Paddy Embry | |
Office: | President of the New Country Party |
Deputy: | Frank Hough Jeff Knuth |
Term Start: | 9 January 2004 |
Term End: | 24 November 2007 |
Predecessor: | Party established |
Successor: | Chris Dodoff |
Office1: | Leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation in Western Australia |
Leader1: | John Fischer |
Term Start1: | 3 October 1998 |
Term End1: | 15 May 2003 |
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Successor1: | Frank Hough |
Office2: | Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West |
Term Start2: | 22 May 2001 |
Term End2: | 21 May 2005 |
Birth Date: | 19 October 1942 |
Birth Place: | Oundle, England |
Birth Name: | Patrick Paul Elliot Embry |
Party: | New Country (2004–2008) |
Otherparty: | One Nation (1998–2003) Independent (2003–2004) |
Parents: | Basil Embry Margaret Elliot |
Spouse: | Patricia Finnegan |
Children: | 4 |
Occupation: | Sheep farmer (Self–employed) |
Profession: | Farmer Politician |
Patrick Paul Elliot Embry (born 19 October 1942) is a former Australian politician. Born in Oundle in the United Kingdom to Air Chief Marshal Basil Embry and Lady Margaret Elliot,[1] he arrived in Australia in December 1956 and became a farmer. In 2001, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West Region, representing One Nation. On 15 May 2003, he resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent. He co-founded the New Country Party with fellow ex-One Nation independent Frank Hough on 30 November 2004. Embry was defeated in 2005.[2]
Embry ran for the Senate at the 2010 federal election as an independent grouped candidate.[3]