Bart Bassett
| Bart Bassett | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Londonderry |
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In office 26 March 2011 – 6 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Allan Shearan |
| Succeeded by | Prue Car |
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| Born | 4 March 1961 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Independent (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberals (2011–2014) |
| Occupation | Commercial helicopter pilot and manager |
| Website | Parliamentary website |
Bart Edward Bassett (born 4 March 1961) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2015, representing the electorate of Londonderry. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, but resigned to sit as an independent in August 2014 following revelations about his conduct at hearings of the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). He was formerly mayor of the City of Hawkesbury from 2007 until 2012.
Bassett was born and raised in western Sydney and, as a helicopter pilot, co-founded in 1989 the Australian arm of Child Flight, an Australian helicopter service dedicated to the emergency transport of sick children. Bassett was chair of the Windsor Road Taskforce, which campaigned for the upgrading of the key arterial route to the north west of Sydney.
Bassett was elected to Hawkesbury Council in 2004 and became mayor later that year. He held the post until 2006 when he became deputy mayor, until regaining the position a year later.
He first contested the seat of Londonderry at the 2007 election gaining 34.4 per cent of the vote on first preferences, but was unsuccessful in defeating the incumbent Labor MP Allan Shearan. At the 2011 election, Bassett stood again and defeated Shearan, with a swing of 18.3 points, and a two-party-preferred vote of 62.3 per cent, winning the seat from Labor for the first time in its history, as a part of a statewide backlash against Labor, which had been in government since 1995.
Bassett was charged with drink driving on 15 June 2011, having a blood alcohol level of 0.053%.
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