William Harmon Beckroge (born 10 December 1944) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...

from 1981 until 1999. He was a member of the ALP. Beckroge was born in

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. He was educated at the

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and worked as a print, TV and radio journalist in

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. He won Labor Party pre-selection for the seat of

before the general election of 1981. He subsequently won the seat replacing the previous member, Lew Johnstone, who retired. Beckroge served as the member until the seat was abolished prior to the 1999 election. Beckroge subsequently retired from public life.

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1944 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub