Dick Healey
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The Honourable Dick Healey |
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| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Davidson |
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In office 13 February 1971 – 28 August 1981 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Terry Metherell |
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| Born |
7 December 1923 Broken Hill, New South Wales |
| Died | 10 December 2000 (aged 77) Sydney |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Winifred Mary (1945–63) Doreen Robins (1963–2000) |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, Politician |
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 Royal Australian Air Force
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| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
| Rank | Warrant Officer |
| Unit | No. 458 Squadron RAAF |
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Richard (Dick) Owen Healey (7 December 1923 – 10 December 2000) was a New South Wales politician, ABC sports broadcaster, and minister of the crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. From 1973 to 1975 he was Minister for Youth and Community Services, when he was made Minister for Health, which he held until the Coalition lost office in May 1976. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 19 years from 3 March 1962 until his retirement on 28 August 1981 for the Liberal Party of Australia.
Healey was born on 7 December 1923 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, the son of Allan Richard Healey and his wife Lurline McCloskey, and was educated at Parramatta High School. On 20 June 1942, at age 18, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a Warrant officer in Canada and saw service in England and the Middle East with No. 458 Squadron RAAF during World War II. He married Winifred Mary on 2 October 1945 in Brighton, England, having a daughter and two sons. On his return to Australia, he was demobilised on 17 January 1946 and worked first as a radio announcer and then as a sports editor at Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio from 1951 to 1962. He was appointed as Sports editor on ABC TV in 1956 until he entered parliament in 1962.
Healey was encouraged to enter into State politics by the then Liberal Leader Robert Askin and he was preselected to contest the seat of Wakehurst, a new seat with a notional Liberal majority, at the 1962 election. He was duly elected with 51.7% of the vote and went on to hold it a further two times in 1965 and 1968. After divorcing his first wife, Healey married Doreen Robins on 8 August 1963. He soon became a member of the Coalition Government, Liberal Party under Sir Robert Askin and the Country Party under Sir Charles Cutler, which swept into Government in 1965 after almost 25 years of Labor government.
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