1. Richard Owen Healey was a New South Wales politician, ABC sports broadcaster, and minister of the crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis.
15 Facts About Dick Healey
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Dick Healey was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 19 years from 3 March 1962 until his retirement on 28 August 1981 for the Liberal Party.
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Dick Healey married Winifred Mary on 2 October 1945 in Brighton, England, having a daughter and two sons.
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Dick Healey was appointed as sports editor on ABC TV in 1956 until he entered parliament in 1962.
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Dick Healey was encouraged to enter into State politics by the then Liberal Leader Robert Askin and he was preselected to contest the seat of Wakehurst, a new seat with a notional Liberal majority, at the 1962 election.
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Dick Healey soon became a member of the Coalition Government, Liberal Party under Sir Robert Askin and the Country Party under Sir Charles Cutler, which swept into Government in 1965 after almost 25 years of Labor government.
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Dick Healey was a member of New South Wales Fitness Council from 1967 to 1976 and president of the Diabetics Association of New South Wales.
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Dick Healey was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
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Dick Healey resigned his seat of Wakehurst on 13 January 1971 in order to contest the new and closer seat of Davidson.
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Dick Healey attended the official opening of The Forest High School as Member for Wakehurst on 24 October 1964, and later the official opening of Davidson High School as Member for Davidson in 1974.
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Dick Healey stayed on in Opposition and served as Shadow Minister for Health from 28 May 1976 to 7 October 1978 under Willis and Peter Coleman and then as Shadow Minister for Police and Services under leader John Mason.
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Dick Healey held his seat of Davidson for a further three times in 1973,1976 and 1978 until he retired after losing a pre-selection contest to Terry Metherell on 28 August 1981.
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Dick Healey was an active member for the RSL and served the Forestville branch up until his death.
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Dick Healey continued to serve the community until his death three days after his 77th birthday on 10 December 2000.
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Dick Healey was survived by his wife and his three children.