| Jeremy Buckingham MLC | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2011 |
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| Born | 1973 Launceston, Tasmania |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens New South Wales |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah |
| Children | Eden and James |
| Residence | Orange, New South Wales |
| Website | Jeremy Buckingham MLC |
Jeremy Buckingham (born 1973 in Tasmania) is an Australian politician. He has been a Greens member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since the 2011 state election.
For the Greens, he holds the portfolios of Mining and Resources, Primary Industries, Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services, Small Business, and Sport and Recreation.[1]
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Buckingham was born and raised in Launceston, Tasmania. After school, he spent two years working as a benchman at a small sawmill.
Buckingham moved to the mainland in the 1990s, where he worked as forklift driver, hardware store salesman and builders labourer.
Buckingham later moved to Orange in the central west of NSW in 1997 with his wife Sarah, where he worked as production manager for McMurtie & Co. Stonemasons.
After a back injury which rendered him unfit for heavy lifting, Buckingham enrolled in an advanced diploma in Ecological Agriculture and Land Management at the University of Sydney, which he graduated from in 2006. He continued to work as a stonemason until his election to state parliament in 2011.
Buckingham unsuccessfully contested the state Legislative Assembly seat of Orange in the 2003 state election.
Buckingham was then elected to the City of Orange council in 2004 and re-elected with an increased vote in 2008. As a councillor, he implemented Australia’s first stormwater harvesting project for drinking water supply, campaigned to protect an agricultural research station from developers, and fought to protect water supplies from the giant Cadia gold mine that operates on the outskirts of Orange.
Buckingham was elected convenor of the Central West Greens in 2008, a position which he held until 2011.
Buckingham contested the lower house seat of Calare in the 2010 federal election without success.
Buckingham was then preselected to third spot on the Greens Legislative Council ticket in the 2011 state election. He was locked in a close race with Pauline Hanson and the Nationals for the final spots. After preferences were distributed he was elected 2,437 votes ahead of Pauline Hanson and 1,306 votes ahead of Sarah Johnston of the National Party.
Since being elected, Buckingham has spoken out against the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) demonstrations at Max Brenner chocolate stores[2] and against coal seem gas mining.[3]
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