Graham Maguire

Graham Ross Maguire (born 21 April 1945) is a former Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he was educated at the University of Adelaide and then the Australian National University in Canberra, becoming an economist. He was a ministerial advisor to South Australian Labor Premiers Don Dunstan, Des Corcoran and John Bannon. In 1983, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for South Australia. He held the seat until his defeat in 1993.^[1][2]

Following the announcement of the 1987 Senate election results, Maguire was one of four senators who received a six-year term as a consequence of which method was chosen to allocate the seats.^[3]