Kenneth George Gabb (born 4 December 1949) is a former

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n politician. He was the

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member for

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in the

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from 1978 to 1988, and a state minister from 1986 to 1988. Gabb was born in

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, to Loyal Leslie Gabb and Joyce Edna McCartney. He attended Canterbury Boys High School (1962–67) before studying for a

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(1968–72). He underwent further study at the

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from 1973 to 1977, and was called to the bar in 1980. On 6 December 1985 he married Elisabeth Faith Williams in

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Gabb had joined the Labor Party in 1971, and in 1978 former

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resigned from parliament, creating a by-election for his seat of

. Gabb was selected as the Labor candidate, and had an easy victory over Liberal candidate Alan Jones. In 1986 he became Minister for Mineral Resources, and later in the year was also made Aboriginal Affairs Minister. Gabb was defeated by the Liberal Party in the 1988 state election. After leaving politics, Gabb worked for

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(1989–1991) before moving to the Crown Solicitor's Office (1991–95), the New South Wales Department of Attorney-General and Justice (1995–96) and back to the Crown Solicitor (1996–99). On 26 January 1999, Gabb's wife Elisabeth died. He married Dyana Corak on 25 March 2001.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabb, Ken 1949 births Living people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales