John Williams (New South Wales state politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About John Williams (New South Wales state politician)
- John Douglas Williams (born 18 August 1948) is a former Australian politician, who was the Nationals member for Murray-Darling from 2007 to 2015. Williams was born on 18 August 1948 in Perth, where he spent the first four years of his life.
- He spent his next three years in Melbourne before moving to Broken Hill in 1955.
- He has lived there ever since.
- He studied economics, accounting and financial management externally through the University of New England. At the 2007 New South Wales state election, Williams won the seat of Murray-Darling.
- His candidacy was boosted by the redistribution prior to the election, which turned the seat from marginal Labor to marginal National.
- At the election, he defeated incumbent Labor MP Peter Black on a swing of nearly nine percent, turning Murray-Darling into a safe National seat at one stroke.
- He was handily reelected in 2011, increasing his majority to 17 percent. In July 2014 it was revealed that Williams had verbally attacked then Coalition cabinet minister Robyn Parker with a sexist slur in April 2014, at a meeting in Parliament House during his bid for pre-selection for the New South Wales Legislative Council.
- He was endorsed as a National Party candidate for the Legislative Council, although in the unwinnable fourth position on the ticket, and was defeated accordingly at the election.Williams is married to Helen.
- He has two children and two grandchildren.
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