alexander Poynton, OBE, (8 August 1853 - 9 January 1935), was an inaugural member of the Australian House of Representatives.
Born in Castlemaine, Victoria to Alexander, who took part in the Eureka Stockade rebellion, and Rosanna Poynton, Poynton...
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| x Bill Shorten |
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William Richard "Bill" Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician, the Member for Maribyrnong in the Australian Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services. He is a former Victorian State President of...
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| x Edward McTiernan |
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Sir Edward Aloysius McTiernan KBE (16 February 1892 - 9 January 1990) was an Australian jurist, lawyer and politician. He served as an Australian Labor Party member of both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and federal House of...
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| x Justine Elliot |
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Maria Justine Elliot, MP (born 29 July 1967) is an Australian politician who was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Division of Richmond, New South Wales for the Australian Labor Party at the 2004 federal election.
Elliot was...
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| x Janelle Saffin |
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Janelle Anne Saffin (born 1 November 1954) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2007, representing the electorate of Page. She previously served as a...
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| x John Latham |
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Sir John Greig Latham GCMG QC (26 August 1877 – 25 July 1964) was an Australian judge and politician who served as fifth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia for seventeen years, from 1935 to 1952.
Latham was born in Ascot Vale, a suburb of...
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| x Austin Chapman |
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Sir Austin Chapman KCMG (10 July 1864 – 12 January 1926), Australian politician, was a member of several early federal ministries. He was born in Bong Bong near Bowral, New South Wales and educated at Marulan Public School and was apprenticed as a...
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| x Enid Lyons |
Dame Enid Muriel Lyons, AD, GBE (9 July 1897 - 2 September 1981) was an Australian politician and the first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet. Prior to these...
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| x William Spence |
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William Guthrie Spence (7 August 1846 - 13 December 1926), Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of both Australia's largest union, the Australian Workers Union, and the Australian Labor Party.
Spence...
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| x Kate Ellis |
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Katherine Margaret "Kate" Ellis, MP (born 22 September 1977) is an Australian politician, representing the federal division of Adelaide since 2004, and has been Minister for Youth and Minister for Sport in the Rudd Government since December 2007....
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| x Tony Burke |
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Anthony Stephen (Tony) Burke (born November 4, 1969(1969-11-04)) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. He was elected as a member of the Parliament of New South Wales in 2003, and in October 2004 was elected to the federal House...
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| x Jens Jensen |
Jens August Jensen (2 May 1865 – 16 November 1936) was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.
Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield,...
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| x Peter Reith |
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Peter Keaston Reith, (born 15 July 1950), former Australian politician, was a senior Cabinet minister in the first two terms of the Howard Government.
Reith was born in Melbourne and educated at Brighton Grammar School and Monash University where he...
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| x Danna Vale |
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Danna Sue Vale (born 14 November 1944), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Hughes, New South Wales. She will not be re-contesting her seat at the...
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| x Ted Theodore |
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Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 – 9 February 1950) was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Queensland 1919–25, a federal politician representing a New South Wales seat 1927–31, and Federal Treasurer 1929–30.
Theodore was born in...
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Mark Anthony James Vaile (born 18 April 1956), Australian politician, is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and former leader of the National Party of Australia.
Vaile was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and worked as a farm machinery...
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| x Wilson Tuckey |
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Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1980, representing the Division of O'Connor, Western Australia.
He was born in Perth, Western...
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| x Warren Truss |
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Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948), is an Australian politician, and leader of the National Party in the Commonwealth Parliament. He has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the...
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| x Sid Sidebottom |
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Peter "Sid" Sidebottom (born 23 April 1951), Australian politician, is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives between 1998 and 2004 and again since 2007, each time representing the Division of Braddon, Tasmania....
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Bruce Craig Scott (born 20 October 1943), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Maranoa, Queensland. He was born in Roma, Queensland, and was...
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| x Harry Quick |
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Harry Vernon Quick (born 28 June 1941, Melbourne), is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 until 2007, representing the electorate of Franklin. He sat as an Australian Labor Party...
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| x Christopher Pyne |
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Christopher Maurice Pyne, MP (born 13 August 1967), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 13 March 1993, representing the Division of Sturt, South Australia. He served as Minister for...
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| x Tanya Plibersek |
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Tanya Joan Plibersek, MP (born 2 December 1969), Australian politician with the Australian Labor Party, and Federal Housing Minister. She has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the seat of...
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| x Brendan O'Connor |
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Brendan Patrick O'Connor (born 2 March 1962), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Burke, Victoria 2001-04 and the Division of...
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| x Wayne Swan |
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Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and again since 1998, representing the Division of Lilley,...
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Dr. Sharman Nancy Stone née Bawden (born 23 April 1951), Australian politician, has been an Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Murray, Victoria. She was born in Pyramid Hill,...
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| x Alex Somlyay |
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Alexander Michael Somlyay MP (born 18 January 1946), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Fairfax, Queensland. He was born in Budapest, Hungary,...
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| x Warren Snowdon |
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Warren Edward Snowdon (born 30 March 1950) is an Australian politician. He is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives. He represented the Division of Northern Territory from July 1987 to March 1996, and from...
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| x Stephen Smith |
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Stephen Francis Smith (born 12 December 1955), is the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Perth, Western...
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| x Judi Moylan |
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Judith Eleanor "Judi" Moylan (born 24 February 1944, Perth, Western Australia), an Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Pearce, Western Australia....
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| x Daryl Melham |
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Daryl Melham (born 27 November 1954), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Banks, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South...
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| x Peter McGauran |
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Peter John McGauran (born 16 November 1955), Australian politician, was a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Gippsland in Victoria, from 5 March 1983 to 9 April 2008. He is the brother of...
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| x Ian Macfarlane |
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Ian Elgin Macfarlane (born 5 April 1955), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Groom, Queensland. He was born in Kingaroy,...
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| x Lionel Bowen |
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Lionel Frost Bowen, AC (born 28 December 1922), Australian politician, was a senior Labor Party figure, serving in the ministries of Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1990.
Bowen was born in the...
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| x Jim Lloyd |
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James Eric Lloyd (born 17 July 1954), Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from the March 1996 election until the November 2007 election, representing the Division of Robertson in...
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| x Duncan Kerr |
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Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr SC (born 26 February 1952) was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd following the victory of the Australian Labor Party in the November 2007 federal election. Prior to...
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| x Joe Hockey |
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Joseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey (born 2 August 1965), is an Australian politician, and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1996.
Hockey was a senior...
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| x Joel Fitzgibbon |
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Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon (born 16 January 1962) is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Hunter in New South Wales. From December 2007 to...
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| x Martin Ferguson |
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Martin John Ferguson AM (born 12 December 1953), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Batman, Victoria. He was born in Sydney, New...
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| x Craig Emerson |
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Craig Anthony Emerson (born 15 November 1954) is an Australian politician who has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the seat of Rankin, Queensland. He was born in...
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| x Nicola Roxon |
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Nicola Louise Roxon (born 1 April 1967) is an Australian politician, and is the Minister for Health and Ageing. She has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Division of Gellibrand, in the inner...
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| x Lindsay Tanner |
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Lindsay James Tanner (born 24 April 1956) is an Australian politician who is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Melbourne, Victoria, for the Australian Labor Party, having first won the seat at the 1993...
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| x John Cobb |
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John Kenneth Cobb (born 11 February 1950), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001 representing the Division of Parkes, New South Wales and the Division of Calare since...
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| x Laurie Brereton |
Laurence John "Laurie" Brereton (born 29 May 1946), Australian politician, was a state minister, a federal member of cabinet, and kingmaker in the election of several Australian Labor Party leaders, including Paul Keating and Mark Latham. He was an...
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| x Bruce Billson |
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Bruce Frederick Billson MP (b. 26 January 1966) is an Australian politician and Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1996. He represents the Division of Dunkley, Victoria.
He was born in Albury, New South Wales, and moved...
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| x Bruce Baird |
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The Honourable Bruce George Baird (born 28 February 1942), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to November 2007, representing the electorate of Cook, New South Wales. He was born...
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| x Kevin Andrews |
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Kevin James Andrews (born 9 November 1955) is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is a member of the House of Representatives, and was Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Howard Government, having...
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| x Anthony Albanese |
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Anthony Norman Albanese (born 2 March 1963), Australian politician, and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since...
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| x Dick Adams |
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Dick Godfrey Harry Adams (born 29 April 1951), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since the 1993 federal election, representing the Division of Lyons in central Tasmania. He...
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| x Barry Haase |
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Barry Wayne Haase (born 19 November 1945), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Kalgoorlie, the largest parliamentary constituency by area in the...
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