Garry Nehl Explained

Garry Nehl
Honorific-Suffix:AM
Constituency Mp:Cowper
Parliament:Australian
Predecessor:Ian Robinson
Successor:Luke Hartsuyker
Term Start:1 December 1984
Term End:8 October 2001
Birth Date:1934 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:The Nationals
Occupation:Newspaper proprietor

Garry Owen Barr Nehl, AM (19 February 1934 – 3 October 2023) was an Australian politician.

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, he attended Sydney Boys High School from 1946 to 1951.[1] He was a station overseer, newspaper proprietor, and marketing and public relations officer before his election to Armidale City Council. He contested the state seat of Clarence in 1968 for the New England New State Movement, winning 35.72% of the vote compared to sitting MP Bill Weiley's 64.28%. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Cowper, representing the National Party. He held the seat until his retirement in 2001.[2] During his time in the House of Representatives he served as the Deputy Speaker in the 1996 and 1998 Parliaments, the first five years of the John Howard premiership, under three Speakers: Bob Halverson, Ian Sinclair, and Neil Andrew.

Nehl died on 3 October 2023, at the age of 89.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of parliament and legislatures . Sydney High School Old Boys Union . 3 September 2019 . 23 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190323090439/http://www.shsobu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/mps.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Carr . Adam . Australian Election Archive . Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive . 2008 . 17 May 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ . 17 July 2007 .
  3. Web site: Garry Owen Barr Nehl . Deaths & Funerals . 20 October 2023.