Alan Eggleston
{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1941)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
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| name = Alan Eggleston
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| office = Senator for Western Australia
| term_start = 1 July 1996
| term_end = 30 June 2014
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
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| party = Liberal Party of Australia
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| residence = Western Australia
| alma_mater = University of Western Australia and Murdoch University
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| height = 127 cm
| profession = Medical doctor
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| website = {{url|senatoralaneggleston.com}}
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Alan Eggleston (born 30 December 1941) is an Australian former politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2014 representing Western Australia.
Career
= Early career =
He was born in Busselton, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he studied medicine, and at Murdoch University, where he graduated in arts.
= Professional career =
He was a medical practitioner in Port Hedland, Western Australia, serving from 1974 until 1996. He was a councillor in Port Hedland serving from 1988 until 1996 and mayor serving from 1993 until 1996. He was a member of the Pilbara Development Commission from 1994 until 1996.
Personal life
He has achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism.{{cite news|title=Who are you? Alan Eggleston|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/04/11/3734727.htm|accessdate=16 December 2016|publisher=ABC Local|date=11 April 2013}} He retired from all of his other political jobs to be a senator.
On 9 April 2012, Eggleston announced that he would not be standing in the 2013 Australian federal election, and would retire at the end of his term in 2014.{{cite news|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/13377924/libs-search-for-new-senators/|title=Libs search for new senators|work=The West Australian|date=10 April 2012}}
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190514073143/http://www.senatoralaneggleston.com/ Official website]}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia
Category:People from Busselton
Category:Murdoch University alumni
Category:University of Western Australia alumni
Category:Mayors of places in Western Australia
Category:Australian medical doctors
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:20th-century Australian politicians
Category:Western Australian local councillors
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