Barry Collier
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Barry Joseph Collier, MP was elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Miranda in 1999. He belongs to the Australian Labor Party.
He is a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Children and Young People, and Chairman of the Legislation Review Committee.[1] He is notable for switching from the right faction to the left faction in 2005 and causing the Government to back down on a proposal to resurrect the long-standing plan to build the Southern Freeway through his electorate.[2]
He is married with two children and has lived in Sutherland Shire since 1972.
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- ^ Mr Barry Joseph Collier, BComm, DipEd, DipLaw MP. Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Noonan, Gerard. "Barry jumps to the left", The Sydney Morning Herald, May 4, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.