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10 Facts About Lin Gordon

1.

Alan Robert Lindsay Gordon was an Australian politician.

2.

Lin Gordon was the Labor member for Murrumbidgee in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1984.

3.

Lin Gordon was Minister for Conservation and Water Resources from 1976 to 1981, Minister for Local Government and Lands from 1981 to 1984, and Minister for Lands and Ports for a few months in 1984.

4.

Lin Gordon was educated at government schools in Cessnock and after graduating was apprenticed to a pharmacy.

5.

Lin Gordon attended the University of Sydney, graduating in 1945.

6.

Lin Gordon subsequently owned a pharmacy, and a trotting stud near Leeton.

7.

Lin Gordon easily defeated his Liberal and Country Party opponents.

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8.

Lin Gordon briefly served as Acting Minister for Health in 1977, for Local Government in 1978 and for Corrective Services in 1979.

9.

Lin Gordon retired in 1984; his seat was won by National Party candidate Adrian Cruickshank in his absence.

10.

Lin Gordon died at his Wagga Wagga home on 16 June 2011.