Sandy Macdonald was member of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1998, and again from 2000 to 2008, representing the state of New South Wales for the National Party.
12 Facts About Sandy Macdonald
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Sandy Macdonald was born in Quirindi, New South Wales and was educated at Sydney University, where he graduated in law.
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Sandy Macdonald was a wool and beef farmer before entering politics.
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Sandy Macdonald was the third Senate candidate for the Coalition at the 1998 federal election but narrowly lost his seat to Aden Ridgeway of the Australian Democrats.
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In June 2005, Sandy Macdonald was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade, and in January 2006, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence.
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Sandy Macdonald was at the centre of an allegation of a breach of the Commonwealth Electoral Act.
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Windsor was re-elected and, in November 2004, speaking under parliamentary privilege, said that National Party leader John Anderson and Sandy Macdonald had made the offer through an intermediary, Tamworth businessman Greg McGuire.
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In October 2006, Sandy Macdonald refused a National Party endorsement on the joint senate ticket for the forthcoming 2007 Australian federal election.
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Sandy Macdonald retired from the Senate at the expiry of his term, on 30 June 2008 after the defeat of the Howard Government.
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Sandy Macdonald was appointed a director of Defence Housing Australia in August 2008 by the Rudd Government.
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Sandy Macdonald was appointed a director of Incremental Oil and Gas Ltd in 2008.
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In February 2015 Sandy Macdonald was appointed Chairman of Defence Housing Australia.