Kevin Joseph Harrold (13 June 1929 – 28 September 2012) was an Australian politician. He was the member for
Gordon
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in the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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from 1973 to 1976, and was the only member of the
Democratic Labor Party to win election to the
New South Wales Parliament
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.
Harrold was born in
Bowral
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, and was educated there at St Thomas Aquinas School before attending
Sydney Technical College. In 1960, he became an electrical contractor. He married Mary on 11 April 1955.
In 1973, the
Liberal
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member for the safe seat of Gordon,
Harry Jago
Arnold Henry Jago (13 March 1913 – 17 September 1997), was a Liberal member of the New South Wales parliament representing the seat Gordon and a Minister of the Crown.
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Jago was born in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood and educated a ...
, failed to renominate in time, and the seat was left as a contest between Labor candidate Miron Shapira and Harrold, endorsed by the DLP. When the Liberal Party directed its supporters to vote for Harrold, he won the seat easily.
By the time of the 1976 election, the DLP had virtually ceased to exist, but the label was retained for Harrold, who was comprehensively defeated by new Liberal candidate
Tim Moore.
Harrold died in September 2012 at the age of 83.
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1929 births
2012 deaths
Democratic Labor Party (historical) politicians
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly