John Hegarty (politician)

John Hegarty
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Redlands
In office
15 July 1995  17 February 2001
Preceded by John Budd
Succeeded by John English
Personal details
Born John Joseph Hegarty
(1947-09-16) 16 September 1947
Coventry, England
Nationality Australian
Political party National Party
Occupation Insurance broker, Soldier

John Joseph Hegarty (born 16 September 1947) is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Redlands in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 2001.

Hegarty served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 and was part of the army reserve from 1969 to 1994. He was a commissioned officer from 1971. He also worked as an insurance consultant. Following his election in 1995, he was a National Party backbencher in the Borbidge Government. In June 1998 he became Deputy Opposition Whip, serving until his defeat in 2001.[1]

References

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
John Budd
Member for Redlands
19952001
Succeeded by
John English


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 15, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.