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Sep 27, 1942 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Died on 11 Dec 1999 (aged 57)
Australian politician
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About Michael Barnard Politician
- Michael Thomas Claude Barnard (27 September 1942 – 11 December 1999) was an Australian politician.
- He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984, representing Bass for the Labor Party.
- He was Deputy Premier under two Labor Premiers, Doug Lowe and Harry Holgate from 1980 to 1982, and a long-standing Minister for Tourism (1975–82) and Health (1977–80). Barnard had numerous family political connections.
- He was the grandson of Claude Barnard and the nephew of Lance Barnard, who both served in the Australian House of Representatives as federal members for Bass.
- Claude Barnard had also held the state seat of Bass in the 1950s.
- Michael Barnard's retirement in 1984 ended the Barnard family's representation in Tasmanian and Australian politics.
