Frederick Joseph (Fred) Miller (4 January 19261 May 1992) was an Australian politician and member of the

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from 1981 until 1984. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP). Miller was born in

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, in inner Sydney. He was educated at

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and worked as a plumber employed by South Sydney Council and the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1969 until 1974. Miller was elected to the New South Wales Parliament for the seat of Bligh at the

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state election when he defeated the sitting member,

John Barraclough Lindley John Forbes Barraclough (3 September 1926 – 13 December 2005) was an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of Bligh in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the ...

, during a landslide win for the Wran Labor Government. He was defeated at the subsequent election in

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. He did not hold ministerial or party office.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Fred 1926 births 1992 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians