Geoffrey Frederick Buckland (born 10 November 1947), was an

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member of the

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from 2000 to 2005, representing the state of

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. Buckland was selected by the

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to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the resignation of John Quirke under Section 15 of the

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.Vacancy In The Representation Of South Australia—Choice Of Geoffrey Frederick Buckland

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, 12 October 2000. He was born in

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, New South Wales, and was blast furnace operator, and an official with the

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and later the Whyalla-Woomera Branch Secretary of the

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before entering politics.Green, Antony
2004 Federal Election: Retiring MPs

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, 2004. Buckland did not contest the

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. His term expired on 30 June 2005.

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