Max Ruddock
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Minister for Transport Minister for Highways |
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In office 10 October 1975 – 23 January 1976 |
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| Premier | Tom Lewis |
| Preceded by | Wal Fife |
| Succeeded by | Tim Bruxner |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for The Hills |
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In office 3 March 1962 – 25 May 1976 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Fred Caterson |
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2 January 1914 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 31 May 1976 (aged 62) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Emmie Ruddock (née Chappell) |
| Children | Philip Ruddock |
| Religion | Church of England |
Maxwell (Max) Stanley Ruddock (2 January 1914 – 31 May 1976) was a New South Wales politician, Assistant Treasurer and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 14 years from 3 March 1962 until his resignation on 25 May 1976 for the Liberal Party of Australia.
Ruddock was born in 1914 in Marrickville, New South Wales, the son of Stanley Ruddock, a forestry officer, and May Myers Ruddock (née Cropper). He was educated at Fort Street Boys' High School and later attended the University of Sydney. At university he gained a Bachelor of Economics (BEc) in 1935 and a Masters (MEc) three years later in 1938.
Originally working as a teacher, he continued his academic studies, becoming an Associate of the Australian Society of Accountants in 1940. He married Emmie Chappell on 24 August 1940 and had two daughters and a son, Philip Maxwell. He was then employed as an economic adviser to the Commonwealth government in 1942 and the Deputy Prices Commissioner from 1942 to 1948, but was forced to return to Sydney, owing to his mother-in-law suffering from cancer. Ruddock was then appointed as a board director at David Jones Limited from 1948 to 1949, a director of Jones Brothers (1949–1952) and became a public accountant from 1956.
Ruddock first entered politics when he stood for and was elected as a Councillor of Hornsby Shire Council in 1954. He was elected from a single term as Deputy Shire President from December 1955 to December 1956. When he was a Councillor in 1959, Ruddock was alerted by his 16-year-old son, Philip, to a legal impediment to the State Government's desire to make the suburb of Westleigh an industrial area, thereby resulting in the preservation of the residential nature of Westleigh. Ruddock later rose to be Shire President from December 1960 to December 1961. As a prominent member of the council, he became involved in many local and regional organisations, including as the General Secretary of New South Wales Wheat and Wool Growers Association (1959–1962), a trustee of Lane Cove National Park (1961–1966) and also for Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in 1964. He became a member of the new Liberal Party of Australia and got involved on a local level.
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