Clive Bubb was an Australian politician.

Born in Geelong

Geelong, Victoria

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 to textile worker Albert Bubb and Alice Richards, he attended public schools in Geelong before studying at the Gordon Institute of Technology, from which he received a Diploma of Commerce. On 28 February 1958 he married Monica Laker, with whom he had four children. An industrial relations manager, he worked for various companies in the Geelong area, and joined the local Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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 in 1973. In 1979 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

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 to represent Ballarat Province; he was the Opposition spokesman for industrial relations from 1982. In 1985 he resigned from the Council to contest the Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 seat of Ballarat South, but he was defeated.