Edgar Cyril Rushton was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1965 to 1988.
12 Facts About Cyril Rushton
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Cyril Rushton served as a minister in the governments of Charles Court and Ray O'Connor, including as deputy premier to O'Connor from 1982 to 1983.
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Cyril Rushton served in the military during the Second World War, initially as a signaller in the Australian Army, and then as a navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force.
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On returning to Australia, Cyril Rushton worked at the Bank of New South Wales, initially in country areas and then closer to Perth.
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Cyril Rushton served on the Armadale-Kelmscott Shire Council 1958 to 1966, including as shire president from 1964 to 1965.
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Cyril Rushton was first elected to parliament at the 1965 Dale by-election, which came only three months after the 1965 state election.
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The ministry was reconstituted in 1978 after a portfolio reshuffle, and Cyril Rushton was named Minister for Transport, with June Craig, the only woman in Cabinet, taking over his portfolios.
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Cyril Rushton was considered a candidate to replace him, along with Craig, Bill Grayden, Ray Young, Jim Clarko, and Court's deputy, Ray O'Connor.
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Cyril Rushton was replaced by O'Connor, who was elected unopposed, and Rushton was elected deputy leader in a four-way contest.
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Re-elected again at the 1986 state election, Cyril Rushton underwent open-heart surgery in August 1987, and, having missed much of the following parliamentary session, resigned on 25 February 1988.
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Cyril Rushton died in Perth in August 1992, aged 69, and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.
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Cyril Rushton had married Elizabeth Melva Crouch in 1947, with whom he had four sons and a daughter.