Murray John Criddle (born 11 December 1943) was an Australian politician and farmer at

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. Criddle was born in

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and educated at

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Primary School and

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. After leaving high school he farmed at Binnu from 1961. He was an active sports participant in the district and played 207 Australian Rules football games for the Northampton Rams. Criddle was a National Party member of the

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from 1993 to 2008, representing the

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electoral region. He was

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from 1998 to 2001 in

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's Liberal-National coalition government. He was Chairman of the Mid West Development Commission, from 2009-2017, and retired to Horrocks, Western Australia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Criddle, Murray John 1943 births Living people People from Northampton, Western Australia National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council