Sandy Lewis
| Sandy Lewis | |
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| Born |
Alexander Ashley Lewis 22 January 1931 Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 9 May 2016 (aged 85) South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Occupation | Farmer, agent, machinery dealer |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Symons; Patricia Wright |
| Children | Bronwyn Mary Lewis |
| Parent(s) | Lancelot Ashley Lewis and Grace Margaret (Gretta) Lewis nee Laidlaw |
| Relatives |
Essington Lewis (uncle) Tom Lewis (brother) |
| Member of Parliament for Blackwood; Lower Central; Western Australia |
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In office 1972–1989 |
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| Political party | Liberal Party |
Alexander Ashley Lewis ( 22 January 1931 – 9 May 2016), known as Sandy Lewis, was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Blackwood from 1972 until 1974, and one of the two Legislative Council seats for Lower Central Province from 1974 until 1989. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
Lewis was born in Glen Osmond, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, to Lancelot Lewis, a managing director of Goldsbrough Mort in Adelaide and brother of Essington Lewis, and Grace Laidlaw OBE. His older brother, Tom, briefly served as Premier of New South Wales from 3 January 1975 until 23 January 1976.
He was educated at St Peter's College and at the University of Adelaide, before moving to Western Australia in October 1952. He initially worked as a jackeroo, trade cadet and farm contractor, before taking up farming at Kojonup in 1955. On 21 May 1955, he returned to Adelaide to marry Patricia Symons, with whom he had one daughter Bronwyn Mary in 1959.
In March 1978, he and his wife divorced, and nine months later, he married Patricia Wright in Claremont.
He died on 9 May 2016 in South Australia.
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