Ray Buckley (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Horsham, Victoria, Australia
About Ray Buckley (Australian politician)
- Ray Francis Buckley (11 February 1912 – 27 June 1989) was an Australian politician. He was born in Horsham to salesman Stanley John Thomas Buckley and bookkeeper Esther Estella, née Berry.
- Educated locally in state schools, he worked as an insurance inspector before entering parliament.
- Elected to Horsham City Council in 1956, he was mayor from 1961 to 1962 and served on council until 1965; he was also involved in the local Country Party and was an organiser for Wimmera MP Robert King.
- In 1967 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Lowan, but he was defeated in 1970.
- He ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat of Wimmera for the "Farm and Town Party" in 1972.
- Buckley died in 1989.
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