Jack Richard Face (2 December 1942 – 1 August 2023) was an Australian politician who 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 ...
between 1972 and 2003.
Biography
Jack Richard Face was born in the
Newcastle suburb of
Merewether and educated at Merewether Public School, Broadmeadow High School, Newcastle Technical College and the
New South Wales Police Academy.
Face was the
Labor member for
Charlestown from 1972 to 2003. He was the Minister for Gaming and Racing in
Bob Carr
Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947) is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party, New South Wales branch of the A ...
's cabinet from 1995 until his retirement.
In 2004 he was found guilty of lying to the
Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC). He was fined
A$2500 and given a three-year good behaviour bond.
Richard Face died on 1 August 2023, at the age of 80.
Former Charlestown MP and Carr Government minister Richard Face dies aged 80
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References
1942 births
2023 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian politicians convicted of crimes
21st-century Australian politicians
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