Murray Sainsbury

Murray Evan Sainsbury (born 14 September 1940) is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, representing the Division of Eden-Monaro as a member of the Liberal Party. He was a civil engineer before entering politics.

Early life Sainsbury was born in Wollongong, New South Wales. He graduated from the University of Sydney with the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Economics. He was a qualified civil engineer and operated his own building and construction company.

Politics Sainsbury was elected to federal parliament in the Coalition's landslide victory at the 1975 federal election, defeating the incumbent Labor MP Bob Whan. He was re-elected in 1977 and 1980, defeated by Labor's Jim Snow in 1983 and failed in an attempt to regain the seat in 1984.

According to Paul Kelly, Sainsbury was part of "the vanguard of the free market lobby within the Liberal Party" along with three other backbenchers (Jim Carlton, John Hyde, and Peter Shack). He briefly served as a deputy government whip from September to December 1981.

Later career In 1991, Sainsbury was appointed CEO of a project management company within the Hindmarsh Group. He had previously worked with the group as a consultant for two years.