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Who was the first Aboriginal person in the Australian Parliament?
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The first Aborigine in parliament was Neville Bonner.
Born on 28 March 1922 at Ukerabagh, near Tweed Heads in northern New South Wales, Bonner became a member of the Liberal Party in 1967 and held local office in the party. After Liberal Senator Annabelle Rankin resigned in 1971, Bonner was chosen to fill the vacancy. Thus he became the first indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament.
He was elected in his own right in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1980.
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