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The
Honourable Don Harwin BEc(Hons) MLC |
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Opposition
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Assumed office 8 May 2007 |
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Member of Legislative Council of New South
Wales
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Assumed office 27 March 1999 |
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Opposition Whip
in the Legislative Council
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In office 3 April 2003 – 2 March 2007 |
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| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
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Donald (Don) Thomas Harwin is an Australian politician and Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Harwin has been a member of the Council since 27 March 1999 and is serving his second term in that Council. He is currently the Opposition Whip in the O'Farrell Liberal/ Nationals Opposition.
Harwin was born to parents Don and Evelyn Harwin on 5 July 1964 at Sydney. [1]
Harwin joined joined the Liberal Party in Lugarno and the Young Liberals in Earlwood in 1983.
He attended Sydney University and obtained a Bachelor of Economics with Honours in 1985. At University he was a member of the Sydney University Liberal Club and is now a life member of that club. He was Young Liberal State President between 1988 and 1990. He was also a member of the NSW State Executive between 1998 and 1990, and then again between 1994 and 2000.
He worked as an Electorate Assistant to Ronald Phillips th State member for Miranda between 1987 and 1988. He was also a Ministerial Advisor to various Ministers between 1988 and 1990 and 1991 and 1995.
He became the Assistant Campaign Director of the NSW Division of the Liberal Party between 1990 and 1991, and then a Public Affairs Consultant between 1995 and 1999.
He contributed two chapters to the book Social Justice: Fraud or Fair Go? edited by Dr Marlene Goldsmith. He also contributed "1971 State General Election" to The People's Choice (Volume III), edited by Hogan and Clune, "Sir Joseph Carruthers" to The Premiers of NSW (Volume II), edited by Clune and Turner, and "Women in the NSW Coalition Parties" (with Jenny Gardiner MLC) to No Fit Place for Women, edited by Brennan and Chappel.
He was pre-selected for the sixth position on the joint Liberal=National election ticket for the 1999 New South Wales State election. He received the thirteenth highest quota at that election. [2]
In 2000, he raised the issue of unsafe railway tracks in the Illawarra region, claiming that trains could only run at twenty kilometres because of faulty maintenance.[3]
Harwin was pre-selected by the Liberal Party for the fourth spot on the Liberal voting ticket in the 1999 New South Wales election.[4] He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in the New South Wales state election, 1999 [5] with the seventh highest quota.[6]
He has served on the following Parliamentary Committees:
He is the Deputy Chair of the Procedure Committee, and is a Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Fund. He was the Deputy Chair of the Select Committee on Electoral and Political Party Funding.
He is currently the Opposition Whip.
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