8-665: Robert Bruce Duncan (10 October 1928 – 7 May 2005) was an Australian politician. He was the member for Lismore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1988, first as a member of the Country Party and then as an independent . Duncan was born in Lismore to farmer Robert Duncan and his wife Mary Mustard. He was educated at public schools in the Lismore area and became
16-582: A Country Party/National Party seat, Lismore has only been represented by two Labor MPs: Keith Compton , who was elected at a by-election in 1959 and re-elected in 1962 , and Janelle Saffin , who was elected in 2019 who is also the first woman to represent the division. Electoral district of Clarence Clarence is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales . It includes all of
24-425: A dairy farmer at Konorigan . On 21 August 1953 he married Marlene Brown, with whom he had two sons. In 1965, Duncan was preselected as one of two Country Party candidates for the marginal Labor seat of Lismore , held by Keith Compton . The Liberal Party also endorsed a candidate, making the seat a three-cornered contest. In the event, Duncan easily led the non-Labor candidates and was able to defeat Compton on
32-643: The Clarence Valley Council including Grafton , Maclean , Yamba , Illuka , Junction Hill , Ulmarra , Coutts Crossing and Glenreagh , as well as all of the Richmond Valley Council including Casino , Coraki , Woodburn , Evans Head and Tatham . Clarence was created in 1859, replacing the New South Wales part of Clarence and Darling Downs . With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it
40-565: The Labor Party . The electoral district includes all of the City of Lismore (including Lismore , Lindendale , Nimbin , Dunoon and Clunes ), much of inland Tweed Shire (including Murwillumbah , Tyalgum and Uki ), all of Kyogle Council (including Kyogle , Bonalbo , Tabulam and Woodenbong ) and all of Tenterfield Shire . (including Tenterfield , Drake , Jennings , Liston , Legume , Torrington and Urbenville) Lismore
48-695: The other candidates' preferences. Duncan established a strong electoral record, making Lismore a safe seat in 1968 and being elected unopposed in 1971. He continued to hold the seat with large margins over the following years. In 1982, the National Country Party, as it had become, changed its name to the National Party. Duncan objected to the exclusion of the word "Country" from the party's name, and resigned. The National Party, however, did not oppose his election in 1984 and he won his seat easily as an independent . Duncan retired in 1988, when
56-456: The seat went back to the National Party. Duncan died in Sydney in 2005. This article about a National Party of Australia politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Electoral district of Lismore Lismore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales . It is represented by Janelle Saffin of
64-554: Was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894, when it was split from Richmond . In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation . In 1913, Lismore was recreated, replacing Richmond. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Lismore and Clarence were absorbed into Byron . With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Lismore and Clarence were recreated. Historically
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