Peter Maurice King
Peter Maurice King (18 January 1940 – 24 September 2018) was an Australian politician. He was a National Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from February to August 1981, representing the electorate of Oxley.[1]
King won preselection to contest the safe Country Party seat of Oxley upon the resignation of long-time MLA Bruce Cowan, who had resigned to contest a seat at the 1980 federal election. He was easily elected,[2] but his career was to be short-lived.[1] The electoral redistribution for the 1981 state election abolished the nearby electorate of Raleigh, and its Country Party MLA, Jim Brown,[3] chose to challenge King for Oxley preselection rather than contest the new electorate of Coffs Harbour. Brown emerged successful after a controversial preselection campaign, and King was forced to retire at the 1981 election.[1]
King died at Emmaus, Port Macquarie on 24 September 2018. He was survived by his wife and children and their families.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Mr Peter Maurice King". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Oxley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Mr James Hill Brown (1918 - 1999)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Peter Maurice King". Port Macquarie News. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.