Alan Eggleston

Alan Eggleston (30 December 1941 – 13 May 2025) was an Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2014 representing Western Australia.

Career

Early career Eggleston was born in Busselton, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he studied medicine, and at Murdoch University, where he graduated in arts.

Professional career Eggleston was a medical practitioner in Port Hedland, Western Australia, serving from 1974 until 1996. He was a councillor in Port Hedland serving from 1988 until 1996 and mayor serving from 1993 until 1996. He was a member of the Pilbara Development Commission from 1994 until 1996.

Personal life and death Eggleston had achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism. He retired from all of his other political jobs to be a senator. On 9 April 2012, Eggleston announced that he would not be standing in the 2013 Australian federal election, and would retire at the end of his term in 2014.

Eggleston died on 13 May 2025, at the age of 83.