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- Q6218401 description "Australian politician".
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- Q6218401 abstract "John Edward Akister (born 6 November 1937) is a former Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Electoral district of Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1988, and served as a minister from 1984 to 1988.Akister was born in Brighton in England, and was educated at Staveley Public School and Windermere Grammar School in Westmorland, and Salford Technical College. Trained as an electrical fitter and electrical draughtsman, he worked for the Metropolitan-Vickers company from 1954 to 1959, when he began national service as a private in the 1st Battalion of the Lancashire Regiment. He returned to Vickers in 1961. He migrated to Australia in 1963, becoming a draughtsman at A.E.I. Pty Ltd in 1963. He married Brenda Ann Pye on 18 December 1965 in Sydney and moved to Cooma as senior draughtsman with the Snowy Mountains Authority in 1966. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1969 and served as secretary of the [Cooma] branch, New South Wales from 1970 to 1976.In 1974, Akister was selected as the Labor candidate for the marginal Liberal Party of Australia seat of Electoral district of Monaro in the New South Wales Parliament. Sitting MP Steve Mauger had resigned before the election, leaving the seat vacant, and Akister was narrowly elected in a three-cornered contest with the Liberal and Country parties. In 1984, he became Minister for Corrective Services, as well as holding junior ministries on Rural Matters and assisting the Agriculture Minister. In 1986 he was given additional responsibility as Assistant Minister for Transport. However, in 1988 the Unsworth Government was defeated at the polls, and Akister was one of the members who lost his seat (to National Party candidate Peter Cochran). He became a businessman after leaving politics.".
- Q6218401 birthDate "1937-11-06".
- Q6218401 birthYear "1937".
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- Q6218401 dateOfBirth "1937-11-06".
- Q6218401 name "Akister, John".
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- Q6218401 comment "John Edward Akister (born 6 November 1937) is a former Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Electoral district of Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1988, and served as a minister from 1984 to 1988.Akister was born in Brighton in England, and was educated at Staveley Public School and Windermere Grammar School in Westmorland, and Salford Technical College.".
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