Max Bushby

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Max Bushby | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OBE}} | image = | alt = | caption = | order = 26th | office = Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly | term_start = 15 June 1982 | term_end = 8 February 1986 | predecessor = Glen Davies | successor = Ron Cornish | constituency_AM1 = Bass | assembly1 = Tasmanian House of | term_start1 = 1 December 1961 | term_end1 = 8 February 1986 | birth_name = Maxwell Holmes Bushby | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|7|19}} | birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|8|21|1927|7|19}} | death_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | party = Liberal Party | height =  | spouse = {{marriage|Hazel (Elaine) Morris|6 November 1954}} | relations = | children = Peter Bushby, Michael Bushby, Wendy Askew, David Bushby, Helen Woodfall | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Real Estate Agent and Politician | profession = | awards =  }} '''Maxwell Holmes Bushby''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (19 July 1927 – 21 August 1994) was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1961 as a Liberal member for Bass. He was Chair of Committees from 1966 to 1972 and Speaker from 1982 to 1986. He was defeated at the 1986 election.<ref>{{cite Tas Parliament |title=Bushby, Maxwell Holmes |id=bushbym550 |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>

His son, David Bushby, was also a politician, serving as a Senator for Tasmania from 2007 to January 2019, before he was appointed as Australia's consul-general in Chicago.<ref name="david">{{cite news |last1=Coulter |first1=state political reporter Ellen |title=Chief Senate Whip set to take up Chicago posting after announcing resignation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/tasmanian-liberal-senator-david-bushby-resigns/10726762 |accessdate=18 January 2019 |work=ABC News |date=18 January 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Maxwell's daughter, Wendy Askew, was appointed as her brother's replacement, serving as a Senator for Tasmania since 6 March 2019.

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