James Mark Bradfield was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Sydney

Sydney

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, he was a company manager and underwent military service in 1951. In 1975, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 member for Barton

Division of Barton

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, and held the seat throughout the length of the Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL, PC is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role...

 government. He was defeated in 1983 by Gary Punch

Gary Punch

Gary Francis Punch is a former Australian politician and government minister.Punch was born in Arncliffe, New South Wales and educated at Hurstville Boys High School and subsequently obtained a commerce degree. He was an industrial relations and personnel manager before entering parliament...

, and was unsuccessful in an attempt to regain the seat in 1984. He died in 1989.