1. Jeremy Buckingham was born on 22 November 1973 and is an Australian politician who has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2023, having previously held the same office from 2011 until 2019.
27 Facts About Jeremy Buckingham
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Jeremy Buckingham returned to parliament at the 2023 election as a member of the Legalise Cannabis Party.
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Jeremy Buckingham attended Taroona Primary, Taroona High School and graduated from The Hobart College.
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In 1994, Jeremy Buckingham fronted heavy metal band Amplifire as singer, with other band members including his brother Jessie 'Tambo' Jeremy Buckingham, as well as Michael Kelly, Brett Collidge and John Salter.
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Jeremy Buckingham moved to Sydney in the mid 1990s, where he worked as forklift driver, hardware store salesman and builders' labourer.
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Jeremy Buckingham continued to work as a stonemason until his election to state parliament in 2011.
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Jeremy Buckingham was married to Sarah Bradbury from 2000 until 2017.
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Jeremy Buckingham unsuccessfully contested the state Legislative Assembly seat of Orange in the 2003 and 2007 state elections.
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Jeremy Buckingham was elected to the City of Orange council in 2004 and re-elected with an increased vote in 2008.
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Jeremy Buckingham was the first member of the Australian Greens elected to a council west of the Great Dividing Range.
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Jeremy Buckingham was elected convenor of the Central West Greens in 2008, a position which he held until 2011.
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Jeremy Buckingham was the sixth candidate on the Greens' Senate ticket for the 2004 Australian federal election.
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Jeremy Buckingham contested the lower house seat of Calare in the 2007 and 2010 federal elections without success.
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Jeremy Buckingham was then preselected to third spot on the Greens' Legislative Council ticket in the 2011 state election.
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Jeremy Buckingham was locked in a close race with Pauline Hanson and the Nationals for the final spots.
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Jeremy Buckingham has managed to build broad links across both sides of politics in the CSG campaign, and has made a personal ally of conservative radio show host Alan Jones who alongside Buckingham was sued by the former leader of the National Party for defamation.
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Jeremy Buckingham initiated Australia's first parliamentary inquiry into coal seam gas.
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Jeremy Buckingham introduced bills into the NSW Parliament attempting to restrict mining.
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Alongside former Greens leader Christine Milne, Jeremy Buckingham had set up a country arm of the Greens party and was convenor of the Australian Country Greens.
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In October 2016, Jeremy Buckingham tabled a motion in response to US presidential candidate Donald Trump's recently leaked statements.
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In retaliation Jeremy Buckingham threatened other party members and candidates with defamation proceedings if they supported the former staff member.
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Jeremy Buckingham claimed that the allegations had seen party processes "abused and co-opted for factional purposes" and that the allegations had not been substantiated.
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Jeremy Buckingham contested the 2019 election as an independent in Legislative Council.
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Jeremy Buckingham ran on a platform of climate action and pressuring the market on gas.
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Jeremy Buckingham said he would team up with an independent candidate who would run against Jenny Leong in the lower house seat of Newtown.
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Jeremy Buckingham was unsuccessful in retaining his seat at the election.
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Jeremy Buckingham was successful in being elected in eighteenth place out of twenty-one successful candidates.