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Greg Cornwell

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Greg Cornwell
3rd Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
In office
9 March 1995 – 12 November 2001
Preceded byRoberta McRae
Succeeded byWayne Berry
Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
In office
15 February 1992 – 16 October 2004
Succeeded byZed Seselja
ConstituencyMolonglo
Member of the ACT House of Assembly
In office
June 1975 – 1986
ConstituencyFraser
Personal details
Born (1938-06-19) 19 June 1938 (age 86)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party

Gregory Gane Cornwell AM (born 19 June 1938) is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly elected to the multi-member single constituency Assembly and later elected to represent the multi-member electorate of Molonglo for the Liberal Party.

Cornwell also served[citation needed] in the elected ACT House of Assembly (a predecessor to the ACT Legislative Assembly), representing the electoral district of Fraser, from 1975 until 1986 for the Liberal Party.

Cornwell was initially elected the second ACT Legislative Assembly in 1992, elected to represent Molonglo in the Assembly in 1995, 1998 and 2001 general elections.[1] Cornwell did not contest the 2004 ACT general election.[2] During the time when the government was led by his party, Cornwell served as Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2001.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Electorate of Molonglo First Preference Results". 2004 Election. ACT Electoral Commission. 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Proceedings – Election of Speaker" (PDF). Hansard Debates. ACT Legislative Assembly. 9 March 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
1995–2001
Succeeded by