Val Jeffery | |
Honorific-Suffix: | AFSM, OAM |
Constituency Am: | Brindabella |
Assembly: | Australian Capital Territory Legislative |
Term Start: | 28 July 2016 |
Term End: | 11 August 2016 |
Birth Date: | 1934 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
Birthname: | Valentine Max Jeffery |
Death Place: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Liberal Party (after 2008) |
Otherparty: | The Community Alliance Party (2008) |
Alongside: | Burch, Gentleman, Lawder, Wall |
Valentine Max Jeffery (6 December 1934 – 18 July 2017) was an Australian politician.
Jeffery was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly as a Liberal member for Brindabella on 28 July 2016, following a countback resulting from Brendan Smyth's resignation.[1] He was the owner of the Tharwa general store, and had run as a Liberal candidate at the 2012 ACT election (and previously at the 2008 election for The Community Alliance Party).[2] At the age of 81, he is the oldest person to have sat in the Assembly, and did not re-contest his seat at the 2016 election held in October, with his term lasting just over two weeks and six assembly sittings.[3] He died on 18 July 2017 at the age of 82.[4] [5]