Ian Louis Robinson (27 March 1925 – 23 March 2017) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he was educated at state schools before becoming a dairy farmer, a journalist and company director. In 1953 he was elected to the

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as the Country Party member for

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, holding the seat until 1963, when he retired to contest the

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seat of Cowper. Cowper had been won in 1961 by

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, who had defeated the ailing longtime Country Party member and former caretaker Prime Minister

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, who had been too ill to campaign. Robinson defeated McGuren, and became Assistant Minister assisting the

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, on 20 August 1971. Robinson lost the position when the

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was defeated in the 1972 federal election. He held Cowper until 1984, when he transferred to the new seat of

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, which had absorbed much of the urbanised portion of Cowper. He held Page until 1990, when he was defeated by Labor's Harry Woods. Robinson died on 23 March 2017, aged 91. He was awarded the

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in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales". The award was announced posthumously, but he had accepted it before his death.

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