Barry William Rixon (22 February 1941 – 12 November 2003) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

. Rixon was born and died in

Kyogle, New South Wales Kyogle () is a town in the Northern Rivers region of northern New South Wales, Australia. It falls within the local government area of Kyogle Council. At the 2016 census, Kyogle had a population of 2,751 people. Kyogle is known as a "gateway" ...

. He was educated at Upper Eden Creek Primary School,

Lismore High School , motto_translation = Let us be judged by our actions. , established = , type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus , educational_authority = NSW Department of Education , district = Lismore; Re ...

Armidale Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It ...

Teacher's College and the University of New England. He was a teacher at Milvale, Glen Innes,

Tenterfield Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia. At the , Tenterfield had a population of 4,066. Tenterfield's proximity to many regional centres and its position on the route between Sydney and Brisbane led to its development as a ...

and Kyogle from 1960 to 1987. He married Merrilyn and they had two daughters, Serenity and Laura and four sons, Ben, Victor, Luke and Jordan. Rixon was a councillor on

Kyogle Council Kyogle Council is a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The council services an area of and is located adjacent to the Summerland Way and the North Coast railway line, within two hours drive from ...

from 1977 to 1983 and president of it from 1977 to 1980. He was a The Nationals member for Lismore from 1988 to 1999.

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales 1941 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub