Peter Maurice King
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Peter Maurice King was an Australia
n 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.
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, but his career was to be short-lived. The electoral redistribution for the 1981 state election
abolished the nearby electorate of Raleigh
, and its Country Party MLA, Jim Brown, 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.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. He was a National Country Party
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
from February to August 1981, representing the electorate of Oxley.
King won preselection to contest the safe Country Party seat of Oxley upon the resignation of long-time MLA Bruce Cowan
Bruce Cowan
David Bruce Cowan, AM was an Australian politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis...
, who had resigned to contest a seat at the 1980 federal election
Australian federal election, 1980
Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives, and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate, were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Malcolm Fraser with coalition partner the National Country Party led by Doug...
. He was easily elected, but his career was to be short-lived. The electoral redistribution for the 1981 state election
New South Wales state election, 1981
Elections were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 19 September 1981. The result was a second "Wranslide": a landslide victory for the Australian Labor Party under Neville Wran, in which the government increased its already sizeable majority.The Liberals suffered the double...
abolished the nearby electorate of Raleigh
Electoral district of Raleigh
Raleigh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Macleay, and named after Raleigh County. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Oxley, along with...
, and its Country Party MLA, Jim Brown, chose to challenge King for Oxley preselection rather than contest the new electorate of Coffs Harbour
Electoral district of Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Fraser of the National Party of Australia....
. Brown emerged successful after a controversial preselection campaign, and King was forced to retire at the 1981 election.