Ian Robinson (Australian politician)

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Ian Louis Robinson (born 27 March 1927) is an Australian politician. Born in Coraki, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools before becoming a dairy farmer, a journalist and company director. In 1953 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Country member for Casino, holding the seat until 1963, when he retired to contest the Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Cowper. Cowper had been won in 1961 by Labor's Frank McGuren, who had defeated the ailing Country member Earle Page, who had been too ill to campaign. Robinson defeated McGuren, and became Assistant Minister assisting the Postmaster-General, Alan Hulme, on 20 August 1971. Robinson lost the position when the Coalition was defeated in the 1972 federal election. He held Cowper until 1984, when he transferred to the new seat of Page. He held Page until 1990, when he was defeated by Labor's Harry Woods.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Frank McGuren	Member for Cowper 1963 – 1984	Succeeded by Garry Nehl
Preceded by new seat	Member for Page 1984 – 1990	Succeeded by Harry Woods

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NAME	Robinson, Ian Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	27 March 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coraki, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH