Barry Roy Blaikie (1 April 1935 – 16 May 2012) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1971 to 1996, representing the seat of Vasse. Blaikie was born in Margaret River, a small town in Western Australia's

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region. He attended primary school in Cowaramup before going on to Bunbury High School, and after leaving school worked as a dairy farmer. Blaikie was elected to the

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council in 1965, serving until 1971.Barry Roy Blaikie
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2016. A member of the Liberal Party from 1958, he stood for parliament at the 1971 state election, replacing the retiring Stewart Bovell as member for Vasse. In 1982, Blaikie was made chairman of committees in the Legislative Assembly, although he only served until the 1983 state election, when the Liberal government was defeated. Between 1983 and 1993, he was a member of the shadow ministries of Ray O'Connor,

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and

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, during their respective terms as

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. Blaikie left parliament at the 1996 election (replaced by

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), having been

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for the preceding three years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blaikie, Barry 1935 births 2012 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from Margaret River, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors