Bruce Jeffery

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Bruce Leslie Jeffery (born 25 June 1944) is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Oxley from 1984 to 1988, Port Macquarie from 1988 to 1991, and Oxley again from 1991 to 1999.

Jeffery was born in Shepparton, Victoria, to parents Reginald and Mona. He attended local state schools and in 1961 the family moved to Finley in New South Wales. After graduating in 1961 he worked with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group until 1965, when he took up farming. On 6 January 1968 he married Margaret, with whom he had four children. He was secretary of the Rural Lands Protection Board in Jerilderie from 1972 to 1978 and at Kempsey from 1979 to 1984. He was also a Justice of the Peace, and had joined the Country Party in 1968. [1] Jeffery twice stood unsuccessfully for the state seat of Murray in 1973. [2]

In 1984, the National member for the local state seat of Oxley, Jim Brown, retired and Jeffery was selected as the new Nationals candidate. He held the seat without difficulty, [3] but it was abolished in 1988 and he was elected to represent the new seat of Port Macquarie. [4] When Oxley was recreated in 1991, Jeffery returned to his old seat, [5] while Port Macquarie was taken by Manning MP Wendy Machin, whose seat had been abolished. [6] Jeffery was Nationals Whip 1992–99 and held several committee positions, but never rose to the front bench. He retired in 1999. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Bruce Leslie Jeffery (1944- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "1973 Murray by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
    Green, Antony. "1973 Murray". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1984 Oxley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1988 Port Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1991 Oxley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1991 Port Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2020.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Jim Brown 		Member for Oxley
1984–1988		Succeeded by
Abolished
Preceded by
New seat		 Member for Port Macquarie
1988–1991		Succeeded by
Wendy Machin
Preceded by
New seat		 Member for Oxley
1991–1999		Succeeded by
Andrew Stoner
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