Bruce Kirwan Donaldson born 22 July 1938 in Armadale

Armadale, Western Australia

Armadale is a suburb within the City of Armadale, located on the south-eastern edge of Perth's metropolitan area. The major junction of the South Western and Albany Highways, which connect Perth with the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia respectively, is located within the...

, Western Australia

Western Australia

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 was an Australia

Australia

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n politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council

Western Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...

 representing the Agricultural Region

Electoral region of Agricultural

The electoral region of Agricultural is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...

. Elected to Parliament in the 1993 state election

Western Australian state election, 1993

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 he was a member of the Liberal Party and served until his retirement at the 2008 state election

Western Australian state election, 2008

A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...

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He completed his primary education at Gosnells Primary school, then his secondary education at Hale School

Hale School

Hale School is a selective, independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia....

 and finally his tertiary education at Narrogin Agricultural College where he graduated with honours.