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Baird, father of former NSW premier Mike Baird and journalist Julia Baird, helped win the Olympics for Sydney
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Australian politician (1942–2026)
Bruce George Baird was an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented Northcott in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1995 and Cook in the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007. He was Minister for Transport in New South Wales from 1988 to 1995 and deputy leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 1992 to 1994.
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Premier of New South Wales from 2014 to 2017
Michael Bruce Baird is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from April 2014 to January 2017.
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Series of international multi-sport events
The modern Olympic Games are a series of international multi-sport events. Considered among the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympics are organised into distinct Summer and Winter Games, each featuring different sports. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involve thousands of athletes and more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. The Games often, but not always, substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place.
More on Wikipedia ↗The party stalwart was father to former NSW premier Mike Baird and journalist Julia Baird.
Bruce Baird, who represented the Liberal Party in NSW and federal parliament, has been remembered as a “great mate” by those who knew him.
The former state and federal MP was a leading moderate voice in the Howard government and refugee advocate in his post-political life.