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Name	John Clarkson Maddison
Born	4 September, 1921 Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 August, 1982 (aged 60) Turramurra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Maddison, David Clarkson (brother) Askin, Robert William (colleague) McCaw, Malcolm Kenneth (colleague)
Education *	Sydney Grammar School (student, 1933-1939)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1928-1982) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1941-1946) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative party organiser (1959-1962) New South Wales, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1962-1980) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1962-1980) New South Wales, Australia barrister (1975-1982) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate