Stephen Augustus Lusher was born on 18 October 1945 and is a former Australian politician.
10 Facts About Stephen Lusher
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Stephen Lusher was a member of the House of Representatives from 1974 to 1984, representing the National Party.
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Stephen Lusher is one of five children born to Gloria and Edwin Lusher.
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Stephen Lusher's father was a Sydney barrister who was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in the 1970s.
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Stephen Lusher was involved with the Country Party from a young age and became assistant federal director of the party's national secretariat in Canberra.
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Stephen Lusher defeated the incumbent Australian Labor Party MP Frank Olley in Hume at the 1974 federal election, becoming the new parliament's youngest member.
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Stephen Lusher was a member of the House Standing Committee on Expenditure from 1976 to 1984.
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Stephen Lusher was the committee's chair from 1980 to 1983 and deputy chair from 1983 to 1984.
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Stephen Lusher then stood unsuccessfully for the deputy leadership, losing to Ralph Hunt.
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Stephen Lusher lost his seat to incumbent Liberal Party MP Wal Fife at the 1984 election, which followed a major redistribution that impacted Fife's seat of Farrer.