Steve Mauger

Stephen George Mauger(17 June 1920 – 12 March 1976) was an Australian politician. He was theLiberalmember forMonaroin theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyfrom 1965 to 1976, and wasMinister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairsfrom 1975 to 1976.

Mauger was born inWilliamstowninVictoriato Albert Stephen Bamford, an electrical engineer in the fire brigade, and Matilda May Walker. The family moved toCanberrain 1926, and Mauger attended public schools inTelopea Park.He served in theCitizen Military Forcesfrom 1936 until 1940, when he enlisted in theRAAF;in 1945 he retired as a sergeant. He was elected toQueanbeyan City Councilin 1953, serving until 1959 (as Deputy Mayor 1956, 1958–1959). On 30 May 1942 he married Gwendoline Una Kaye, with whom he had three children.

In 1965, theLabormember forMonaro,John Seiffert,retired. Mauger was selected as theLiberal Party's candidate; he faced Seiffert's son as the Labor candidate andCountry Partycandidate, and eventually won the seat by 268 votes.He held the seat with safer margins in subsequent elections, and in 1975 was made Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs. He resigned both from both the ministry and parliament in 1976, and died shortly afterwards inQueanbeyan.