Graeme Campbell (politician)
| Graeme Campbell | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Kalgoorlie |
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In office 18 October 1980 – 3 October 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Mick Cotter |
| Succeeded by | Barry Haase |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 August 1939 Oxfordshire, England |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Political party |
Labor (1980–95) Independent (1995–96, 2004-present) Australia First (1996–2001) One Nation (2001-2004) |
| Occupation | Various |
Graeme Campbell (born 13 August 1939) is an Australian politician. He represented the vast seat of Kalgoorlie in the Australian House of Representatives from 1980 to 1998.
He was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, came to Australia as a child and was educated at Urrbrae Agricultural High School in South Australia. He worked in a range of occupations before entering federal parliament in October 1980 as a Labor member.
Considered a , he was an ardent supporter of the mining industry, and crossed the floor on gold tax in 1988, and was also a vocal critic of the Mabo decision and sanctions on the apartheid regime in South Africa, and a proponent of uranium mining. In October 1993, and again in May 1995, he delivered a speech at the national seminar of the Australian League of Rights, a far-right group for which he was believed to hold sympathies, and in by-elections in Mackellar and Warringah (safe Liberal seats on the Northern Beaches of Sydney) in 1994, he urged electors to vote for Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI).
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