Max Bushby | |
Order: | 26th |
Office: | Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly |
Term Start: | 15 June 1982 |
Term End: | 8 February 1986 |
Assembly1: | Tasmanian House of |
Term Start1: | 1 December 1961 |
Term End1: | 8 February 1986 |
Birth Name: | Maxwell Holmes Bushby |
Birth Date: | 1927 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Death Place: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Children: | Peter Bushby, Michael Bushby, Wendy Askew, David Bushby, Helen Woodfall |
Occupation: | Real Estate Agent and Politician |
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Maxwell Holmes Bushby (19 July 1927 – 21 August 1994) was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1961 as a Liberal member for Bass. He was Chair of Committees from 1966 to 1972 and Speaker from 1982 to 1986. He was defeated at the 1986 election.[1]
His son, David Bushby, was also a politician, serving as a Senator for Tasmania from 2007 to January 2019, before he was appointed as Australia's consul-general in Chicago.[2] Maxwell's daughter, Wendy Askew, was appointed as her brother's replacement, serving as a Senator for Tasmania since 6 March 2019.