Bruce Baird
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Bruce George Baird (born 28 February 1942), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Cook, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, and was educated at the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, holding a master's degree in business administration from the latter.
Baird was Assistant Trade Commissioner at the Australian Embassy in Bonn, Germany, 1972-76 and Trade Commissioner at Australian Consulate-General in New York 1977-80. He was Government Affairs Manager for Esso Australia 1980-84.
Baird was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1984-95. He was Minister for Transport 1988-95, Minister for Sydney's Olympic Bid 1990-93 and Minister for Tourism and Roads 1993-95. He also held the positions of chairman of the National Rail Corporation, and was a board member of ABN Amro Hoare Govett, Tourism Training Australia and Tourism Education Services. (information used from) [[1] (http://www.bruce-baird.com.au/brucebaird/background.asp)]
External link
Personal website (http://www.bruce-baird.com.au/)