Alan Raymond Wood (18 June 1927 – 3 October 2005) was an Australian politician. He was born at

Swan Hill Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. Indigenous Peopl ...

to real estate agent Henry Raymond Wood and Irene Elizabeth Faulkner. During

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he served in the AIF, and on his return worked with the family real estate business. On 26 February 1954 he married (Dorothy) Joyce Wilkinson, with whom he had six children. From 1959 to 1974 he was a Swan Hill councillor, serving as the town's first mayor from 1964 to 1965. In 1973 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

. In 1979 he was appointed Minister of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, moving to

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and Property Services in December 1980. He resigned from parliament in 1983.

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1927 births 2005 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians Ministers for Public Works (Victoria) Ministers of Immigration (Victoria) {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub