Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (born 30 March 1948) is an Australia

Australia

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n politician. He was a Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 from 1984 to 1995.

Irwin was first elected to state parliament at the 1984 state election

New South Wales state election, 1984

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 as the Labor member for the safe seat of Merrylands

Electoral district of Merrylands

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. His district was abolished at the 1988 state election

New South Wales state election, 1988

Elections to the 49th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 19 March 1988. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...

, at which point he successfully transferred to the similarly safe seat of Fairfield

Electoral district of Fairfield

Fairfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. Fairfield has historically been one of the safest Labor seats in New South Wales and is considered a part of Labor's heartland in Western Sydney...

. Re-elected again at 1991 state election

New South Wales state election, 1991

Elections to the 50th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 May 1991. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...

, Irwin retired at the 1995 state election

New South Wales state election, 1995

Elections to the 51st Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 March 1995. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The minority Liberal Party of Australia-led Coalition government of Premier John Fahey was defeated by...

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Irwin was born in the western Sydney suburb of Guildford

Guildford, New South Wales

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. He is married to former federal Labor MP Julia Irwin

Julia Irwin

Julia Claire Irwin , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to July 2010, representing the Division of Fowler, New South Wales...

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