Graham Maguire

Graham Maguire
Senator for South Australia
In office 5 March 1983 – 30 June 1993
Personal details
Born	(1945-04-21) 21 April 1945 (age 79) Adelaide, South Australia
Political party	Labor

Graham Ross Maguire (born 21 April 1945) is a former Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he was educated at the University of Adelaide and then the Australian National University in Canberra, becoming an economist. He was a ministerial advisor to South Australian Labor Premiers Don Dunstan, Des Corcoran and John Bannon. In 1983, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for South Australia. He held the seat until his defeat in 1993.^[1][2]

Following the announcement of the 1987 Senate election results, Maguire was one of four senators who received a six-year term as a consequence of which method was chosen to allocate the seats.^[3]

References

1. Hawker, Geoffrey (2017). "MAGUIRE, Graham Ross (1945– )". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
2. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
3. "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 17 September 1987. pp. 194–213.