Bruce Lloyd

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Bruce Lloyd AM
Member of the Australian Parliament for Murray
In office 20 March 1971 – 29 January 1996
Preceded by	John McEwen
Succeeded by	Sharman Stone
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-24) 24 February 1937 Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Political party	National Party of Australia
Alma mater	University of New England
Occupation	Farmer

Bruce Lloyd, AM (born 24 February 1937) is a retired Australian politician. He was Deputy Leader of the National Party 1987-93.

Career

Born in Melbourne, he attended Geelong College and then the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales. He became a farmer, first at Bacchus Marsh and then at Rochester.

He was the President of the Victorian Country Party 1969-71. In the 1971 by-election that followed the resignation of former Prime Minister John McEwen, he was elected to the House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Murray.

On 23 July 1987, he was elected Deputy Leader of the National Party, a position in which he remained until 23 March 1993. He was the only person to serve as deputy to three Nationals leaders (Ian Sinclair, Charles Blunt and Tim Fischer). He retired in 1996.^[1]

References

↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-06-20.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by John McEwen	Member for Murray 1971 – 1996	Succeeded by Sharman Stone
Party political offices
Preceded by Ralph Hunt	Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia 1987-1993	Succeeded by John Anderson

Persondata
Name	Lloyd, Bruce
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	24 February 1937
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death
Place of death

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