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Mr Bruce Laurence WEBSTER (1927 - 2019)

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Date of Birth: 13/08/1927
Place of Birth: Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 25/07/2019
Place of Death: Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Pittwater 01 May 1976 21 Jul 1978 2 years 2 months 21 days
Member for Pittwater 08 Feb 1975 02 Apr 1976 1 year 1 month 26 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 08 Feb 1975 21 Jul 1978 3 years 5 months 14 days
Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Joined the party in 1974. Party spokesman on Mines and Energy.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace. Chairman of community life task force. Member of Council of Technical and Further Education. Active member of the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol 1975 - 2001.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Broadcaster and newsman. Educated at Box Hill in Victoria and Wesley College in Melbourne. Educated to Leaving Certificate level. From 1944 - 1947 worked at fruit picking and hat packing. Broadcaster with Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1947 - 1966. Public relations officer with Qantas from 1966 - 1968. Current affairs presenter and anchor man with Channel 7 television. Retired in 1998.
Military Service
Honours Received
Order of Australia (OAM) Medal, Queens Jubilee Medal, Centenary Medal.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Sidney Howard and Helena Shirley Webster. Married Patricia on 17 May 1952 and had issue, 2 daughters and 1 son.
Additional Information

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.