Raymond Charles "Joe" Kruger (28 February 1935 – 24 July 2003) was a politician in

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, Australia. He was a

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Politics

Joe Kruger was a member of the Pine Rivers Shire Council from 1973 to 1979. Joe Kruger was elected to the

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for the Labor Party on 12 November 1977 in the

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. He was re-elected in the

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and

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elections. He was not pre-selected by the ALP for the 1986 election. He ran as an independent, but lost the seat to Dean Wells.

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1935 births 2003 deaths Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub