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Place of Birth: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
About Frank Terenzini
- Francesco (Frank) Terenzini is a former Australian politician.
- He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2007 until 2011, representing the electorate of Maitland.
- He was a lawyer and teacher before entering politics. Terenzini was born 19 August 1961 at Newcastle to Giuseppe and Angela Terenzini.
- He attended public schools in the Hunter Region.
- He left school at 16 to become an apprentice boilermaker at the BHP Steelworks.
- He later completed an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic and spent the next 10 years in the motor repair industry, eventually becoming motor vehicle inspector with the Roads and Traffic Authority.
- He went on to teach apprentices at TAFE and eventually obtained a Diploma in Teaching from the University of Technology, Sydney. He continued his studies and became interested in law.
- He studied at Macquarie University externally and was awarded a Bachelor of Legal Studies (B.Leg.S) On 30 June 1994 he was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
- He worked in private practice as a solicitor and also in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- He worked as a prosecutor for 10 years.In 2007 he stood for election for the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales for the electorate of Maitland.
- His main competitors for the seat were Bob Geoghegan Liberal and Mayor of the Maitland and former Member for Maitland, Peter Blackmore as an Independent.
- Terenzini narrowly won Maitland with 19,989 votes (51.98%) to Blackmore's 18,463 (48.02%) after preferences.He served as a Member of the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics from 2007-2010 and was the Chair of the Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 2007-2010.
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