Barry Charles Wilde (3 September 1928 – 18 January 2018) was an Australian politician. He served as a Labor Party Member of the

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from 1976 until 1988, representing the electorate of Parramatta. Wilde previously served on Parramatta City Council from 1959 to 1977, as deputy mayor in 1966 and as mayor from 1967 to 1974. Having joined the Labor Party in 1949, he held various positions in the local branch. He ran for the seat of Parramatta in the

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

and

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

Federal elections against Sir Nigel Bowen, and the

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Federal election against Philip Ruddock; however, he was unsuccessful at each attempt. Following the retirement of sitting State Member Dan Mahoney, Wilde was elected to the Labor seat of Parramatta at the 1976 state election. Wilde was re-elected at the

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, and

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

elections. This was despite an electoral redistribution in 1979, where the safe Labor seat became marginally Liberal. Wilde was subsequently defeated by

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candidate

John Books John Cameron Books (21 June 1941 – 17 August 2017) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Parramatta in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1991. Books was born in Sydney and attended Christian schools. ...

in the 1988 election. In 2016 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia "for service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community of Parramatta". BarryWildeBridge

A bridge that crosses

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, running north from Smith Street to Wilde Avenue and constructed in 1975, is named in his honour.

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1928 births 2018 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Mayors and Lord Mayors of Parramatta People from Marrickville {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub