Wilson Tuckey
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The Honourable Wilson Tuckey |
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| Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government | |
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In office 2001–2003 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Ian Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Ian Campbell |
| Minister for Forestry and Conservation | |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | New title |
| Succeeded by | Ian Macdonald |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for O'Connor |
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In office 18 October 1980 – 21 August 2010 |
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| Preceded by | New division |
| Succeeded by | Tony Crook |
| Personal details | |
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10 July 1935 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Website | Official Parliamentary biography page |
Charles Wilson "Ironbar" Tuckey (born 10 July 1935), a former Australian federal politician, was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of O'Connor in Western Australia for the Liberal Party from 1980 until 2010.
Wilson Tuckey was born in Perth, Western Australia, and was a businessman and hotelier before entering politics.
Tuckey was the last Mayor of the Town of Carnarvon from 23 May 1964 until 1 March 1965, when the Town was amalgamated into the Shire, and then was the first President of the Shire of Carnarvon from 22 May 1965 until June 1971. He continued to serve as a councillor for Commercial Ward until 1979.
He was endorsed in 1979 by the Liberal Party ahead of the 1980 election for the then-new seat of O'Connor, covering a large section of rural Western Australia. The demographics of the seat suggested it should have been a National Country seat. However, a split between the federal and state branches of the National Country Party allowed Tuckey to win on Labor preferences.
In the federal Parliament he was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1984–89 and 1993–96 and Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House 1988–89 and 1993–94. He served as Minister for Forestry and Conservation and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister 1998–2001 and Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government 2002–2003.
Tuckey was one of the most controversial figures in Australian federal politics. In 1967, while a publican in Carnarvon, he was convicted of assault after striking an Aboriginal man with a length of steel cable. It was alleged that the man was being pinned to the ground at the time. He has had the nickname "Ironbar" ever since.
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