Garry David McIlwaine (born 7 October 1944) is a former

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n politician. He was a

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member of the

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, representing Yaralla from 1978 to 1981 and

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from 1981 to 1988. The son of Charles Victor and Leila Josephine McIlwaine, he was born in

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. He attended school in the Concord area and studied law part-time at the

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, completing the course in 1969. In 1970 he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. He had joined the Labor Party in 1965. In 1978, McIlwaine was selected as the Labor candidate for the marginal

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seat of Yaralla, and he defeated the sitting MP,

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. Yaralla was replaced by

in 1981, which McIlwaine duly won. He held the seat until 1988, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate

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. Subsequent to his defeat, he held the position of Judicial Registrar of the

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(1997–98).

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1944 births Living people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales University of Sydney alumni {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub