John Leo Hargreaves is an Australian politician

Politician

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. He has been an Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

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 since 1998. He acted as Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Housing, and was endorsed by the Australian Labor Party as a candidate for the ACT Legislative Assembly Brindabella electorate

Brindabella electorate

The Brindabella electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has five seats, and is the largest of the electorates in geographic area.-History:...

for the 18 October 2008 ACT election.

On 12 October 2009 Hargreaves announced his resignation as Minister from the Labor Cabinet although he stated that he intended to continue in his role as MLA for Brindabella. He further stated that he does not intend to contest the 2012 ACT election.

External links

• Official site
• John Hargreaves, Member of tha ACT Legislative Assembly (contact details)