Peter Maurice King

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Peter Maurice King (18 January 1940 – 24 September 2018) was an Australian politician. He was a National Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from February to August 1981, representing the electorate of Oxley.[1]

King won preselection to contest the safe Country Party seat of Oxley upon the resignation of long-time MLA Bruce Cowan, who had resigned to contest a seat at the 1980 federal election. He was easily elected,[2] but his career was to be short-lived.[1] The electoral redistribution for the 1981 state election abolished the nearby electorate of Raleigh, and its Country Party MLA, Jim Brown,[3] chose to challenge King for Oxley preselection rather than contest the new electorate of Coffs Harbour. Brown emerged successful after a controversial preselection campaign, and King was forced to retire at the 1981 election.[1]

King died at Emmaus, Port Macquarie on 24 September 2018. He was survived by his wife and children and their families.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Mr Peter Maurice King". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Oxley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr James Hill Brown (1918 - 1999)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Peter Maurice King". Port Macquarie News. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Oxley
1981 		Succeeded by
Jim Brown
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