Researching Garry Spry
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 883 people with the Spry surname? In that year Spry was ranked number 2701 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Garry means "Form of GARRET. To Watch" and is of German origin.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1015 people with the Spry surname in the UK? Spry is now ranked number 3089 for popularity in the UK. |
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Garry Spry
Garry Howard Spry (born 9 May 1939) is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Bellarine in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002.
Spry was born in Gawler, South Australia, to Frank Spry and Joyce Dawkins. He attended primary school in the Gawler area and later at Tallageira West in Victoria. He attended Geelong Grammar School from 1947 to 1957 before managing the family grazing property from 1958 to 1970. In 1970 he became a shearer and heavy plant operator, before becoming a fencing contractor in 1972 and a real estate salesman in 1981. In 1984 he founded his own company, Spryline, of which he became director. He was also a Queenscliffe Borough Councillor from 1974 to 1980, and president of the Queenscliff branch of the Liberal Party from 1973 to 1975.
In 1992, Spry was elected as the Liberal member for Bellarine in the Victorian Parliament. He sat in parliament as a backbencher until his retirement in 2002.
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