Laurus "Lou" Vant Westende (28 November 1925 – 28 August 2020) was an Australian

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and was a member elected to the multi-member single constituency second

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for the

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at the 1992 general election. Westende resigned from the Assembly on 25 July 1994, and, on the basis of a countback,

Bill Stefaniak William George Stefaniak (born 8 January 1952) is an Australian politician and former Australian Capital Territory Minister. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory after succeeding in a leadership challenge agai ...

was appointed to fill the

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. Westende was born in Heerenhook,

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and settled in Australia during 1951.

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Liberal Party of Australia members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 1925 births 2020 deaths Australian people of Dutch descent {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub