John Joseph Hegarty is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party

National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

 member for Redlands

Electoral district of Redlands

The district of Redlands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It primarily covers coastal suburbs on the southside of the city of Brisbane, from Thornlands south to the Logan River.-Members for Redlands:...

 in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...

 from 1995 to 2001.

Hegarty served in Vietnam

Vietnam War

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 from 1967 to 1968 and was part of the army reserve from 1969 to 1994. He was a commissioned officer from 1994. He also worked as an insurance consultant. Following his election in 1995, he was a National Party backbencher in the Borbidge

Rob Borbidge

Robert Edward Borbidge AO , Australian politician, was the 35th Premier of Queensland, and leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party...

Government. In June 1998 he became Deputy Opposition Whip, serving until his defeat in 2001.