Graham Ross Maguire (born 21 April 1945) is a former
Australian politician. Born in
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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, he was educated at the
University of Adelaide
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and then the
Australian National University
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in
Canberra, becoming an economist. He was a ministerial advisor to South Australian
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Premiers
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Don Dunstan
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,
Des Corcoran
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and
John Bannon
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. In 1983, he was elected to the
Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for South Australia. He held the seat until his defeat in 1993.
Following the announcement of the 1987 Senate election results, Maguire was
one of four senators who received a six-year term as a
consequence of which method was chosen to allocate the seats.
References
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia
Members of the Australian Senate
1945 births
Living people
20th-century Australian politicians
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