Guy Andrew Yeomans (born 5 November 1954), is a former

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n politician. He was the

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member for

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in the

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from 1984 to 1991. Yeomans was born in

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and attended Sydney Technical High School and then the

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, where he received a

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and a Diploma of Education, majoring in government, history and English. He was a high school teacher from 1977 to 1984. In 1984, Yeomans was selected as the

candidate to challenge state Labor MP Kevin Ryan in the seat of

, winning by 531 votes. He was re-elected in 1988 (defeating future federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland). Following the 1991 redistribution, however, Hurstville became a notionally Labor seat. Yeomans contested preselection for the safer seat of

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which contained a majority of those who voted for him under his old seat, but was defeated by sitting MP Terry Griffiths. Since Hurstville was being contested by

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MP Phil White, whose seat had been abolished, Yeomans retired from politics. He went on to a career in Public Relations and the CEO of Sydney Anglican Schools. In 1996, Yeomans completed a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies at the New South Wales Baptist Theological College, and in 2000 completed a course in spiritual direction at the Center for Spiritual Growth, Pennsylvania. Since then he has ministered as a spiritual director associated with the Centres of Ignatian Spirituality. In 2004 he received his master's degree in Christian Spirituality and married Sandra. They have two children. He became a Baptist Pastor in 2005 serving at St Ives, then moving to UK in 2016 to minister there with the Baptist Church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeomans, Guy 1954 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians Politicians from Sydney University of Sydney alumni