Andrew Bruce "Andy" Manson (23 March 1936 – 22 December 2009) is a former Australia

Australia

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n politician. Born in Scotland

Scotland

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, he was on national service for three months before two years in the Reserves. A carpenter, he was active in the trade union

Trade union

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 movement. In 1957, he married Jacqueline, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.

In 1963, Manson joined the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, and was a delegate to the Annual Conference every year from 1964 to 1992. He held various party positions, including a member of the Administrative Committee (1977-1988), the Industrial Committee (1980-1988) and a National Conference Proxy Delegate (1986, 1988). In 1988, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council

New South Wales Legislative Council

The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...

 for the party, and was appointed Deputy Government Whip in 1999. He resigned from the House on 27 October 2000 and was replaced by Ian West

Ian West (Australian politician)

Ian William West is an Australian politician and former Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, serving from 2000 until his retirement in 2011....

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