Geoffrey Frederick Buckland (born 10 November 1947), was an Australian Labor Party

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 member of the Australian Senate

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 from 2000 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia

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. Buckland was selected by the Parliament of South Australia

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 to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the resignation of John Quirke

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 under Section 15 of the Australian Constitution. He was born in Sydney

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, New South Wales

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, and was blast furnace operator, and an official with the Federated Ironworkers' Association and later the Whyalla-Woomera Branch Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union

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 before entering politics.

Buckland did not contest the 2004 election. His term expired on 30 June 2005.