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Nationality
  
Australian

Role
  
Australian Senator

Name
  
Alan Eggleston

Website
  
Official website

Profession
  
Medical doctor


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Born
  
30 December 1941 (age 82) Busselton, Western Australia, Australia (
1941-12-30
)

Political party
  
Liberal Party of Australia

Residence
  
Office
  
Australian Senator since 1996

Books
  
Procurement Procedures for Defence Capital Projects: Preliminary Report

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Alan Eggleston (born 30 December 1941) is an Australian politician, who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2014 representing Western Australia.

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Early career

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He was born in Busselton, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he studied medicine, and at Murdoch University, where he graduated in arts.

Professional career

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He was a medical practitioner in Port Hedland, Western Australia serving from 1974 until 1996. He was a councillor in Port Hedland serving from 1988 until 1996 and mayor serving from 1993 until 1996. He was a member of the Pilbara Development Commission from 1994 until 1996.

Personal life

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He has achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism. He retired from all of his other political jobs to be a senator. On 9 April 2012, Eggleston announced that he would not be recontesting the Next Australian federal election in 2013 and retire at the end of his term in 2014.

References

Alan Eggleston Wikipedia