Bruce Baird
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The Honourable Bruce Baird AM |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Cook |
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In office 3 October 1998 – 17 October 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Mutch |
| Succeeded by | Scott Morrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Bruce George Baird 28 February 1942 Sydney |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Children |
Julia Baird Michael Bruce Baird Steve Baird |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Trade commissioner |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
Bruce George Baird, AM (born 28 February 1942), is a former Australian politician whose career included a stint as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales.
Baird was born in Sydney, and was educated at the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, holding a master's degree in business administration from the latter. He was Assistant Trade Commissioner at the Australian Embassy in Bonn, Germany, 1972–76 and Trade Commissioner at Australian Consulate-General in New York 1977–80. He was Government Affairs Manager for Esso Australia 1980–84.
Baird was a member for the electorate of Northcott in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1984–95. He was Minister for Transport 1988–95, Minister for Sydney's Olympic Bid 1990–93 and Minister for Tourism and Roads 1993–95. He was also deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1992 to 1994.
Baird was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to November 2007, representing the electorate of Cook, New South Wales. He also held the positions of chairman of the National Rail Corporation, and was a board member of ABN Amro Hoare Govett, Tourism Training Australia and Tourism Education Services. Baird along with fellow Liberal MPs Petro Georgiou, Russell Broadbent and Judith Moylan opposed mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
In April 2007, he announced that he would retire at the next election. A fierce battle over his successor ensued; Michael Towke was initially preselected as the Liberal candidate, but was subsequently disendorsed and replaced with Scott Morrison, who went on to win the seat.
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