David Buffett

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = David Buffett

| honorific-suffix = AM MLA

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| office = Speaker of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 20 March 2013

| term_end = 17 June 2015

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| successor = Position abolished

| office2 = Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

| term_start2 = 24 March 2010

| term_end2 = 20 March 2013

| predecessor2 = Andre Nobbs

| successor2 = Lisle Snell

| term_start3 = 2 June 2006

| term_end3 = 28 March 2007

| predecessor3 = Geoffrey Gardner

| successor3 = Andre Nobbs

| term_start4 = 10 August 1979

| term_end4 = 21 May 1986

| predecessor4 = Office re-established

| successor4 = John Brown

| office5 = President of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly

| term_start5 = 22 May 1989

| term_end5 = 20 May 1992

| office6 = Member of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly

| term_start6 = 17 March 2010

| term_end6 = 17 June 2015

| term_start7 = 10 August 1979

| term_end7 = 21 March 2007

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| successor6 = Position abolished

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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| birthname = David Ernest Buffett

| nationality = Australian

| spouse = Margaret Anne Buffett
(née Whitehead)

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David Ernest Buffett AM (born 17 October 1942) is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He served as Chief Minister of Norfolk Island from March 2010 to March 2013; he has also held the position three previous occasions. He is the longest-serving member of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, having served on every Assembly (except one) since it was established in 1979.[http://www.norfolk.gov.nf/david_buffett.htm Hon. David Ernest Buffett AM MLA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118145237/http://www.norfolk.gov.nf/david_buffett.htm |date=18 November 2008 }}, Government of Norfolk Island.

Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

Buffett was Chief Minister of Norfolk Island, from 24 March 2010 – 20 March 2013, and previously from 2 June 2006, when he succeeded Geoffrey Robert Gardner, to 28 March 2007, when he was succeeded by Andre Nobbs, having lost his parliamentary seat in the election held on 21 March. (He polled only 355 votes out of 9720 and finished 11th out of 17 candidates for Norfolk's single nine-member constituency).{{Cite web |url=http://www.election2007.gov.nf/TALLY2007.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174350/http://www.election2007.gov.nf/TALLY2007.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}

Buffett had previously held the post of Chief Minister of the territory from 1979 to 1986, and a roughly equivalent title of President of the Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1992.

Speaker of the Norfolk Legislative Assembly

Buffet was elected Speaker of the Norfolk Legislative Assembly on 20 March 2013. He previously served as Speaker from 1994–1997 and 2000–2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.norfolkonlinenews.com/NON-government-news.html |title=Norfolk Online News Government News from Kingston |website=norfolkonlinenews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312073826/http://www.norfolkonlinenews.com/NON-government-news.html |archive-date=2012-03-12}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Heads of government of Norfolk Island

Category:Members of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly

Category:Members of the Order of Australia

Category:1942 births