Peter Richard Nagle (born 23 March 1946) is an Australian politician. He was a
Labor Party member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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from 1988 to 2001, representing the electorate of
Auburn.
Nagle was born in Sydney, and studied at
Benedict Boys High School,
Macquarie University and the
University of Sydney
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. He worked variously as a lawyer, union official and
TAFE teacher before entering politics. He also served a stint in the Army Reserve from 1962 to 1967, and was elected to the
Auburn Council from 1970 to 1976.
Nagle won election to the safe Labor seat of Auburn at the
1988 election on the retirement of
Wran government minister
Peter Cox. He was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999, before retiring mid-term in 2001, resulting in a
by-election
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that was won by Labor candidate
Barbara Perry.
References
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1946 births
Living people
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Politicians from Sydney
Macquarie University alumni
University of Sydney alumni
Lawyers from Sydney
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
21st-century Australian politicians