Dudley John Maslen (born 2 April 1948) is an Australian politician. He was born at Carnarvon to pastoralist John Andrew Maslen and Joan Carmel Stroud. He was educated by correspondence before attending St Patrick's College in

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and

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. He became a pastoralist. On 2 March 1973 he married Christine Jennifer Samson; they had four children. He served on Carnarvon Shire Council from 1975 to 1988. A

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member, he was elected to the

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in 1987 as the member for

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. In 1989 he ran unsuccessfully for

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. After his defeat he joined the

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, and contested the

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in 1996 and 2001 and the

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in 1998. Maslen was awarded the

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in the

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for "service to the community of the Carnarvon region."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maslen, Dudley 1948 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from Carnarvon, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors National Party of Australia politicians Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia