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as the Liberal member for Macquarie. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1980 election by Labor's

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. Gillard was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the

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for "service to local government, the community and the Australian parliament". In September 2000 he received the Australian Sports Medal for his "service to administration of lawn bowls". Gillard died in 2001. He was not related to

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, the former

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1920 births 2001 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Macquarie Members of the Australian House of Representatives Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia People from Lithgow, New South Wales Australian MPs 1975–1977 Australian MPs 1977–1980 {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub