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Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner KBE,
DSO (
25 March 1882–
28 March 1970) was an
Australian politician and soldier.==Early life and military career==
Bruxner was born in Tabulum, near the
Clarence River,
New South Wales and was educated in private tuition and at at
the Armidale School. From 1901 to 1903, he studied arts and law at the
University of Sydney, but was expelled for non-attendance of lectures. Several years later he moved to
Tenterfield and established a business as a stock and station agency. In 1908, he married Midge Caird.
In 1914, Bruxner joined the
Australian Imperial Force and was wounded at
Gallipoli. In 1916, he commanded the the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment during the
Sinai and Palestine Campaign and was
Mentioned in Dispatches. By wars end, Bruxner had been promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel and decorated four times, receiving a
Distinguished Service Order, two Mentions in Dispatches and the French
Légion d'honneur.
In 1919, he returned to Tenterfield and became a grazier.
Political career
Bruxner was elected under
proportional representation as a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1920, representing the three-member electorate of
Northern Tablelands for the Progressive Party. It split in 1921 over whether to join the
Fuller government in coalition and in 1922, Bruxner was elected as the leader of the "True Blues", who refused to join the coalition. In 1925, they renamed themselves the
Country Party. Bruxner also became involved in the
New England New State Movement. In 1925, he resigned the leadership of the Country Party, and in 1927, with the abandonment of proportional representation, he won the seat of
Tenterfield.
Bruxner became Minster for Local Government in the
Bavin government in 1927 until its defeat in 1930. Bruxner became party leader again in 1932 and, with
Governor Game's dismissal of the
Lang government, he became Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport for the duration of the government. In 1938, he helped to establish the
New England University College. After the coalition's defeat by
William McKell in 1941, he remained the member for Tenterfield, continuously in opposition, until his retirement in 1962.
Bruxner died in Sydney and was survived by a daughter and two sons. One,
James Bruxner succeeded him as member for
Tenterfield, and the other became a district judge.
[
]Honours
Bruxner was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1917 and awarded a Distinguished Service Order in 1918. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1962.[ The Bruxner Highway is named after him.
] Notes
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