Michael Bernard Foley (born 3 December 1946) is a former

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n politician and member of the

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. Foley was born in

Boronia ''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Austra ...

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. In 1995, he was elected to the

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for

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in a recount resulting from the resignation of

Gerry Bates Gerard Maxwell Bates (born 13 September 1950) is an Australian environmental lawyer and academic, and former politician. Early life and education Bates was born in Lancashire, England in 1950. He studied at the University of Birmingham where he ...

. He held the seat until his defeat in 1998. After politics, Foley has been head of the Far South Wilderness Centre.

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1946 births Living people Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Politicians from Melbourne People from Boronia, Victoria {{AustralianGreens-politician-stub