Preceded by Roy Wheeler Nationality Australian Succeeded by Russ Gorman | Preceded by New seat Succeeded by Les Irwin Name John Armitage | |
Born 11 November 1920
Sydney, New South Wales ( 1920-11-11 ) Died 13 April 2009(2009-04-13) (aged 88)
Beecroft, New South Wales | ||
John Lindsay Armitage OAM (11 November 1920 – 13 April 2009) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at Sydney Technical High School before undergoing military service from 1942 to 1945. He became a bank officer with the Commonwealth and Reserve Banks before his election to the Australian House of Representatives in 1961, when he defeated Roy Wheeler for the seat of Mitchell, representing the Labor Party. He was defeated by Liberal Les Irwin in 1963, but in 1969 won the new seat of Chifley. He held the position until his retirement in 1983.
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