John Gerald Breheny (17 May 1910 – 11 February 2009) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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. In 1951 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for Darwin (later Braddon) in a recount following Jack Chamberlain's resignation. He served until his defeat in 1972, and was then an Ulverstone councillor from 1976 to 1991. During his time on Ulverstone council, he was noted for publicly stating that "gay community are no better than Saddam Hussein". He died at Ulverstone in 2009.

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1910 births 2009 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub