John Armitage

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John Lindsay Armitage (born 11 November 1920) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at Sydney Technical High School before undergoing military service from 1942 to 1945. He became a bank officer with the Commonwealth and Reserve Banks before his election to the Australian House of Representatives in 1961, when he defeated Roy Wheeler for the seat of Mitchell, representing the Labor Party. He was defeated by Liberal Leslie Irwin in 1963, but in 1969 won the new seat of Chifley. He held the seat until his retirement in 1983.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Roy Wheeler	Member for Mitchell 1961 – 1963	Succeeded by Leslie Irwin
Preceded by new seat	Member for Chifley 1969 – 1983	Succeeded by Russell Gorman

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NAME	Armitage, John Lindsay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	11 November 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH