Jack Stuart Easter (21 November 1907 – 1 January 1979) was an Australian politician who represented the National Party in the

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. He was educated at

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and at Regent Street Polytechnic. He was a company director who during his career served as

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and

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of Ballina, and also served as Chairman of Richmond River County Council, and delegate to Northern Rivers County Council and to Far North Coast Weeds Council. He served as an Australian Country Party (N.S.W.) member for Lismore in the

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between 1953 and 1959. After being re-elected at the

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by a margin of two votes, Easter's win was disputed in the

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where the election was pronounced void, leading to a subsequent

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. He lost the by-election to the Labor Party's

Keith Compton Keith Clive Compton (16 May 1900 – 6 December 1977) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1965, representing the electorate of Lismore. Compton was born in Maitla ...

after the Australian Country Party endorsed a second candidate.

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1907 births 1979 deaths People educated at Ardingly College Alumni of the University of Westminster Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub