Michael Desmond Veivers (born 12 August 1939) was the Member for

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from 1987 to 2001 and was Minister for Emergency Services and Sport in the

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. He had previously been a Rugby League international. Veivers was born at

in Queensland, Australia. He attended St. Joseph's Nudgee College. He played football in the

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for the

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and represented Queensland and Australia. He also played in Sydney for the

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. His cousin,

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, was also a rugby league international. Another cousin,

Tom Veivers Thomas Robert Veivers (born 6 April 1937) is an Australian former cricketer, teacher, politician and public administrator who played in 21 cricket Test matches between 1963 and 1967. He is the great-uncle of Jack Wildermuth. Cricket career ...

, represented Australia in cricket and also became a Queensland politician.

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