Facts: - title: senator for new south wales - party: national party of australia - predecessor: david brownhill - occupation: wool and beef farmer - term end: 30 june 1999 30 june 2008 - term start: 1 july 1993 4 may 2000 - birth date: 10 may 1954 - name: sandy macdonald - nationality: australian - birth place: quirindi , new south wales - alma mater: university of sydney Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sandy macdonald .
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john alexander lindsay '' sandy '' macdonald -lrb- born 10 may 1954 -rrb- is a former australian politician .he was member of the australian senate from 1993 to 1998 , and again from 2000 to 2008 , representing the state of new south wales for the national party .