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Mr Bruce Edward MACCARTHY, B.Ec., B.Sc.

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Date of Birth: 15/10/1948
Place of Birth: Denistone (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Strathfield 25 May 1996 05 Mar 1999 2 years 9 months 9 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 25 May 1996 05 Mar 1999 2 years 9 months 9 days
Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Joined on 14 March 1967. Held various positions including branch president, branch secretary, conference secretary and conference vice president. Vice president of Young Liberal Executive New South Wales. Member of State Executive of New South Wales.
Community Activity
Former Secretary, Concord Family and Child Care Co-operative; Former President and Director - St George Alpine Club; Former Secretary - Concord Churches Council; Foundation Treasurer - Friends of Western Suburbs Hospital.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public Sector Manager. Educated at Homebush Boys High School 1961-1965, University of Sydney B.Sc. (Pure Mathematics) 1966-1968 and University of New England, B.Ec. (Public Finance) 1975-1976. Manager of Public Affairs, Electricity Association of New South Wales, 1988 - 1995; Director - Client services, Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs 1983 - 1988; Principal Investigation Officer, Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office 1978 - 1983. Executive Officer, Metric Conversion Board 1976 - 1978. Senior Research Officer, Metric Conversion Board 1971-1976, Operations Research Analyst, Australian Gaslight Company 1969-1971. Part time member of Refugee Review Tribunal 1999-2002. Senior member since 1 January 2003. Part time member of New South Wales Election Funding Authority 1999-2003. Senior member of Migration Review Tribunal since 1 January 2006. Recreational interests include music, reading, skiing, genealogy and breeding budgerigars.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thornton MacCarthy and Constance MacCarthy. Married Leanne Gaye Hilder on 8 August 1974 at Concord, New South Wales and had issue, 3 daughters.
Additional Information
Member of Former Members of Parliament Association

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.