Ian Maxwell Britza (born 7 May 1954) is an Australian politician. He was a

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member of the

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from

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, representing

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. He won the seat, despite its notional

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margin, partly due to the preference flow from

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candidate

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. During the 2008–09 holiday season and again in 2011–12 Britza travelled to Texas on Parliamentary Accredited Finance to provide him with an "in-depth knowledge and understanding of policy matters" and a detailed report was given to Parliament as is required. He was accused of using public funds to pay for his wife and children to go to Texas to spend time with their mother and grandmother, but he used personal finances to do this. Britza is a Christian, and was deemed one of "God's squad" in WA Parliament for his eagerness to mention his religion publicly. In October 2017 Britza announced his intention to contest the

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in the federal seat of New England, New South Wales. He sat the election as an Australian Country Party candidate, and had a primary vote of 0.56%, which was 14th out of 17 candidates. Britza contested the

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as an Independent candidate, coming eighth (out of 15 candidates), with 2.95% of the vote.

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1954 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub