Kura Strickland (December 1929 – 31 January 2014) was a

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politician and

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. Strickland was born on

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and worked for the

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and as a public servant before being elected to

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as one of the members for the multi-member seat of

. He subsequently represented the seat of

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. He was later elevated to Cabinet. He was promoted to an

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in the 1994 New Year Honours. He died in January 2014 of prostate cancer.

References

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