Bruce Lloyd | |
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| Deputy Leader of the National Party | |
| In office 24 July 1987 – 23 March 1993 | |
| Leader | Ian Sinclair Charles Blunt Tim Fischer |
| Preceded by | Ralph Hunt |
| Succeeded by | John Anderson |
| Member of theAustralian Parliament forMurray | |
| In office 20 March 1971 – 29 January 1996 | |
| Preceded by | John McEwen |
| Succeeded by | Sharman Stone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-02-24)24 February 1937 (age 88) Brighton, Victoria, Australia |
| Party | National |
| Alma mater | University of New England |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Bruce Lloyd,AM (born 24 February 1937) is a former Australian politician. He was deputy leader of theNational Party from 1987 to 1993 and served in theHouse of Representatives from 1971 to 1996, representing the Victorian seat ofMurray.
Lloyd was born on 24 February 1937 inBrighton, Victoria.[1] He attended at Rochester High School before completing his secondary education at theGeelong College from 1952 to 1954.[2]
Before entering parliament Lloyd was a farmer atTimmering, nearRochester.[3] He was elected state president of the Young Farmers of Victoria in 1959.[2] He served on the board of a Rochester herd improvement co-operative and in 1968 was appointed to the board of the Victorian Artificial Breeders Co-operative Society (now Genetics Australia).[4]
Lloyd served as state president of theVictorian Country Party from 1969 to 1971.[1]
In December 1970, Lloyd won Country Partypreselection for the federal seat ofMurray, then held by the party's federal leaderJohn McEwen.[5] He was elected to theHouse of Representatives at the1971 Murray by-election which followed McEwen's retirement from politics.[3]
Lloyd was included inBilly Snedden's shadow ministry in June 1974 as opposition spokesman on health. He retained the role under Snedden's successorMalcolm Fraser,[1] but was not appointedMinister for Health in Fraser'sinterim ministry after theWhitlam dismissal in November 1975, despite continuing to serve as a spokesman on health policy during the1975 federal election campaign.[6] He did later serve as aparliamentary secretary from 1980 to 1983 in theDepartment of Primary Industry.[1]
On 23 July 1987, he was elected Deputy Leader of theNational Party, a position in which he remained until 23 March 1993. He was the only person to serve as deputy to three Nationals leaders (Ian Sinclair,Charles Blunt andTim Fischer). He retired in 1996.[7]
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by | Member forMurray 1971–1996 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia 1987–1993 | Succeeded by |
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