Stephen Loosley
Stephen Loosley AM FRSN | |
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National President of the Labor Party | |
In office 25 June 1991 – 6 June 1992 | |
Preceded by | John Bannon |
Succeeded by | Barry Jones |
Senator for New South Wales | |
In office 1 July 1990 – 19 May 1995 | |
Succeeded by | Tom Wheelwright |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 29 December 1952
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Stephen Loosley AM FRSN (born 29 December 1952) was a New South Wales Labor Senator from 1990 to 1995.[1]
Loosley served as National President of the ALP between 1991 and 1992, when he was pressured to resign amid controversy.[2]
Loosley is an expert on American politics and is a regular commentator on US elections in Australian media outlets.
In 2018 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (Est 1821) and in January 2019 was gazetted as such by the then Governor, His Excellency the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC(Rtd) in the NSW Government Gazette.
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