Bruce Harvey McPherson,

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, QC (23 September 1936 – 7 October 2013)Jarrod Bleijie
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Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, 8 October 2013. was a South African-born Australian jurist. Born in Melmoth,

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, he graduated from

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in 1959, then moved to

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in 1960. He was admitted to the

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Bar in 1965 and became

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in 1975, after marrying his second wife, Isobel Jacqueline Marie Milne. He was appointed to the

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in January 1982 and then to the Court of Appeal on 16 December 1991, where he stayed until 22 September 2006.''Who's Who of Australia'', Crown Content, 2007. McPherson was also a member of the Court of Appeal of the Solomon Islands.Susan Boyd (2003), "Australian judges at work internationally", ''

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'', vol. 77, p. 303 at 305.

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