Stephen George Mauger (17 June 1920 – 12 March 1976) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Monaro in the

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from 1965 to 1976, and was Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs from 1975 to 1976. Mauger was born in Williamstown in Victoria to Albert Stephen Bamford, an electrical engineer in the fire brigade, and Matilda May Walker. The family moved to Canberra in 1926, and Mauger attended public schools in

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. He served in the

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from 1936 until 1940, when he enlisted in the

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; in 1945 he retired as a sergeant. He was elected to

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in 1953, serving until 1959 (as Deputy Mayor 1956, 1958–1959). On 30 May 1942 he married Gwendoline Una Kaye, with whom he had three children. In 1965, the

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member for Monaro,

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, retired. Mauger was selected as the

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's candidate; he faced Seiffert's son as the Labor candidate and Country Party candidate, and eventually won the seat by 268 votes. He held the seat with safer margins in subsequent elections, and in 1975 was made Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs. He resigned both from both the ministry and parliament in 1976, and died shortly afterwards in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mauger, Steve 1920 births 1976 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force airmen