Mr Rex Frederick JACKSON (7 Oct 1928 – 31 December 2011)

Rex Jackson, one of Australia’s most controversial politicians, has died on the New South Wales south coast at the age of 83 .

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Date of Birth: 07/10/1928 Place of Birth: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 9 Jul 1955 13 Aug 1986 31yr(s) 1mth(s) 5day(s) Member for Bulli 9 Jul 1955 6 Feb 1956 6mth(s) 29day(s) 37th (1953 – 1956) Member for Bulli 3 Mar 1956 16 Feb 1959 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s) 38th (1956 – 1959) Member for Bulli 21 Mar 1959 5 Feb 1962 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s) 39th (1950 – 1953) Member for Bulli 3 Mar 1962 31 Mar 1965 3yr(s) 29day(s) 40th (1962 – 1965) Member for Bulli 1 May 1965 23 Jan 1968 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s) 41st (1965 – 1968) Member for Bulli 24 Feb 1968 13 Jan 1971 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s) 42nd (1968 – 1971) Member for Heathcote 13 Feb 1971 19 Oct 1973 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s) 43rd (1971 – 1973) Member for Heathcote 17 Nov 1973 2 Apr 1976 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s) 44th (1973 – 1976) Member for Heathcote 1 May 1976 12 Sep 1978 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 12day(s) 45th (1976 – 1978) Member for Heathcote 7 Oct 1978 28 Aug 1981 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 22day(s) 46th (1978 – 1981) Member for Heathcote 19 Sep 1981 5 Mar 1984 2yr(s) 5mth(s) 16day(s) 47th (1981 – 1984) Member for Heathcote 24 Mar 1984 13 Aug 1986 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 21day(s) 48th (1984 – 1988) Minister for Youth and Community Services 14 May 1976 19 Oct 1978 2yr(s) 5mth(s) 6day(s) Minister for Youth and Community Services 19 Oct 1978 29 Feb 1980 1yr(s) 4mth(s) 11day(s) Minister for Youth and Community Services 29 Feb 1980 2 Oct 1981 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 4day(s) Acting Minister for Health 31 May 1980 26 Jun 1980 27day(s) Minister for Corrective Services 2 Oct 1981 1 Feb 1983 1yr(s) 4mth(s) Minister for Corrective Services and Minister for Roads 1 Feb 1983 27 Oct 1983 8mth(s) 27day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Foundation member of Helensburgh branch, delegate to Bulli state electorate council, secretary of parliamentary party. Resigned in August 1986.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Railway employee. Educated at Harefield Public School and Junee and Sutherland High Schools; clerk from 1953 was an assistant general manager at Marchants and Company, printers; member of Federated Clerks’ Union; trustee and president of the Bulli Pass Scenic Reserves; chairman of Royal National Park Advisory park committee; delegate to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Trinidad in 1969; fire patrol officer, secretary of Waterfall Bushfire Brigade. Former professional boxer.

Personal

Eldest son of Patrick Penasus Jackson, railway fettler, and his wife Olive Griffith. Married Irene Sneyd on 5 November 1959 at Helensburgh, and had no issue. Church of England. In 1983 there were allegations that Jackson had accepted payments in return for granting early release to certain prisoners; in October of that year Jackson resigned from the Ministry for misleading Parliament over these allegations of corruption. A special commission of inquiry was set up which reported in July 1984 that Jackson be charged and he was subsequently convicted and imprisoned.

Resources and Acknowledgments

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/d8b96adfa502acffca256e390018f358

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