John Cameron Books (21 June 1941 – 17 August 2017) was an Australian politician. He was the

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member for Parramatta in the

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from 1988 to 1991. Books was born in

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and attended

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schools. He qualified as a

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at Wollongong Technical College and at Launceston before training at Port Kembla. He became a production superintendent with Comalco aluminium and New South Wales manager of Steelstocks Industries Pty Ltd and Artcraft Engineering, as well as an associate of the Australian Institute of Management. A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to various councils and served as Mayor of Parramatta 1983–84. In 1988, Books defeated Labor MP Barry Wilde to win the state seat of Parramatta. He won by less than 300 votes, helped by

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preferences. After the 1991 redistribution, however, the seat became notionally Labor, and Books was defeated by

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1941 births 2017 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors and Lord Mayors of Parramatta {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub