Francis Raymond Webster is a retired an Australian politician who represented the

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seat of Norwood from 1979 to 1980 for the

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. His win at the 1979 state election was overturned by the

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, which found that a Liberal Party advertisement in an Italian language newspaper, describing Webster as "your representative" ("''il vostro deputato''"), gave the false impression that Webster was the sitting member.Red Silk: The Life of Elliott Johnston, QC
Penelope Debelle, Wakefield Press, 2011 Webster lost the subsequent by-election.

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Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub